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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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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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Meanwhile, the state's religiously unaffiliated population increased from 22% (2007) to 31% (2023-2024) and those practicing a non-Christian religion rose from 4% to 10%.—
Carly Mallenbaum,
Axios,
3 Apr. 2025
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Could an evangelical school like Wheaton College be compelled to appoint an atheist to its faculty?—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Omagh said that as an atheist and member of an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan known as the Hazara, returning home under the rule of the Taliban would mean death.—
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22 Mar. 2025
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His inner conversation must be very loud and very extreme. Dedra, on the other hand, is a zealot.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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But among this more tolerant company, Aurangzeb is considered something of a dark horse – a religious zealot and complex character.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Women are to cover themselves in front of non-Muslim males and females.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Helping Muslim students feel safe Often the only female Muslim teacher at her school, Khan-Ghany served as important representation to Muslim students and a bridge to non-Muslim students, constantly helping dispel negative stereotypes held by students and parents.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 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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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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Several of these involve a furtive religious cult known as the Scars — its adherents have a way of pussyfooting through the forest and doing absolutely horrible things to nonbelievers.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Polytheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polytheist. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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