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The country that houses the world’s second-largest Hindu temple is the U.S.—also home to the Christian street preacher, the Mormon missionary and the combative atheist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Akhand said he would handle the legal side, but it was up to the undercover reporter to choose whether he wanted to pretend to be gay, an atheist or a political activist.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

The Chinese government remains officially atheist and keeps tight control over organized religion.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 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

“I’m probably just as good an atheist as you are,” she speculated boastfully.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

No, that lyric wasn’t written by the Byrds in 1965, and even atheists who hear “Turn! Turn! Turn!” on oldies radio might want to understand that the song is drawing from a deep well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

All around him now there are football atheists.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

You can see the evidence yourself: On social media, people are making teary videos professing to have rediscovered Jesus; in the comments, former atheists share stories of finding peace and purpose in prayer.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2025

Among modern-day atheists, agnostics and deists alike, stories often emerge of late-arriving regrets, both over a dying person's treatment of others and their treatment of themselves.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

In the first place, my parents are different religions, and all the children in our family are atheists.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger