people will tell you a variety of things and over time you may come to realize that some things you hear from people are not correct, and may be just for the purpose of pushing some agenda they have...
Much of the no-religion talk is is this form as there are some people who seem to be of the frame of mind of pushing their belief in the value of no-relgion onto people who find value in religion, just as the opposite is true of people who have a particular religion pushing it onto those who dont wish to have a religion or religious belief system...
However the historical context of a common religious belief system being the bedrock of essentially all communities is an interesting one, even to the initial settlement of the US...
A parable of the Bible that you may find somewhat interesting is that of Sodom and Gomorrah where when the religious faith that built the community is abandoneed for a free-wheeling, type of anything goes community or the worship of crazy religions, the community eventually fails, often catastrohpically...
You might find some interesting similarities to some of our modern communities if you were of a mind to...
Of course you might also decide to ignore the lessons of history, but that is your choice...
A wonderful community we live in really, where we have a choice to practice and be active in a religion or not...
Pity many of the islamic communities that do not have such a freedom and some seem to even pay with their lives...
