Most are atheists, which denies them access to one of the few institutions shown to promote happiness and sociability and provide meaning and consolation once life&#x27;s major goals&#x2F;distractions are past, and you have to stop and look existence in the face.  Downboat away, HN, but it&#x27;s a major cause of unhappiness: &quot;He doesn&#x27;t exist, the bastard.&quot;<p>Eventually, your choices are nihilism or God.  Everything else is hysterics.