Worse. It would confirm god is either unmercifully cruel or impotent, or both, and we would be left with increased fear and a valid reason for real hopelessness and despair. Who would want to spend eternity with a god that creates or allows so much suffering? It would be a guarantee of eternal pain. With no god there's no one to be angry at, or fearful of. There's the sure knowledge that our suffering will end, and only lasts the relatively short span of our lifetime. There's an exquisite New Yorker cartoon that expresses it perfectly. Just a picture of two people, one says to the other, "If indeed there was a reason for all of this, that would be so much worse."