atheist
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Other techniques include paying to write articles in atheist magazines and hiring someone to pretend to be a same-sex partner.
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
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
You may be an atheist, a non-Christian, or a more liberal Christian who believes in healing the sick.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
In a great break from what he learned at 26 Markt, in a potentially cataclysmic departure from his parents’ beliefs, he tells his fellow boarders that he is an atheist.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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
Welch says she was raised by atheists, while Sullivan grew up in a religious household.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2025
Muslims, Jews, Christians and atheists lived in harmony and showed the possible future of Palestine as a secular, socialist inclusive state.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2024
“Go on, Chaplain, tell him. Are there atheists in foxholes?”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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