This is a Catholic nation created by Catholics. What do you expect? Just like how alcohol prohibition is enforced in many Muslim-majority countries.
Utah is whatever Utah is...I don't know Mormon rules on alcohol.
Alcohol prohibition is not a valid reason to hate any religion.
Honestly, there is never a valid reason to hate any religion!
This is a Catholic nation...... are you talking about the US? It's not a Catholic nation. Christian? Yes. Catholic? No.
I take the Bible as I take the Odyssey. Historical truth with some allegory mixed in. And a bit of fictional explanations because of unsophistication for good measure.
I do believe there's a God though. Just not as the Abrahamic religions (or any religions) describe Him though. But, for the sake of speculation, if God did speak to humans in XXXX BC, then he'd have to talk to them in much the same way adults talk to children.
The Nile River receding then having a flash flood just as you escape mass genocide would be definitely seem like God intervening to create a miracle. And just to make it Hollywood, saying it parted wouldn't be too bad of a lie.