See, I'm an atheist and I think this guy's a cool guy. Nevermind whether or not it actually made a difference to an afterlife that may or may not exist; he made it so that these people died without regrets of fears, and that's very nice of him.

Edit: Obligatory "this shitty comment I made while redditing in bed before going to sleep became my most upvoted anything by 645% of 2nd place" edit.