[dsc]

"Atheism isn't a cover for bad behavior, I don't think, as
much as it is the inevitable outcome of unfettered rationality."

You might find it interesting to read G. K. Chesterton on the hazards of unfettered rationality. See "Orthodoxy" and "Heretics." They're available on line.

[gcruse]

If someone can convince me to fetter my rationality, then I deserve to be taken for whatever I have, and will be.