Exactly but people are desperate to have said question answered. That's why figures in nice robes provide neat answers to said questions. It means people can be comfortable with a neat answer rather than having the questions just sit there.
There is no "neat answer". This is evidenced by your dissatisfaction with said answer.
The guy in the robe just says you'll have to wait til the next life, or the final judgement, or whatever to find out more. How is that neat? No way known...
I said the question should not be asked in the first place. By all means, ask yourself, and think about what you feel most right believing in. But don't ask people, and then point to the fact that they cannot answer as proof that atheism is the way to go.
That reasoning is very illogical.