On the contrary. You gave me 2 different answers to choose from regarding eternal suffering, so I picked the one in post #36!
The thing about post 36 is that atheism is really secular humanism, and a religion all its own.
The gap between atheism and agnosticism is humility. Even the Greeks understood that hubris was probably the least forgivable of all the sins. To too many people, that gap is as wide as the one between galaxies.
Admission of ignorance is a pretty tall step for a lot of folks.