Happiness level after embracing atheism

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It's really hard for me to understand the Christian mind.

I have one last possibility. Maybe Lek feels conflicted about paying taxes, because he doesn't like what some of the money is spent on. Fair enough. I feel the same way (well I did when earnt enough money even pay tax).

But he can justify it to himself by saying he's just following orders. Then he doesn't feel so bad about it. It's a coping mechanism (if this bit of bollocks psychology is correct), we all have to find them one way or another.

However, it doesn't work properly because he's decided to take that part of the bible literally. Like all Christians, the bits he doesn't like following he can say are metaphors, parables, translation errors, traditions of bygone eras, misquotations, overridden by other contradictory bits... so each Christian does in fact choose exactly what parts they "have to follow".