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I love this answer.
Atheism is not a religion. We don't fight or argue with religious people since we don't care. We don't bring up atheism with other people as a topic to discuss since we simply don't care.
I am not sure if this is the right comparison, but we don't really care if the earthworm feels that it wants to take a shit. Or what it feels for a worm when taking a shit. I simply don't care. Same about the religions.
Fellow Indian here. I'm agnostic. I wasn't raised very religious either. I am ok with eating beef and have tried it a few times. My main thing is that I sometimes do a token prayer when I pass a temple. I also feel icky if my feet touch books.
I was raised in a Buddhist family and we all celebrate christmas til this day. Just the part with the tree and the gifts, none of the other religious stuff that comes with Christmas.
i like hanging the bit about jesus telling people to respect gender divergence over people's heads
Buddhism's concept about Karma seems pretty cool and I still view it as the most reasonable religion out of the ones I know of.
Still love me some good Gospel music.
I like a lot of religious art (architecture, paintings, music...). Some of it is certainly the result of historical patronage, but plenty is the result of genuine religious inspiration and even ecstasy. I often think that art is the only real redeeming quality of religion!
Greetings from an Ex-Hindu Atheist. I was never really into Religious Banter that much even as a small kid. But I would say the major propelling force that made me become an Atheist would be my curiosity and eagerness to study science. Science answered all those questions Religion could not and my treatment by my super religious parents helped me not to retain any religious superstitions. Their berating only gave me more strength to continue my study of science and legitimized my standings.
I call myself an atheist simply because I don't believe that any current religious institution has the correct answer.
I've had mystical experiences and my own reasoning tells me that there is far more to the world than we are able to experience or even imagine.
But none of it corresponds to any religions I know of. The closest is maybe Buddhism, but I don't think it's the right choice for me.
And I'm not even sure if there are any Buddhist organisations out here in the norwegian countryside.
Guess I'll just have to go through my existential crisis on my own. 
I was raised Catholic and left it at a young age and spent a lot of time uprooting the brainworms so I don't think there's much left. However, whenever I can't find something I really need and start getting stressed, I'll still recite, "Dear St. Anthony, please come around, my X has been lost and cannot be found." It's a useful way to calm down and focus instead of freaking out and panicking.
Other than that, I still retain a lot of the theology I learned in high school, and I can still sometimes get a little opinionated about various things even though I have no dog in the fight.