Could atheist westerners, please explain?

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Exactly! It's there to protect religious people. Without religion, we wouldn't even need the concept of secularism (or atheism, pretty much). It's there to protect everyone.

Of course people like Atlas are happy to force everyone to do things their way when their numbers are high, but how happy would he be if another religion sprung up and suddenly he's being forced to live by rules totally against his religion?

It's mob rule, and it's not healthy.