nonreligion

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• The McCreary majority emphasized that the government must be neutral between religion and nonreligion.

  Academic text (2009)

• In my view, religion and nonreligion, or theism and atheism, are different flavors of conscience or worldview.

  Blog text (10)

• As the Court has used the term "religion," every philosophy of life is a religion, and it becomes, therefore, logically impossible to distinguish religion from nonreligion.

  Academic text (1991)

• The 1st Amendment mandates governmental neutrality between religion and religion, and between religion and nonreligion.

  Academic text (1994)

• It may be unfair for some religious institutions, unlike their secular counterparts, to receive tax breaks, and that this longstanding practice prefers religion over nonreligion in terms of tax law, but that is a different issue.

  Academic text (1991)

• But what the Youth and Religion study does reflect is a strongly "theocentric" perspective—one that sees religion as central and nonreligion as simply its lack or absence.

  Academic text (2005)

• In McCreary, Justice Breyer had opined that "the touchstone for our analysis is the principle that the 'First Amendment mandates governmental neutrality between religion and religion, and between religion and nonreligion."

  Academic text (2009)

• In a diverse society, it is important to respect both religious beliefs and the choice of nonreligion.

• Many people identify with nonreligion, choosing to base their values on secular or humanistic principles.

Synonyms

A

atheism

vsnonreligion

198 5.8

To not believe that God or gods exist

is wider including people who simply lack belief or affiliation

U

unbelief

vsnonreligion

6 7.5

Not accepting religious ideas about gods

usually covers simple absence or non-affiliation rather than refusal

G

godlessness

vsnonreligion

2 8.3

A lack of belief in God or religion

is a neutral state of not having religion or affiliation

S

secularity

vsnonreligion

1 7.2

A state of being not connected to religion

also covers private lack of religious belief and not belonging to any group

N

nonbelief

vsnonreligion

1 6.7

A lack of belief in God or other religious ideas

also covers people without religious affiliation as well as belief absence

I

irreligion

vsnonreligion

1 9.5

Not following or believing in any religion

is mainly a neutral state of not having beliefs or affiliation

I

irreligiousness

vsnonreligion

9.3

The state of not believing in God or following a religion

is broader in covering absence of belief and lack of group ties

I

irreligiosity

vsnonreligion

9.5

A lack of religious belief or practice

is neutral non-affiliation or lack of belief without opposition

U

unfaith

vsnonreligion

• Archaic

9.9

Lack of belief in religious or moral ideas

focuses on not belonging or simply not holding religious beliefs

How Religious

religion

∞ 2.0

spirituality

71 6.3

nonreligion

6.8

Surface Forms

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