Couldn’t they have just made him chief atheist and found someone who believes in God — any God — to serve as chief chaplain?
Epstein is the author of a book titled Good Without God — a rationale for atheism that fits in perfectly with the secular humanist approach that Harvard wants to take...
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/us/harvard-chaplain-greg-epstein.html
Athiests claim that they can be good without God.
I claim that without God, good can't exist.