People who claim to have no religion are still religious. They've just switched to worshipping themselves. The things they feel most comfortable making leaps of faith on are the things that their narcissism determines to be obstructing their happiness. Which, unsurprisingly, are all about sex and social validation.

It's honestly amazing how many "hardcore atheists" still capitulate to some quasi-spiritual "I was destined to become this" doublespeak the second reality threatens their fantasy.