Here in Edmonton (Canada) I belong to an atheist organization and the rapport I have with other members is lots of fun!

I kinda like the pomp and circumstance, the costumes, and the music. Not the modern drivel with big video screens and guitars, but William Byrd's Mass for four voices, or Faure's Requiem.

No, it's just stupid.

I don't miss it. I don't miss having 6 days a week spoken for by commitments. I don't miss having to be someplace on Wednesday evenings. I havn't done these things in my adult life, but there is very little nostalgia or charm from having that in my youth. I felt like a fish out of water even when I believed. I felt like an anthropologist studying strange customs. I still feel like that when I attend weddings or funerals in church. I admit it creeps me out a little bit.

Never.

I actually found some parts of liturgical worship to be a form of meditation that had some positive aspects. But, the same benefits are available without the attendant dogma.

Absolutely not! It always made me uncomfortable, and I was raised Catholic.

The incense at a high holy mass - that's it.

No. It won't go away. It keeps bitin me in the a double s. My earliest memory was of sitting beside my Mother in church. But it got kind of boring, so I stood up and started running up and down the pew. But apparently that wasn't allowed, Mama got ahold of me and said, you sit right down here and be quiet. Boy, was that boring. Then I noticed that my lil benis was sticking straight up, so I started to give that some attention. But apparently that wasn't allowed either, cause Mama took ahold of both my arms and physically restrained me. And that is why I became an atheist. Ha ha ha. Nah, just kiddin, I got saved from a life of religious foolishness by a hellfire and damnation Baptist preacher. The sum-b was gonna throw me in a lake of fire. So if I don't believe in that stuff, then God won't throw me down there to the devil, cause I'm stupid. If u r stupid u get a pass for being bad. No, I am not drinking. I am cold sober.

I only miss thinking that I was special or better than other people. Being chosen for some great thing. Also having someone planning everything out for me. all things were going to work out no matter what.

Never had one!! I was always spiritual and knew this was just a package I was in when I came here. I always had deja vu. My whole life has been a spiritual journey searching for the truth. We have all been lied to for a long time. Religions were created to divide us and the media likes to promote division and many more lies. The illuminati have been around for quite a while and they have messed with everything including religions, mixing them with truth and lies. I feel sorry for these people that fall for anything they are programmed for. Critical thinking is very valuable. My truth is inside of me.

I never had one, so I will never miss it.

When I was younger and was forced to go to church, I would always dream about all the things I could be doing now. When on a Sunday my mother asked why I had not cleaned my room, I suggested I could have done it instead of church...
I do not miss the pointless conversations, the judging and the submissiveness of the audience. All too much.

No, but sometimes I envy people with such conviction about eternal life and such it would be so much easier to not think sometimes.

I’ve never been religious, and when I’m confronted with it, I just think... “shit, not again”!

Not at all

I enjoy everything in life. Sharing a religious service is a social event.

No.

Never had one.

Nope. I have never been religious or believed in a god, so nothing to miss.

I don't miss religion per say but the fact that organization tends to bring about certain benefits for its members, the people unite their efforts for some common purpose many will likely benefit from the pulled resources and social companionship

Somewhat. Religion is a corner stone of society because it gives so much comfort and peace of mind.... even if that never reflects reality. What can be more comforting than believing that you have a space father watching out for you, that he will cart you off to a magic happy land after you die, and that all the answers to every question worth asking are in one book you can get for free, in a pocket sized edition? Just believing that someone is in charge of the chaos is a mightily comforting thought.

No. I do miss hanging out with the priests. Episcopal priests are quite philosophical and tend to be very careful in interpreting the bible. As one said to me, "That God of the Old Testament was one mean son of a bitch."

not even a little bit. religion was like a shackle around my neck and I will never put it back on

I miss the uninhibited sex breaks.