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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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Here, Lispector offers a counter to the godless existentialism of Sartre, which reduces one to a purposeless, directionless, and isolated state.—
Terry Nguyen
July 23,
Literary Hub,
23 July 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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The secular shift is evident in the slope of the monthly cloud model, which points higher looking out to mid-2027.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
28 July 2025
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The operating environment remains challenging for all ad sellers, particularly legacy companies coping with the secular decline of linear TV.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 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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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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By fusing spiritual and temporal power, the period’s absurd-seeming battles over mystical doctrine—was the blood truly present in the chalice, or merely indicated in it?—were inseparable from struggles for worldly authority.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The actors don’t visibly age, thereby reminding the audience of time’s passage; the characters themselves often exist in a temporal bubble, where Bart Simpson is forever in fourth grade and Bikini Bottom remains on the ocean floor.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
25 July 2025
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So, what is the difference between people who are nonreligious vs. those who are secular?—
David Campbell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2025
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Several nonreligious practices create opportunities to explore spirituality beyond religious affiliation.—
Morgan Shipley,
The Conversation,
31 Oct. 2022
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“Paganish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paganish. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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