For those of you that are atheist or agnostic do you have more of a problem with organized religion or the fact that people have faith in a God?

For those of you that are atheist or agnostic do you have more of a problem with organized religion or the fact that people have faith in a God?
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Totally. Believing in something that doesn’t exist is one thing, but a bunch of silly rituals to honor something that doesn’t exist (which can sometimes end up with terrible consequences) can be time-wasting at best, and offensive and harmful at worst.
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