Religion

biggest moral conscience as you say.

by using the word "profess" that leads me to believe that you think that people who are atheists are incapable of having a moral conscience unless they have "religion" or have "teachings" from the bible.

I am an atheist, my parents were atheists, YET, I help the poor, do volunteer work and consider myself a good person. Why? because in the grand scheme of things, I was taught these things from my parents not because of some fake story of fire and brimstone and being "judged" by some sky being but because it's the right thing to do in society.

we are atheists, not psychopaths lacking in empathy.

the creation of god by man didn't also create empathy. empathy has been around long before there were any god based religions. how do I know this? because we as a species are a social bunch and one needs empathy to be social. otherwise, prior to the creation of gods or a god, we would have never progressed to the point of creating agriculture, art or the sciences. those came about for the betterment of the larger society. not because a god told them to.

you make it sound that if someone was as true atheist, such as myself, has no moral compass unless I have some religion in me.

I don't profess anything, I am a non-believer and have been my entire life.