Oh thats what you say, but I've had countless discussions with religious people in which they told me how they are morally superior to non-believers through god's influence.
No, the factual statement that I never struggled with addiction doesnt mean morally superior.nit means mentally superior to people who fall for addiction.
I think you're projecting because your own post reeks of superiority. I.e "I have never..." Great I am happy for you. You still claim mental superiority, yet someone claims spiritual superiority. If you don't believe in God, by definition of only what's tangible, as many materialist people are, then that would make your thought process worse because it's based in reality, something you know to be measurable.
There is a reason the saying exists "It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven." It's doesn't mean that rich people can't go to heaven, it means it's harder to see God when you have everything you "need" in the earthly sense. That's why so many in Western/first world countries become atheist.
I have never felt God more than when I went to Pakistan.
The reality is, if you have an open heart, God finds you at your lowest. Unfortunately, some of these people still suffer from Pride, which makes some of the things they say sound pretentious.
In short, don't ascribe God's qualities through the actions of men, at least not always.
This could have been worded better, I'm in a hurry. I'll come back to if later if we continue the conversation.