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When atheists seek religious community

I've been an atheist since college but I started going to Quaker meetings because I miss the silence and community and I don't know what that makes me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The human need for ritual, silence, and spiritual community can draw non-believers toward religious spaces despite lack of theological agreement.

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“Where Are You with Atheism — philosophical traditions?”

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