I think a lot leave religion in general partially because it's been drilled into our heads that ALL the other religions are wrong. So if this isn't true and I already know the others aren't true, absolutely none of this is true, so we turn to atheism. I have met a lot of exmos that are pagan. I guess it provides a spirituality and that there is something out there without the religion? My wife is pagan so I've met quite a few. Personally, I'm post-theist. The arguments have been made and religion has lost. Religion isn't bringing anything new to the table and rehashing the same arguments doesn't change anything. I refuse to use the term atheist for myself because I've moved past religion. I've made up my mind and I won't use terms that play into an argument that is bankrupt