This video was kind of a rant, so I'm going to make a ranting response...
I think for certain people, atheism is hopeless (those that put their hope in religious ideas more often than not). Life is what you make it, I've seen many happy religious people, and many happy atheists. Meaning and purpose seem to be important for people to feel happy/content with life. Meaning is easier to find for a religious person than an atheist. Religion provides an easy source of this feeling (feeling is real, even if the beliefs are not factual). An atheist is more free to determine what their life means, whereas a Christian, for example, is stuck with the being a 'pawn of God' role. An atheist has a harder time finding hope, because hope is not based in logic, but that doesn't mean an atheist can't find hope. Logically, life doesn't have a whole lot of meaning for an individual, which is why an atheist doesn't need to find meaning logically. Finding meaning emotionally should not be considered undesirable (things like love or inspiration). Many atheists try to suppress emotional thinking, which I believe is not a good thing to do psychologically (like thinking emotionally is not always a good thing, balance is important.
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