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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

What do bad boys know that nice guys don't?

THE BIBLE IS THE PROBLEM!

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

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

What questions will be asked by the executive director of JP Morgan for 6 years of experience in Java? The technical rounds are already cleared.

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.

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

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

Why is there a "double standard" applied to sex between a dog and a human? Why is it that to many who are at least mildly okay with bestiality, a WOMAN having sex with a male dog is fine, but a guy with a female dog is not?

A belief in a god is not the problem.