{"id":74237,"date":"2009-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2009\/04\/02\/not-all-nonbelievers-call-themselves-atheists\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:47","slug":"not-all-nonbelievers-call-themselves-atheists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2009\/04\/02\/not-all-nonbelievers-call-themselves-atheists\/","title":{"rendered":"Not All Nonbelievers Call Themselves Atheists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left\">American Atheists, a group that advocates on behalf of atheists in the U.S., will hold its national convention later this month. 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