atheism

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Recent Examples of atheism The Italian frequently invoked his potentially incendiary political and religious beliefs (socialism and atheism) in his analyses, and almost never engages in the kind of de-escalatory coachspeak that permeates most MLS press conferences. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Her counterargument, essentially, is that his atheism, too, boils down to a kind of feeling. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 There’s nothing wrong with abandoning atheism per se, but upending worldviews should always be handled with care, caution, and available support. Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024 The life-celebrating movement initially rode atheism’s growing waves but welcomes a wide range of beliefs, said Ross Llewallyn of Sunday Assembly Atlanta. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for atheism
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Noun
  • But ultimately, basketball agnosticism is the safer bet.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • As if extolling radical agnosticism, the film concludes by discussing the role of women in the church and an intersex cardinal’s laparoscopic hysterectomy before finally tossing its bad faith to a hermaphrodite pope.
    Armond White, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This problem of unbelief has plagued reformers for decades.
    Ervand Abrahamian, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016
  • The historical abnormality of modern-day unbelief was a theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s in the years before, during, and after his pontificate.
    Katherine Howell, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • Schneider said in disbelief at Little’s call on the swing.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • One of our coaches who moved on to another team called me in disbelief and said no one from his new club had ever heard of Sidd.
    New York Daily News, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with the families of two girls who had died from measles in West Texas—and raised doubts about the safety of vaccines.
    Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Some of the Supreme Court’s conservatives have cast doubts about the precedent in recent years.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025

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