Does forming an atheist community pose a risk to becoming a religion?

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A religion, by definition, usually has to involve some belief in specific goings on beyond our ability to detect. (I try and avoid the meaningless term "supernatural", but "superstition" is close enough.) It also usually includes rituals of some kind.

So if a group of particularly minded atheists spent enough time together, who happened to share superstitions or ended up harmonising, a religion could develop. It’s more likely to be an airy-fairy woo group than a cult though, I expect. I know lots of atheists who believe in all kinds of strange things, but they’re not generally on the same spectrum as traditional religious beliefs.