There's some individuals who have become what they despise so much, somewhat of a hypocritical position, dare I say, religious like. Individuals who condemn all religions, claim that all are false (a claim some religions make about others) and that they themselves hold the absolute true perspective of reality.
Their prejudices only allow for them to see everything wrong, untrue and unbeneficial about all religions. They claim to be the "free-thinkers," but I see nothing free in them. They are no skeptics, because they feel as if their position is above skepticism. Do they doubt their position at all, or do they simply feel it is the correct position to have?
Their claim is that everyone else is wrong, and if science isn't placed upon a mountaintop, held in the highest regards, then you're backward, weak and need to catch up with the rest of the so-called "intellects."
In destroying the "one true faith," they have replaced it with the "one true prejudice" the prejudice that since they feel they need no religion nobody else does; that, what's right for them is right for all. Sound familiar?
Much of the time what happens is the belief in a specific god or gods can be abandoned or destroyed, but the doctrine, the influence of that doctrine on a specific society continues to dwell within that person. More often than not they're able to bury the belief in a specific god or gods, but cannot escape the influence a specific doctrine of their society or upbringing. Rather it's certain morals, virtues, whatever it may be, they contain such thoughts, most of the time without them intending to do so, it comes "naturally." You simply cannot disregard thousands of years of influence that these systems have had upon our species. You think by denying the supernatural aspects you have escaped the grasp that religion controls of your natural experiences?