I would like to add a general comment that may be obvious to believers but I've never actually seen it written, or even spoken for that matter(Maybe I don't get out enough?): When God is disinvited from a society, culture, what have you, it naturally follows that the evil one himself also becomes a non-entity; or so it would seem. IOW, if God doesn't exist, then the obvious conclusion any rational being would draw is since absolute holiness is nonexistent then absolute evil must also be nonexistent. You'll forgive me, but I am unable to put into words what I actually think about it. I expect you can probably get my meaning however.
I think I do, ForGod'sSake. But I'm not sure I agree that when God is "disinvited" from a society that this somehow renders the evil one a non-entity. Rather I suspect that when God is "obviated," this simply leaves an unimaginably immense vacuum into which the evil one and his minions can rush and fill. They "take the place" of what is properly God's, for the purpose of destroying souls. Without God's protection, they are remarkably easy to "pick off." It's sort of like "open hunting season" on humans....
It has long seemed to me that, when somebody takes a shot at God, it's always man that ends up taking the bullet. God Himself is unharmed; but humans are harmed, most grievously.
Of course, I'm using symbolic language to try to speak of ineffable things. I'm not sure whether what I've written makes any sense to others; e.g., those who are non-Christians. I'm pretty sure atheists would find my statements totally risible.
Thank you so much for writing, ForGod'sSake!