atheist
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He describes himself as an atheist and said it felt like "a bit of an imposition and probably a bit unfair and silly".
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
The Chinese government remains officially atheist and keeps tight control over organized religion.
From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025
Officially, the Communist Party is atheist, with the only legal churches in China being those sanctioned by the state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Together, the characters represent the spectrum of religious attitudes — from atheist to convert, selectively to very observant — but all are steeped in the culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
My father had been a Lutheran in Wisconsin, but they were out of style in New England, so he had become a lapsed Lutheran and then, my mother said, a bitter atheist.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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