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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025 -
Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
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Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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Shortly after hearing the stories of brave and faithful LGBTQ Catholics in Uganda, Pope Francis smartly and compassionately used his voice to warn against the unjust and godless laws.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Despite teaching secular subjects, the court deemed his role sufficiently religious to fall under the ministerial exception, barring his discrimination claim under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.—
A.J. Schumann,
Sun Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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The bill gives school districts the option to employ or bring in volunteer chaplains, who can provide either secular advice or religious advice ― the latter, only if the students and parents consent.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Silverstein had a much different experience growing up, given the fact that his parents were both Baalei teshuva (irreligious Jews who become more observant later in life).—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Finishing off the top 5 is religious flick The Forge with an irreligious weekend take-home of $6.6.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Aug. 2024
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The use of shaken baby syndrome is still recommended for public education and prevention, and health care providers and other experts also recommend the use of the term because it’s commonly recognized by the lay public and understood by parents.—
Lori Frasier,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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There is Muslim representation on the advisory board of lay leaders.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
17 June 2025
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Generally, Proverbs-Job-Ecclesiastes can be viewed as a temporal trilogy reflecting certainty about wealth and health type rewards in this life for righteousness, with a transition to questioning any such connection, and then cynicism.—
Walt Shelton,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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In recent years, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have added factors ranging from climate change to artificial intelligence into their temporal calculus.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program allows families to use state dollars that would have followed their child to a traditional public school to instead pay for a private, parochial or nonreligious school.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
10 July 2025
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Soldiers seeking a nonreligious exemption will need a temporary medical profile and an exception-to-policy memo from a lieutenant colonel in the chain of command.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
8 July 2025
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“Paganish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paganish. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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