My Greatest Regret As An Agnostic Atheist

reversing the hands of time would be my greatest help for now, if that were possible.
I reside in an academic community somewhere in the east, my journey through the atheistic part has been quite interesting though challenging...having to fine tune core upbringing believe systems to what I am now.
to keep body and soul together, I help around with handy jobs in my small academic community, and with my intrigue personality it wasn't hard to become popular
an interesting conversation was on on one of the whatsapp group I belonged to on this very quiet and boring day about religion and God's plan for man, redemption, salvation, deliverance.... and I decided to join and gave quite a twist to the whole discussion. oh my! and all attention was faced on me.
immediately I was getting personal messages, it became so overwhelming that I had to ignore some.
the next day, I was like a walking ghost, some of my greetings were not returned, side talks when I pass and some offered to even pray to deliver me.
business/survival hasn't been the same.
I will one day leave this community, and then we will do all what they do, I want acceptance too, I need to survive.
disclosing your identity in an environment that is deeply entagled with religious dogma brings nothing but loss to us, no one is rewarding us to confess.