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
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
The Chinese government remains officially atheist and keeps tight control over organized religion.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Despite being ruled by the atheist Chinese Communist Party, China has a sizeable Christian population.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
It wasn’t as deliberate as deciding, at age six, to become an atheist, but more like an imperceptible sloughing of layers.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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
Mr. Persico mentions that Martin Luther hated Jews and persecuted heretics, and he acknowledges that Locke excluded Catholics and atheists from toleration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 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
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