There is a certain irony in that nearly all those cited were people of Christian faith — in order of appearance: practicing Catholic; passionate theist; committed Church of Scotland; and lifelong Lutheran.
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Denis Alexander,
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2023
This doesn't mean that more atheist societies are worse than more theist societies (e.g., Estonia vs. Romania).
Elvis, for one, was seen by many in the years following his death, with a newspaper report of a sighting in Kalamazoo at least as reliable as the spotty accounts shared by fervent believers two millennia ago.
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Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
They are set apart from day-to-day life so that believers can reflect on a deeper dimension of reality and set themselves in right relation to God and others.
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