Why do you think it is "easier" to live as an atheist than it is to live believing in God as a Christian?

What Ed said, plus there are 7 states: that bar atheists from holding public office: Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Though unconstitutional these laws remain on the books.

Then there’s the fact of friends, kin, neighbors and often complete strangers who feel compelled to constantly (ad nauseam) share their religion with us, even though the majority of us grew up in religious homes/communities and know as much or more about said gospels, holy books, rules, dogma, etc., as they do.

When I first got involved in genealogy, I ran across a cousin who was a Mormon. When the subject of religion inevitably came up, I told her that I had been raised in an extremely strict Evangelical home and was therefore inoculated against religious indoctrination.

If the rabid Xian nationalists now in positions of influence in our government have their way, we atheists will soon be subjected to targeted legal restrictions on how we live our lives — much as happened to unbelievers in many Muslim cultures — simply because we don’t buy into the theocratic line. There really isn’t much difference between the state imposed restrictions of a theocracy, be it Muslim, Xian, Buddhist (think Myanmar here), or other — Sharia is Sharia. BTW: once that happens, which of the thousands of Xian denominations will be the state religion? And what happens to all those theists who don’t belong to that particular denomination? We’re already seeing schisms between those Evangelicals and conservative Roman Catholics who backed Trump in 2024. Will we end up with religious wars ala those fought in Europe during the 16th through 18th centuries?