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Atheists have no religious rituals, since they have no religion, and religious rituals are usually dedicated to a god, or to that religion's beliefs (ex. praying, hymns, sacrifices, etc.).

Rituals are just sets of actions that have some symbolic meaning, or that one does systematically for whatever reason that they may have.

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As said above, there are no religious rituals. Atheists can still have secular ones though.

Atheists can still have marriage ceremonies and just us a friend as the orator to say similar things: "We gather here to witness the joining of two people in marriage who love each other with all their hearts..." They have readings, but instead of The Bible they use other sources like books of poetry. They can give vows. It's much the same, just God is taken out of it.

Similar things are done with burials... a place is rented for a wake, friends speak about the person, favorite music is played, readings from favorite books, and they are buried in the earth. It's just done without invoking God.

The closest thing to a "religious" ritual is more of a mockery of one called a "de-baptism" which uses blow-dryers, but it is in no way manditory, unlike Christian religions which require the Sacraments.

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There is no "system" of atheistic belief: no rituals, no practices, no rules, no set of doctrines or dogma.

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