Have you known anyone who is a non believer /skeptic that keeps their beliefs private and attends church for business and or financial gain? Theoretically, what would it take for you yourself to do such a thing?
I'm in the closet as an atheist because I'm a teacher, and the culture of faith and belief has permeated the two schools at which I have taught (I don't talk about personal religious stances at all). I know of one teachers at my current school who was openly an atheist, but he is now retired. I've spent 15 years working to teach honors classes, and many of the students in those classes transfer from private religious schools. I fear certain students refusing to engage at all in the class or with me if I come out atheist, and then I will have problems with parents, etc. I just don't want to deal with it.