Happiness level after embracing atheism

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The saddest thing is, I don't believe him. I believe that he believes this kind of stuff, but I honestly don't think he'd act the way he describes if he lost his faith. It's part of the brainwashing to equate atheism with immorality and nihilism.

If he's got empathy and a conscience, he would discover those things won't disappear just because he doesn't think Jesus is looking over his shoulder. Those are real things that keep us in check, it's just religion gives us magical explanations for this rather than scientific ones. We do have scientific ones, that's the saddest part. This isn't even gap filling, it's crossing out and replacing.

Now, if he doesn't have a conscience and empathy, all bets are off. But I highly doubt this is the case.