That situation attains whether or not there is a God.
It cannot attain without a God, at least not a Christian God.
Follow the thread of history. Where a Christian God is absent you don't have a movement toward liberty, but away from it. You may argue survivorship bias, but the reality is that you're only able to have this conversation because Christians have a religion that developed into tolerance, scientific thinking, and restraint.
Atheistic societies go to totalitarianism quickly, most start there.
(I hope this doesn't sound like an attack. I don't see you in Hell or anything like that ;-] )
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If you don’t believe there is a God, why are you here?