I went to an atheist "church"

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For me, religion has claimed ownership of certain human needs. For example, funerals are way to close a door on your grief and say goodbye. The need for it is not a religious one. Nor should a sense of fellowship be seen as purely religious. We are after all pack animals that feel the need to live in communities. If these needs have been met by your religious community in the past andf you leave that community then you will still have those needs.