It isn't strange for those living a lie in the face of reality, to continue living a lie in the face of reality.

I usually get a change of subject.

It's similar to trying to converse with a member of the trump cult;when you point out the lies and cruelty,then the anger follows.

The UK is mostly secular now. I find that Christians are rather thin on the ground, they have gone the way of the buffalo. We won our war, it took hundreds of years from Henry viii to the Life of Brian but there are thousands of disused churches and chapels. Sometimes it's sad but fuck em.
The Christians that are left and are willing to put their head above the parapet tend to be of the touchy/feely lovey/dovey variety rather than hellfire brimstone guys.
The only Christian in my life is my daughter's friend, who is young and naive. She lost her mom to cancer a couple of years back so I am in the position of whatever gets you through the night. Not that we don't discuss this shit but I don't feel the need to be a jerk about it.

I have a few practicing christian friends in my life. We sometimes talk about religion and they are fully aware that I am a non believer. We just say that each person has their own opinion and is entitled to it. No anger, no nasty remarks, all friendly. We actually sometimes laugh about it. Maybe because I am in Australia it is so easy.

Nope--not unless they claim they didn't read the scripture correctly.

I see your point but the only Christians I have in my life today and my 2 daughters who each "believe in their own way." They find it hard to go with me no longer believing when they both know that I once did. Oh, I forgot a few people in Texas who remember me as a believer. Haven't seen them in years and if we do talk I do not debate religion with them. Even so, ones mother died a couple of years ago and she claims I helped her tremendously in handling her grief.

Religious people believe that the world needs a source of absolute authority, to enforce absolute laws, because they believe that, humans are naturally broken and untrustworthy. So far not so good. But then, think for a second, who would be most likely to want that ? You and I, probably do have at least some faith in the natural honesty and goodness of our fellow humans, but religion of course is filled with people who don't, and feel the need for authority imposed from above. And why would anyone not trust others ? Most likely because they do not trust themselves, and judge everyone else to have no more devotion to real values than they do. Religion preys on the narcissist and the morally weak, because they are the most needy. Then you add to that the fact, that religions find endless ways, to excuse being illogical and accepting irrational ideas, and train people to that endlessly, (theology) .

Then is it any real surprise that dishonesty comes easily to the religious, when they are probably narcissists with low moral instincts to begin with, relatively anyway, and have then, spent a lifetime being trained to avoid honesty.

Happily, I really don't have any Christians in my life.