atheist
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In his newly published book, “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” a second memoir after the bestselling “Hillbilly Elegy,” Mr. Vance chronicles how he went from evangelical Christian to militant atheist to Catholic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 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 was held in a huge church, which seemed strange considering Kerry was an outspoken atheist, but that part I could understand.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
Agnostics and atheists account for 29 percent, and 15 percent did not respond to the pollster Equipos Consultores.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
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
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
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
“Go on, Chaplain, tell him. Are there atheists in foxholes?”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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