it is hardly any surprise if an atheist lies ,keith, though probably many don't make a practise of it. they have no ultimate authority ,after all, do they.
if Christians are liars they are inconsistent with their faith.

oh joe, so how do you decide what is allergory and myth among the narratives in scripture. obviously there are many scholars who see no reason to denigrate the historical narratives as being mythological . seems to me it is the starting propositions that guide the theologian. which of the church fathers saw millennia in gen 1 ,or dismissed the miraculous elsewhere as fable?.
and do you think the first followers of the way gave their lives for a myth?
as to tax payers,-there will be a lot of them in your country that are unhappy about paying to have their kids taught evolution myths.