Is it just me or.....?

So I'm a 17 yr old hs senior... yes, I'm a year younger than I'm supposed to be, but my mind has been on something lately. A few months ago, I officially became an atheist.

I've always had struggles with my faith but I finally deconstructed and I can really can never see myself going back (my parents who are some of the most conservative religious people on planet earth don't exactly know yet, I'm waiting till when I atleast I'm 18 and move out to college... yunno, an adult who can make decisions by myself). They might disown me and suspect I've been deceived by the enemy (the devil), but I'll be fine on my own.

So that leads to my main question? Why be religious? I mean, why can't I just be born, live a happy and good life without believing anything, and not have to worry about being disowned or going to hell? Why do we even have religions in the first place? Cuz, it totally sucks .

I'm coming on here because this is a journey I've been going on myself with no one to talk to in my family because they will never understand and just judge me. Yunno, just think about the hate, division, and degrading of human beings religious believes has brought that mostly has to do with whether you're part of their specific group or not. Why can't we just be grateful for existing, live the best of life while we still can before, whenever it is, we pass away without having to worry about petty things. It, in a way, takes away human innocence and makes us feel bad or guilt for things that are very human like to do but go against religions.

I have always been thinking about being a social media personality that promotes this very idea of what it means to be human and teach people to get rid of whatever guilt or shame they feel solely cuz of religious or societal shaming. Yunno, imagine a world where people got along, were friendly, accepted each other, gave second chances and not judge, and is just filled with so much love. I know what I'm writing might seem all over the place, but.... do u get what I mean?

What is y'alls sense of what it is to be moral? How far can you go? What is your limit? Do you hate or look down on people? Can I be an atheist and be a better person morally than a religious person? What is the meaning of life? And how can you live a good life?