New atheist here, gotta say, not loving it

[Aroura]

So, just because it didn't happen to you, there must be more to his story or else he's full of shit?

Seriously, I need a break from people. This guy came looking for someone to talk to, just talk, and you asshats tell him we aren't qualified and question his sanity.

I'm done here for a while.

That is not what I wrote. Logically speaking as an atheist, the fact is that you have only this one attempt at life and that is it. Thus for an atheist, this one life is even more meaningful because there are no "do-overs".

That is absolutely what you said.  Like, I'm not even putting words in your mouth or taking things out of context.  You literally said:

There must be some other underlying motive here. Bullying? Rejection by family and peers, perhaps? I don't know. And thus the question.

Frankly, my eldest came out as trans-gender recently after having previously come out as atheist. Given the rump of remaining RCC loons, one can imagine the mayhem.

And I had no hand act or part in that. My policy was "step away, do not get dragged into the fight, provide support". I still got blamed for it, being as I am a godless heathen and spawn of the devil.

Bottom line is, our OP has some other thing going on or is a wind up merchant IMHO.

You said, there must be something else aside from change to atheism going on.  Then followed up by saying the other option is he's a Wind up merchant", which is a liar, jokester, troll type of thing.
These are your very own words.

Though I agree that atheism makes life more meaningful not less, that point is not anywhere in the post from you I was responding to.  
Only the degradation of the OP's motives.