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I recall an extremely successful startup from 2000 years ago that attacked this problem, and continues to this today. It's greatest competition is from all the otehr startups of the past 2 decades ;-)

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If you think organised religion is about "making friends", you are very, very naive.

Don't discount that motivation for being religious. I know many people who are church regulars, because that's their only social interaction.

I've often thought there needs to be a 'church' for Atheists, basically a carbon copy of the modern churches but with jesus and bible stripped out completely. The social grouping is therapeudic and I think the religion meme hitches to this for continuation and longevity.

The other possibility is to make dues-free fraternal organizations. Churches are payment-optional so why not payment-optional frats? Say dues payment halves bar prices (and no-dues prices are somewhat uncomfortably high).

There is, of course - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Assembly .

It's non-religious rather than atheistic.

There's always the Universal Unitarians.

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