My pops is a minister and I was raised homeschooled, super religious, the whole deal. I think saying one doesn't believe in god, or religious ideology, is good for individual expression, but as far as having a conversation about the world it's about as useful as saying one doesn't believe in the stock market. Religion and belief in a higher power/s influence an incomprehensible amount of human activity on this little rock called Earth. It's way more useful to acknowledge these (idk what word to use here... Entities? Forces? Driving concepts?) To examine what they provide people.
Obviously the spectrum is real wide, but one of the more obvious provisions of some world-dominant, monotheistic religions is a sense certainty and order. It's sad and surreal to see people abandon all other sources of logic and information in favor of rules that seem so founded on nothing to me, (i.e. pray warrior your way through COVID) but in a (maybe perverse) way it's also enthrallingly fascinating. It's one of the main reasons I check this site almost every day. I've never come away from any post closer to understanding it. In fact, I usually just feel more boggled. But I guess that's a weird, interesting feeling. Some people go to church to get their minds boggled. I read Facebook posts by people who keep their faith in God while he cruelly kills scads of loved ones, or even until he sucks the last breath right out of you. Why? I cannot say. But a few dozen more posts from the Vaxxman maybe I'll be closer.