 His beliefs seem to change from atheism to slightly indifferent about God, though there's no real reason why the change.There are a few possibilities as to why he was now indifferent, he didn't want to push his beliefs on Orel; Orel being innocent and not knowing of God didn't annoy him so much since Clay and Angela were religious zealots; or simply he wished to keep his beliefs or lack thereof to himself.As he did try avoiding talking about God to Orel.