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Noun
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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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Provide floating holidays or additional PTO to accommodate non-Christian religious observances.—
Aparna Rae,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, 78% of those 65 and older identify as Christian. State of prayer: More Dallas-Fort Worth residents identify as non-Christian or religiously unaffiliated now than in 2014. 63% of D-FW residents identify as Christian, down from 78% in 2014.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Austin Ray, an atheist, filed the civil action against the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure in January in federal court.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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Ray, an atheist, was hired by Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure in October 2023, his attorney David Meretta with the Littleton firm Miller & Law wrote in the complaint.—
Katie Langford,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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Jovovich plays Gray Alys, a wish-granting, face-tattooed witch who is being hunted by a crew of religious zealots, crypto monarchs and bulk-rate CGI skeleton zombies.—
Adam Graham/The Detroit News,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Anti-natural gas zealots also conveniently leave out that even all-electric customers are reliant on fossil fuels: 74% of electricity generation in our transmission region is powered by natural gas, coal or oil.—
Dawn White,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2025
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The following tips will help non-Muslim travelers make the most out of their trip during Ramadan while also ensuring adequate respect for locals who are fasting.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Of all the nearly 500 non-Muslim passengers on the train, only one man spoke up against what was happening, a former Yugoslav army officer named Tomo Buzov, an ethnic Croat and a Christian.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 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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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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To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out.—
Ian Buruma,
Harper's Magazine,
2 June 2023
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The streets of Vatican City are both energized and oppressed with grief as faithful Catholics and nonbelievers consider the life and death, possibly soon, of Christ’s representative on earth.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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There are only two kinds of people in the world: the believer and the nonbeliever.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Polytheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polytheist. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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