Atheists don't have a problem with what we can justifiably gather for all intents and purposes is a nonexistent being. We just have a problem with the delusion that a belief in the unproven and unprovable is somehow professed as being equal to knowledge and in some cases made to justify things that go from the outrageous to the horrific.
We want theists to admit that they do not know God exists but that they believe and that belief does not entitle them to a status above anyone and then go forth and practice that statement in action. Stop demanding that a nation's foundation was dependent only upon your belief system. Stop demanding that an unproven idea that contradicts all that is known about the way the universe works is on equal footing with science. Stop marginalizing others and demanding that people be denied equal protection under the law because your religion does not approve of how they live and love. Stop labeling other belief systems as being inherently violent when your belief system went through the same problem. Stop demanding you have a monopoly on morality when your own guidebook excuses some things that we today condemn as immoral. Stop saying your belief system is being suppressed because you can't use it to endorse a political candidate while refusing to contribute to the system. Stop saying you're being oppressed because you are having your ideas openly questioned when in the past questioning your ideas meant those posing the questions were often killed in extremely horrific ways.
We don't have a problem with God because he's not the one doing these things. Some of his followers however...
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