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Your suggestion to join a church doesn't really make sense unless you're proselytizing. If they don't believe in any religions, then they wouldn't join a church no matter how good the social benefits might be. If they do believe in some religion, they have probably already joined a church.

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Plenty of atheists go to church. Participating in a religion does not require actually believing in it.

Where do you find these atheists? I don’t know of any atheists in my church, or any atheist friends that go to church

> I don’t know of any atheists in my church, or any atheist friends that go to church

Maybe they don't tell you. For instance, my grandmother didn't believe in god but was culturally attached to the catholic church and traditions. It's quite common (at least in western Europe where I live)

You don't generally say you're an atheist when talking to your church group, with a few notable exceptions.

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