Don't hate religion, hate "hate", and make the better of the rest of your days. Hatred of anything, good or bad, can be a very overpowering, and very heartbreaking emotion. You can not "want" to be religious, you can not "enjoy" the company of religious people, you can "despise" their actions and the way they talk to you, but honestly, do not take the extra effort to HATE anything, because it will just tear you up inside, make you do things that will get you into trouble, and the next thing you know, you have no friends, you are always late for work because you don't want to be there with all those religious fanatics, and you are exceptionally rude to your boss who happens to be a Christian - hence you get fired and wrongly blame it on his religious attitude and not your own hatred that caused it in the first place.
Try to be happier with life, perhaps don't see things eye to eye, but at least realize that people think differently than you do, especially the NT's, and alot of what you are attributing to the religious aspect is because they are stupid NT's who don't know how better to act, how to behave correctly.
Take my words of advice and use them to your fullest. I wish you well in your new endeavors.
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Skywatcher
-"Look to the future, be aware of the present, and beware of the past." -Me