Peppering dashes of humor into its brew of foreboding, the movie views the rise of an authoritarian movement through its effect on a family of unbelievers, covering a five-year period that begins in celebration and ends somewhere very different.
The establishment clause is meant to protect everyone, including, by the way, nonbelievers and atheists.
—
John E. Jones III,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2026
The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics.
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