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
However, the ruling Communist Party, which requires its members to be atheist, has historically regarded organised religion with suspicion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
"You would say that you became an atheist after coming here. You were not one in Bangladesh," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
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
Now what happens if you are an atheist?
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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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
This time of year invites us all, believers and atheists alike, to emerge from our own suspended animation or curled-up little balls, like cummings writes at the end of that poem:
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025
The demographic classification itself is extremely broad, encompassing white and Indigenous and Afro-Latinos, long-conservative anti-leftist refugees from Venezuela and Cuba, Democratic-loyal Mexican Americans, immigrants, U.S.–born citizens, bigots and progressives, Catholics and Protestants and atheists.
From Slate ● Feb. 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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