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Others joked about returning to the Catholic Church after a lifetime of agnosticism and atheism.
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At a time when death metal bands are experimenting with new age and hardcore bands are embracing pop, Agriculture stand out by making their genre agnosticism feel proudly coherent, like these sounds were always meant to coexist.
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Beginning in the 1870s, atheism and indifference to religion became popular, especially among younger intellectuals.
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Soviet atheism failed to erase it.
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The landmark Basilica of Sacre-Coeur (Sacred Heart) in Paris has long been perceived as a symbol of Catholic resistance to secularism amid France's revolutionary turbulence.
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Members of the Illuminati, a movement that started in Germany in 1776, promoted Enlightenment values and ideas, including logic, secularism and education.
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