So you claim that you were there? Or that the ignorant humans who wrote and adapted ancient origin myths were really there? Because science doesn't need to claim to have been there, to make the best estimates possible, that don't only rely on the dubious testimony of a particular human. You're also misconstruing other Christians who are not Young Earth Creationists as "atheists". Why should we trust the statements of someone who is blatantly intellectually dishonest? Let's revise:
I’m teaching them how to think correctly about origins. And atheists hate that. They don’t want children to understand that evolution and millions of years are beliefs
Your problem is actually that you're not teaching them how to think correctly, you're misleading them. The same reason you must misconstrue as "atheist" (which in your flawed definition means heretic to YEC) everyone who knows that. Also, there is no problem with teaching about beliefs, without falling in the trap of false equivalence between reliable information, discoveries and belief, or claiming that all beliefs are equivalent.
the religion of naturalism (atheism)
More nonsense. Atheism is the non-belief in deities and thus not religion. Science is neutral and relies on what it can work with, rather than mythology and claims, also not religion. Methodological naturalism is what allows its incredible success and is not something that only atheists acknowledge. By your flawed logic, you're using "atheistic technology" for your ministry. Based on the same principles and knowledge that allows to estimate the age of the Earth and to date its layers. That allows to study DNA. Incredible, awesome knowledge that you want to discard because of a particular reality-denial and exploitative tradition. And a deceptive business model.
Flawed Ken mind confusion model:
- Non-YEC = atheism
- Christian = YEC
- Science = atheism
- Atheism = religion (see conflict with "Science")
- Reality = "hate"
- Questionable claim, unreliable testimony = truth, correct