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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Your father was obviously not an atheist, but maybe an agnostic, and maybe that was true with Sheryl too.
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 25 July 2024
Some in the family—which is very loyal to Hezbollah—said Hamoudi seemed almost an atheist.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Many of them reported regularly reading online materials and watching YouTube videos of other atheists and skeptics.
—Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015
One survey of 2,561 DMT users found that more than half who identified as atheists before their DMT trips no longer identified as atheist afterward.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 25 July 2024
Some in the family—which is very loyal to Hezbollah—said Hamoudi seemed almost an atheist.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Many of them reported regularly reading online materials and watching YouTube videos of other atheists and skeptics.
—Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2015
One survey of 2,561 DMT users found that more than half who identified as atheists before their DMT trips no longer identified as atheist afterward.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Atheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheist. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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