1. The city's godlessness was shaken in 2005 by the "honour killing" of a young Turkish woman. As an antidote, Berlin's government brought in a non-religious ethics course a year later.

2. You know why the Soviet Empire collapsed? They were smarter than us. More devious, more determined. So why did they fail? Godlessness . Atheism.

3. The Book takes the form of a letter from the apostle Paul to the people of Rome, in which he rails against all manner of godlessness.

4. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: 'The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.

5. In recent years writers from Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett to Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris have penned popular tracts advancing the cause of godlessness.