I'm not speaking from myself here, I'm repeating something I've heard another person say...

Someone I knew said that he found the ritual to be soothing. Partaking of a ritual that has been around for centuries. Helped him feel like he was part of something greater than himself. He felt a sense of connection / communion with others. He is sort of an athiest, though I guess it can be hard to classify / categorise people. He had a respect for spirituality and used to wonder...

Yeah he found the ritual and ceremony offered by religion to be soothing...

He felt helped by it immensely.

I don't really get that from religion though I get it from art and stuff like that. Religious art in particular. The ceiling of the cistene chapel and stuff like that. I enjoyed art history at school a great deal. I guess I found what he found there. And I find the sense of communion in malls lol.