I didn’t become an atheist because I wanted freedom from God.
I became an atheist because I wanted freedom from pretending to know something I couldn’t justify.
And I’m okay with saying: “I don’t know.”
I don’t think atheism requires you to prove that God doesn’t exist.
If someone tells me there’s an invisible being controlling reality, I’m allowed to ask for evidence before I believe them.
That isn’t hatred.
That’s skepticism.