I’ve heard a ton of aethists opine in 12-step meetings, and it’s my sense that they are mad because addicts hate to be told what to do, and they think that religion wants to fence them in.
Denish D’Souza, in his book on aethism, says that almost all aethists would have stayed believers if religion didn’t try to contrain their sex desires.
Yea....those pesky TEN COMMANDMENTS
The atheists I know are former Christians who are angry because they didn’t get what they prayed for.