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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 -
This doesn't mean that more atheist societies are worse than more theist societies (e.g., Estonia vs. Romania).—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
20 Sep. 2011
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In contrast, Christians of color, non-Christian groups, and the religiously unaffiliated overwhelmingly view him as a dangerous authoritarian figure.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Eden's introduction to non-Christian music was the superstar's 10th studio album.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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There are also around five million Muslims in Ghana, a country of more than 35 million people, and, lately, a growing number of atheists.—
Francis Kokoroko,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Then-Vice President Kamala Harris, conversely, had significant majority support from Black protestants (85 percent), Jewish voters (65 percent), Hispanic Catholics (65 percent), agnostics (78 percent) and atheists (85 percent).—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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North End board member warns of takeover by right-wing ‘zealots’ The decision to fly Pride flags has become a political hot potato.—
Sarah A. Miller,
Idaho Statesman,
28 May 2025
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The choice of platform was telling: Bartiromo is a Trump zealot, her show is a regular promoter of pro-Trump conspiracy theories and is widely trusted by the president’s base.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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The project also included the reopening of the upper gallery to tourists; non-Muslim visitors can no longer enter the ground floor of the structure, which is now reserved for prayer.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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France is at an even greater precipice of alienation between its Muslim population and its non-Muslim citizenry.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Church officials decided to recognize Dec. 25 as his birthday, probably to coincide with the date of pagan festivals in an attempt to get pagans to accept Christianity as the official religion.—
Atlanta Life,
ajc,
10 Nov. 2017
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While plague stalks the land, paranoid peasants swap cautionary folk tales about evil spirits, pagans, Jews and other outsiders.—
Stephen Dalton,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Oct. 2017
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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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An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party.—
Scott Shapiro,
WIRED,
8 Jan. 2024
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And that fixed identity stems from the fact that every ideology, every doctrine, will have believers and nonbelievers.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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Apparitions, visions, and prophecies are the miracles that nonbelievers are most likely to greet with skepticism, and these are precisely the types of miracles that the Vatican has now largely relegated to an epistemological limbo.—
Emily Harnett,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Polytheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polytheist. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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