I posted this on facebook a week or two ago because I am sick and tired of how the evangelicals keep getting so much press time as if that is the opinion of the masses of America. The reality is every honest poll shows that over 70% of americans want them and their corrupt golden calf gone. Here is what i posted. Note - my dad is a biblical scholar who has a masters degree in the bible.

In my teens, before I figured out there is no way in the way my brain works for me to be able to believe in any deity no matter how it is presented, I read a large portion of the new testament as well as tried to read a few of the old.
I grew up going to churches and youth groups and awana and spent my summers going to vacation bible schools.
I am not an atheist because i am ignorant of the contents of the bible. I am an atheist in large part because to survive the crippling mental illness i was born with, i developed a logic center that analyzes everything. A magic man in the sky is not compatible with this.
There are good stories and lessons in there, love each other, care for one another. treat each other the way you want to be treated.
One thing i have also seen many, many times from an early age. People who pat themselves on the back for being good christians because they go to church every week. Then the rest of the week they are hate filled monsters.
As I have gotten older my generation has increasingly left religion behind all together. so many have been deeply traumatized by people brandishing bibles claiming that their religion gives them the right to hate.
The list of people they use it to hate is always growing. It boils down to they have a right to hate anyone that is not a straight white evangelical like them.
They know younger generations want them gone so now they are trying to force their hate into schools. Everything they do and represent is by definition more anti christian than i am by being an atheist that simply believes all human lives are equal.
I have read enough of the bible to know for certain, if Jesus appeared today, trump with evangelical support, would crucify him again.

The replies went from several people a couple of whom i dont even know posting about how they will "pray" for me to see the light.
To them i told them that personally, i dont actually care what you believe so long as you do not try to force it on others.
My dad however got mad and demanded to know when HE ever taught me about it being a magic man in the sky.
I have learned it is pointless to even try to talk to my dad about my lack of belief in his religion.
The reality is that visual perspective came from numerous youth leaders in sunday schools vacation bible schools and youth groups.
The way the people he trusted me with in those churches manipulated and terrified me is not ok.
A good example -
In cubbies in awana once i was the only kid in the group. Cubbies is the lowest level of awana meaning i had to be at most kindergarden age. The lady who was my group leader started telling me all the horrible things that could happen in hell if i died the next day, at that age, i had no understanding of death, which made this far scarier. She then started to tell me about how in heaven i would get as much candy everyday as i wanted, but i could only get there if i did this one prayer with her.
For the rest of that week i was terrified, what about the animals? all the cats and dogs and squirrels? they cant understand english, they cant pray. So i spent the next week going around the town praying for every animal i could because i was so afraid for them.
This is not cute like some people have told me.
This is genuine trauma to a child who cant understand what you are telling them.
After that i started asking questions - what about the babies that die in the mommies tummy?
What about the babies and kids who die before they can talk and do this prayer?
What about the people who live in places and have never been able to hear about this?
The told me to stop asking questions and just have faith.
I never was able to.
I remember in one youth group session in wyoming they were trying to teach us about persecution.
The local police were helping them, in uniform with actual police cars.
They had us split up into small groups and take various routes around the small town to wherever we were going.
The policemens job was they stopped every group at some point and asked if we had seen any christians around.
When they stopped my group i instantly said no.
All the other kids in the group followed my lead and said no as well.
I was being honest when i answered. I have no idea about the others.
Turned out the kids who answered yes, were literally taken to the town jail.
Eventually the entire group went through a tour of the jail and hung out in a cell for a bible study.
The tour was really cool, and when one of the youth leaders (yes one of the adults) leaned against the door
and accidentally locked us in, without the police who worked there knowing, it became hilarious.
Ever since i finally looked deep enough into myself and understood that i have never truly believed in any gods, i have been at odds with my father. I respect his knowledge of the bible, i simply do not share his conclusion.
I also hate how he was raised to believe that if all his kids arent good little christians that somehow that makes him a failure as a father. I knew i was risking my relationship with him posting this.
However unexpected it might be, he was mad for a couple days, and has said nothing about it since.
I think he has gone into denial once again about me even questioning the existence of a god.
At this point i have only one response for that type of attitude summed up in a great invention of the internet, ok boomer.