Happiness level after embracing atheism

[Lek]

I can identify with the feeling of relief when one abandons religion.  After I left the catholic church, I felt like a great weight was lifted from me.  It was a lot of stress trying to follow all the church rules.  There are some things about being an atheist that are attractive to me.  There are a lot of unfair income taxes that I wouldn't pay if I wasn't a christian.  I wouldn't have felt so guilty in my younger days over the way I was living and I could now tell my younger brother that I was really happy about his relationship with his male partner.  Then there's also benefits to being a christian, like I don't worry much about the future and a daily feeling of security.  The thing is, I just have to follow what I believe is true, so here I am.