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"-Me",

I don't think your equation of "christianity" with "community" and "church" is a common one. In fact, I'd never heard of it before. I don't think my apparent status as "street idiot" is to blame here.

I agree that it is unlikely that atheists are immune to propaganda or the delusions consequent to suppressed information or lack of it. They may, however, be less swayed by it, especially those who have slowly come to the conclusion that the supernatural is unlikely to exist by virtue of prolonged deep thinking and ruthless sifting of the evidence. Some of us were once "brow beating x-tians", too. In fact, most of us moved away from, or through, some level of the religious beliefs prevalent in our community. Not all of us, of course.

In any case, I'm not sure of your point here. Is it to point out that everyone needs to relate to a community? There's no argument there. Psychological science has confirmed that in spades. Even freshly born babies need hugs, affection and human interaction in order to survive and thrive.

People tend to gravitate to those who share similar beliefs as this helps to confirm them as worthwhile people. Academics and professionals do the same thing. The solution to comfortable survival, however, does not require that the social support network be based on religious conviction or lack of it.