as in idolator
a person who believes that God does not exist
He left the church while in college and became an atheist.
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Recent Examples of atheist
Male atheists can be differentiated from Christians on the basis of facial cues.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
After all, Isaacs was raised Jewish though concedes today to being a sort of spiritual atheist.
—Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit, filed in October 2024, includes 32 plaintiffs from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds—including Baptists, Catholics, Presbyterians, atheists, agnostics, and Indigenous community members.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Who is Jonathan Rauch, a gay Jewish atheist, to write a book about how conservative American Christians are failing themselves and democracy?
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
After all, Isaacs was raised Jewish though concedes today to being a sort of spiritual atheist.
—Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
The lawsuit, filed in October 2024, includes 32 plaintiffs from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds—including Baptists, Catholics, Presbyterians, atheists, agnostics, and Indigenous community members.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
Who is Jonathan Rauch, a gay Jewish atheist, to write a book about how conservative American Christians are failing themselves and democracy?
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
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Some of their treasured possessions—bicycles, snowboards, trophies—would identify them as infidels and put their lives in danger.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
5 Nov. 2024
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The rhetoric of declaring others infidels, marginalization, and violence continues.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Atheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheist. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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