some of us to have better things to do than to spend our time compassionately trying to unindoctrinate those trapped in religious cults. like sleep. enjoy ourselves. water our plants. go to the beach. chat with others that where enjoying yesterday's glorious afternoon at the beach
religious people can have better social networks, to carry them thru their life struggles, that is all
but like a person that depends on Social Security from Centrelink, when the safety net fails, they have little to stand on because their house is built on sand rather than rock
enlightened atheism is peace & completion of life
enlightened atheism is best
it is far from hopelessness but the very opposite
the important matter is to develop ENLIGHTENMENT
the UNENLIGHTENED religious may be slightly better off than the UNENLIGHTENED atheist but both are in a pretty bad position from the perspective of ENLIGHTENMENT