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If I believe in none of the existing revealed religions, I ought not remain in one of them for merely cultural reasons, and by my staying, mislead people about my convictions, and foster intercultural separation hereditarily through endless generations, but I should — if my country's laws permit — openly and officially call myself a “free-believer”, not, however, identifying free-belief specifically with atheism, but reserving to my beliefs full freedom.
1991, Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), “Neniam interparolu kun nekonato”, in La majstro kaj Margarita, translation of Мастер и Маргарита by M. A. Bulgakov, archived from the original on 17 January 2012:
“In our country, atheism comes as no surprise to anyone,” said Berlioz in a polite and diplomatic way. “The majority of our population made a conscious decision long ago not to believe the fairy tales about God.”
1999, Wolfgang Kirschstein (translator), “Rakonto pri Muŝo”, in La Ondo de Esperanto, numbers 58-59, translation of original by Meïr Aron Goldschmidt, archived from the original on 15 December 2010:
Ili portis min al loko, kie multe da grandaj nigraj briletantaj muŝoj sidis cirkloforme kun seriozaj mienoj, kaj oni diris al mi, ke tio estis la spiritainkvizicio, kaj oni akuzis min pri ateismo, herezo kaj sakrilegio.
They took me to a place where many large, brown, slightly-glowing flies sat in a circle with grim faces, and they said to me, that this was the spiritual inquisition, and they accused me of atheism, heresy, and sacreligion.