How did you become an atheist?

[Edwardo Piet]

Anyhow, doesn't really matter if I'm genuine or not. I'm being decent, as you said, so as long as it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck...

Yes and no. On the one hand to be both genuine and decent would absolutely be preferable. Both honesty and decency are good things.

But on the other hand let's not commit the Perfect Solution Fallacy, just because both would be preferable doesn't mean that insincere decency isn't an improvement over insincere indecency (although of course sincere indecency is still an improvement over insincere indecency too), any improvement is good no matter how small. Not sure whether ultimately decency or honesty is most important of all... both are massively important in this world. Brutal honesty to the point of constantly being a total cunt to everyone gets you no where and hurts people, and superficial decency with a lot of dishonesty despite politeness and niceness on the outside, also gets you know where and hurts people eventually, I reckon... only more indirectly. I am not sure which is worse it depends perhaps which is the most extreme. Although both are definitely preferable to the combination of both being dishonest AND a total impolite bastard. Like I said, I think both decency and honesty are important.

I think it's fucking liberating to not have an agenda, and even better to have never developed one