| Studying nonbelief is as valid as studying belief, Mr. Zuckerman said, and the new major will make that very clear. |
| Thus, nonbelief and atheism, according to creationists, must necessarily lead to moral degradation. |
| No government has a right to impose religious belief or nonbelief on its citizens. |
| Belief or nonbelief in God is irrelevant to our understanding of the workings of nature — just as it's irrelevant to the question of whether or not citizens are obligated to follow the law. |
| But of course, heresy and nonbelief are hardly comparable crimes. |
| The current environment encourages a freer expression of nonbelief than has been usual, except briefly, in the last centuries. |
