FWIW, I don't think you came off as pushy or predatory (as someone who is firmly on the atheist side of things), but any suggestion of religion can easily cross

FWIW, I don't think you came off as pushy or predatory (as someone who is firmly on the atheist side of things), but any suggestion of religion can easily cross that line when someone is in an emotional malleable state such as this. I think that's why people tend to be a little jumpy about it.