redhawk23
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Just a casual observation. It seems to appeal to a lot to people who have low degrees of empathy. Religion, particularly the spirituality portion of it, seems to appeal to people's emotional connections. It's also seems to be why it's so easily co-opted.
I must admit, atheism doesn't really make me feel emotionally connected to other people.
I think its more of a matter of fact that people who are able and willing to be prominently "out" as an atheist, basically along the lines of the whole "New Atheism"/Dawkins area of thought are people who aren't as constrained by community obligations.
I personally know many atheists and agnostics who stay with their religious congregations because the alternative would be isolating from their families and communities. They don't have the option to go out there and run atheism blogs and wear Dawkins' Scarlet letter t-shirts.