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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

I’ve noted elsewhere in these pages the succession of formerly atheist or agnostic intellectuals who in recent years have surprised their audiences by acknowledging Western societies’ ancient and continuing dependence on Christian concepts and values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 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

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

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

Welch says she was raised by atheists, while Sullivan grew up in a religious household.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2025

“Some were deists, some were atheists, but the majority were Christians. I’m also not saying that non-Christians shouldn’t have the same rights as Christians in our country.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2024

“Yes, sir. If it doesn’t include the time necessary to excuse the atheists from the room and admit the enlisted men.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller