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Why we keep spiritual habits after losing faith

I stopped going to church two years ago but I still find myself saying grace before dinner alone in my apartment and I don't know if that makes me a hypocrite or just human.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Ritual and belief operate on different timescales, and the body remembers what the mind has released.

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