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atheism

[ey-thee-iz-uhm] / ˈeɪ θiˌɪz əm /


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Unfortunately, as JPMorgan energy guru Michael Cembalest recently put it, we’re “in divinity school” where rationality is roughly equated with atheism when the subject is climate and energy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Beginning in the 1870s, atheism and indifference to religion became popular, especially among younger intellectuals.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

The first half of Communion, on Vance’s journey from evangelical Christianity to atheism to Catholicism, takes the reader through his disillusionment with the conservative evangelical churches of his youth.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

He told him to "first decide whether you will do it on atheism grounds or on gay grounds…then I will draw you a full outline".

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

I had to admit that I had never heard atheism of so militant a nature; but the Communist speaker seemed to be amusing and frightening the people more than he was convincing them.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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