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I grew up in a conservative christian family and I am the only leftist atheist.
I very much understand the consequences and dangers of speaking up against dogmatic communities and the difficulty in explaining 'No, I'm still a good person, I just don't believe that specific thing' to people who see you as, literally, an agent of Satan. I've been physically assaulted, ridiculed, bullied, and excluded by people who let dogma lead their thinking.
Doing it online is a lot less intimidating some senses. However, there are a lot of young people who get trapped in these dogmatic communities and feel like there is something wrong with them because they have doubts.
To them I say: There's nothing wrong with you, it is okay to ask questions, to disagree and to expect people to justify their beliefs. The people who are trying to bully you instead of convince you are the ones in the wrong, even if they are otherwise good people or you otherwise agree with them on other topics.
I agree 100%.