atheist
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“Is there anyone in the crowd who is an atheist or agnostic?” he asked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Other techniques include paying to write articles in atheist magazines and hiring someone to pretend to be a same-sex partner.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
Lou assumes her husband is an atheist and doesn’t understand when she discovers a Bible in the house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
China's officially atheist government has been wary of organized movements outside its control, and the country's Christians had been split among those attending unofficial "house" or "underground" churches and those visiting government-sanctioned places of worship.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
To be an atheist is to maintain God.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Agnostics and atheists account for 29 percent, and 15 percent did not respond to the pollster Equipos Consultores.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The Pentagon this year condensed more than 200 religious affiliation codes to 31, initially eliminating specific classifications for atheists, Unitarian Universalists, pagans and Wiccans, among others.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
All around him now there are football atheists.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
“I know people of faith will watch the show, but I also know that atheists watch the show and like it. To me, that’s the broadest possible audience.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
No atonement for God, or novelists, even if they are atheists.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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