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Why do I still pray when I don't believe in God anymore

I stopped believing in God two years ago but still catch myself praying when the plane hits turbulence or when my kid gets sick. I feel like a hypocrite but also can't help myself.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The body remembers what the mind has forgotten, and old patterns of reaching toward the sacred persist even when belief has departed.

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