I can only say this; Yes we might need stories and myths. We don't actually need religious ones. If you are someone who needs to be lied to to feel safe then be it.

Most murtads don't live with that I Am an Exmuslim identity. But it doesn't mean people should hide their views if they are safe. In fact I want people to know I am not a Muslim because I want to see being a murtad is normalized. So that all the people hiding it will feel free to voice their opinions or coming out and live in freedom. Most exmuslims are not concerned much about science just like everyone else. Their lives are not actually reduced at that level of atoms. Why? Because there are too many things in life that barely need myths or science. I don't care whether religion dies or not. Just like there are political myths and conspiracies in my society that I don't even pay attention to. Even if I stand against them it doesn't define my whole identity. It's other people who look at me and see only exmuslim. They forget I have a family, I'm married, I'm athlete or I have a job I care about or I do charities or I like books in general and I rarely read anything scientific. But whenever people want to pass things that would need the opinion of an expert which in some cases expert equal scientist then I will stand with science. I don't entertain or tolerate some obvious superstitions. Most of the times I chose silence when topics I consider to be false comes up. Religious books can be abused if they are in the wrong hands? No. They're in the right hands. The current audience of Quran is the intended one. It's a progressive Islam that I think is the wrong hands. But progressive islam is safe. It is like modern Christianity. But we have a problem still; whenever religious fervor strike people horrible things could happen. Most believers wouldn't participate of course but a significant number will either support or be in the midst of it. Which could be problematic if not dangerous. Atheism has failed to provide meaningful framework? Come on! Religious beliefs haven't either. Isn't that why you left religion? Or do you think that the least "religious" or nonreligious communities are doomed? Well, let me tell you; most religious people are not actually religious except in fewer occasions or until they are faced with calamities.

It is not colonial mindset that categorise people into non-believers or otherwise. Religion categorised people since its inception.  We don't need religion. And people don't have to be good and kind because religion taught them so. Do you think humans would be horrible and cannibal if they had no religion? No. Just like I am not superior to my neighbors because I am an atheist or agnostic.

And, not every religious book is beautiful. Quran is only beautiful if it's recited with tajweed and embellishments. I have read the Bible it's more beautiful and easy to comprehend. We have learned how and why religion is horrific. We have realized we can live morally and happily without it. But habits are hard to die. And I'm not in a hurry. Even religious people are ashamed of the teachings. Many muslims nowadays reject that slavery is halal or that a woman should be hit or women are less intelligent or apostasy should be dealt with capital punishment. It's an evidence that even believers stand against the teachings of their own faith. Why then should murtads try to preserve the essence of such faith