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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My father was a strict atheist, and my mother was agnostic.
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Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Image The Lamb Center’s Bible studies reflect Christian teachings, but all are welcome and the sessions have drawn Muslims, Buddhists and atheists.
—Moriah Ratner, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
An additional surprising insight shown above and going beyond the 7-out-of-10 statistic is that even atheists purportedly believe in angels (well, admittedly just a minuscule 2%) and that a sizable portion of agnostics do (coming in at a whopping 25% or one-quarter).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Your father was obviously not an atheist, but maybe an agnostic, and maybe that was true with Sheryl too.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 25 July 2024
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Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Image The Lamb Center’s Bible studies reflect Christian teachings, but all are welcome and the sessions have drawn Muslims, Buddhists and atheists.
—Moriah Ratner, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
An additional surprising insight shown above and going beyond the 7-out-of-10 statistic is that even atheists purportedly believe in angels (well, admittedly just a minuscule 2%) and that a sizable portion of agnostics do (coming in at a whopping 25% or one-quarter).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Your father was obviously not an atheist, but maybe an agnostic, and maybe that was true with Sheryl too.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 25 July 2024
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“Atheist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheist. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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