Could atheist westerners, please explain?

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Whoah, whoah...

Atlas wants to rule with his religion? Am I reading this correctly?

Well, if your God was real, I'm sure that would be extremely easy. Since he's not, tough luck. Secularism is the only sensible way forward for civilization, and if you're against it you're part of the problem you're complaining about.

You see, you might not have noticed, but there's more than one religion. And when two religions with your mindset both want to rule a country, and there's no secular foundation, this is when religious wars happen. Whereas in civilised, secular countries, people of all faiths can coexist without feeling the need to control each other with their personal beliefs.

You think taking away your "right" to dominate others with your religion is persecution? Yeah, no.