atheism - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • promote: The secret directive issued after the meeting also called on the Department of Propaganda to carry out a campaign to promote atheism.
  • think: Both he and Suleymân appeared to think that atheism was a subject to make angels laugh.
  • include: To be secular, a school would be neutral on the subject of religion or belief, including atheism.
  • call: Marxists are wrong when they call atheism the prerequisite for Marxism.
  • say: By contrast, she says, atheism is more open, less condemning.
  • preach: The Guardian says: Dennett's latest book, Breaking the Spell, is a vigorous attempt to preach atheism to the unconverted.

Preposition: as

  • religion: I don't know what ' fundamentalist atheism ' would be... but again it smells of atheism as alternative religion.
  • belief: He defines atheism as 'the belief that there is no God or gods ' surely a negative definition if ever there was one.

Adjective modifier

  • militant: Indeed, it seems like the supreme irony that militant atheism has managed to acquire the mentality of a religion.
  • practical: How to come to terms with practical atheism in the United States?
  • own: For me, to emphasize the positive stance of my own atheism is crucial ( no pun intended ).
  • outright: If that seems to fall short of outright atheism, well, they have to start somewhere.
  • evangelical: Evangelical atheism, 2006-10-23 Richard Dawkins is an evangelical atheist.

Modifies a noun

  • cannot: Atheists have always been evil people with no regard for human life, like Stalin, so atheism cannot be true.
  • page: If you wish to mail me about anything other than my atheism pages, skip to the bottom.
  • ': We also still have some copies of our fabulous DVD Why Atheism â six films about people who do not believe in God.

Noun used with modifier

  • protest: Those who recognize God's presence in the face of God-forsaken Christ have protest atheism within themselves -- but as something they have overcome.

Preposition: in

  • school: And is there an opportunity here for the teaching of atheism in faith schools?

Preposition: from

  • reformation: The most recent consideration will be Atheism from the Reformation to the Enlightenment, eds.

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