Aurelius seals the deal?

[Eilonnwy]

Could being devoted to just gods be anything other than Good? If someone is un-devoted to just gods, then how can they be good (or as you say "better")?

So every atheist here is bad? They don't give to charity, do good deeds, live a good life? They murder and rape and pillage? Is that what you think of us?

If you want to believe being devout means being good, fine. Believe what you want, it's you're privilege. But may I remind you that the 9/11 suicide bombers and abortion doctor killers, and the witch hunters, and the fighters of the crusades, the inquisitors from the middle ages...they were all devout believers.

However, in the context of this quote, he is equivocating devote with worshiping god and nothing more. You are just grasping at straws here.