https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/way-more-americans-may-be-atheists-than-we-thought/
The statement “I do not believe in God” is as true for agnostics and people undergoing a crisis of faith. Ask an agnostic “Do you believe in God?” and he must answer “No”.
“Are you confident that God does not exist?” is a question for determining the percentage of genuine atheists.
As for bigotry, VICIOUS Cultural Marxists and other DEPRAVED libertines have a deathgrip over the cultural and political organs of the West. They RELENTLESSLY find any way to savagely bash and demonize anyone who DARES to try being a sincere Christian.
The desire to “justify” mainstream and “normalize” depravity is the key driver of atheism. People are never exposed to the anti-science nature of “scientific atheism” or the rational and natural reasons for faith.
In this environment, it should surprise no one that the victims of those enlightened champions of “rationality” view atheism with some suspicion. That’s not bigotry.