Anyone who has the ability to publicly denounce his/her own faith in public, uncaring to the opinions of others, has a quality that I admire.  Their indifferent nature to the opinions of others.  This is actually much better than to pretend to be something that you are not, and to live as a hypocrite amongst people of a faith that you do not believe in.  This may be one reason why the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) stated that the hypocrites will be in the lowest areas of “Hell”.  The apostates and disbelievers will be in a higher level.  At least they were able to wear their beliefs on their sleeves and be sincere in what they believed in.  Sincerity.  That’s what it boils down to.