Why does it matter so much to atheists that God doesn't exist?

IT does not matter, mainly because it does not exist.

My problem is that people who try to shove their rules down everyone's throats - including by physical force - DO EXIST .

The people of the modern world have evolved past all of that nonsense.

Has anyone ever really waited that long and gotten a paper check mailed 20 days ago?

And then use and ENJOY these fantastic scientific advancements every single day of your life?

THE BIBLE IS THE PROBLEM!

And how do you deny hundreds of years of advancement in all fields of science?

What is better, 4 more years of Trump with the media trying to hurt him, or 8 years of DeSantis with the media licking booty, or 4 to 8 years of RFK with the media hating on him all the time? (Biden is not an option, he can't win)

Those rules that you are trying to reinstate are rules made by men who didn't know anything about the earth, nor anything about all of the other inhabitants of it. How can you not see that?

I am speaking to the US Bible thumpers here, of course ~ many of whom are flat-earthers who deny evolution and see scientists as evil people who are constantly trying, and succeeding, in disproving their beliefs one by one.

Because these are not any gods rules we are talking about.

I gave him everything. He said he loved me. Why?

These are man made rules - made thousands of years ago for the use of the humans who lived thousands of years ago.

A belief in a god is not the problem.

I do not personally care if you believe in a god or not.

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Notice that I said their rules, not any gods rules.