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Kelson is a man of science and an atheist, but not without a touch of mysticism.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026 -
Gervais is famously an atheist and has received backlash for comments he’s made about the trans community.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Denis Alexander,
Washington Post,
17 Mar. 2023
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Philosophical critics and subsequent scientific inquiry heaped doubt on Kant’s objectivism, and advancing secularism rendered for many his theist explanation for the morally reasoning immortal soul somewhat antique.—
Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
13 Feb. 2023
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The characters here, though, are nowhere near so smart as those conniving pagans and can only dream of outwitting the sophisticated folk from the mainland, coming there with their talk of cake, and comfy chairs, and their lies.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2026
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According to the Pew Research Center, historically between one-third and one-half of Americans observe this pagan rite every year by making their own New Year’s resolutions.—
Bhumika Tharoor,
The Atlantic,
30 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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No one ever converted an unbeliever with harshness, condemnation, and threats of hell.—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The ultimate goal, then, seems to be nothing less than the complete supplanting of MAGA with a new political movement—an angry, ultra-conspiratorial, unbiblical, neo-pagan movement of misfits and their hangers-on.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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There is no denying that Friend was a religious zealot who had some very extreme ideas (which will be explored in this book).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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In rip-roaring zombie sequel, Sir Jimmy Crystal leads a gang of murderous zealots known as the Jimmies.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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Osgood’s book aims to make religious conversion intelligible to the nonbeliever; meanwhile, many of Ash’s sources resist this sort of intelligibility at every turn, fearing that a religion compatible with the secular world is not enough of a religion at all.—
Lauren Boersma Harris,
New Yorker,
24 Dec. 2025
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Excessive entanglement would affect the government's independence and potentially give religious adherents access to government not available to nonbelievers.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
28 Nov. 2025
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For those infidels keeping score at home, exactly one year ago today, Carrnac gazed into his crystal ball and presciently predicted both the acquittal of Karen Read and the conviction of Tania Fernandes Anderson.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
31 Dec. 2025
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The group follows an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and considers Shiites to be infidels.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Dec. 2025
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“Polytheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polytheist. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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