Although said over the top to gain a reaction there is some truth to the statement. Rarely hear about people with everything going fine in their lives suddenly becoming religious, Christian or whatever.
I'd love for their to be some form of life after death and can see why it's appealing as in...
The main issue with the debate is that many people fail to grasp how powerful indoctrination is. To Those born into religion it is all you can understand. No words from a 'sinning' non believer or atheist will change their opinion.
I feel quite privileged to have been born into a non faith...
Religion is my favourite debate. Could get interesting. Would recommend the documentary 'Religulous' by Bill Maher for anyone interested in atheism vs religion.