Atheists are mentally ill

[Faith No More]

You could still build up a kind of narcissism or inflated view of yourself as self sufficient without the need of others.

As opposed to the narcissism or inflated view that one's religious beliefs are ideal for everyone?

Even something like Buddhism is really focused toward a higher power it just happens to be found within by emptying yourself of your self which is illusionary.

Perhaps all appeals to a higher power are illusionary?

Epicureanism was an attempt in ancient Greece to find a state of inner bliss within a purely naturalistic framework without a belief in any higher power, though even then some of them went mad and/or committed suicide.

Right, because Christians never go mad or commit suicide.

So as the original article suggested the human brain was probably not wired up for atheism.

It suggested so vapidly, and I could equally suggest that atheists have simply evolved beyond the need for religion. They both, however, remain simply suggestions.

The difference is that one is an attempt to degrade and insult an entire group of people. When that is done so in such an unjustified manner, we call that prejudice.

Or at any rate you make life more difficult for yourself than it needs to be. You just need a bit of faith in there, in Christ ideally not that the mainstream alternatives are terrible.

What was that you said about narcissism and an inflated view of yourself?