Ok. Once more.

Atheism is a word. It is widely understood to mean person who has no need for religion, no interest in forming or joining a group delusion and rather than pontificate on the meaning of life, reads and forms judgement on facts and evidence based theories. Alternatively means not interested in the question in the first place. Far too many real affairs to worry about without indulging in fantasy. After all, soap opera replaced religion as the keep the masses quiet fodder years ago.

It is also a term widely used to denote people who see no good in encouraging organisations called religions interfering with society insofar as rational people become affected by their influence and dogma.

The two loose definitions could describe the same people in individual circumstances but the former is not necessarily the latter.

Those involved in organised religion may not like the idea of more rational people deriding and dismissing their Creed and hobby so some develop a persecution complex in order to say that not believing in an imaginary friend threatens the lifestyle of those that do.

Quite.

Smokeless fuel, electricity and gas threatened chimney sweeps but the advancement in technology didn't chuffing well persecute them. Just made them less relevant and less needed for those of us who weren't chimney sweeps.

Pray for me. Not that it makes one jot of a difference to either of us.