What do atheists mean when they talk about religion?

[djean111]

25. but it doesn't matter if others find it disputable.

In the nicest way possible, others don't count.
I don't feel I've "interpreted" something, I feel that something happened to me.
It is as real to me as any other experience, like driving a car or shutting a door.
It happened.
I am not sure why some must insist on shoving everything into little boxes so that they can claim we all are religious in some way.
Since religion, or lack of religion, is not any sort of tribal divider for me, (hmmm, maybe liberal and conservative are, methinks), I just don't get the insistence on faith and belief. Actually, I think it cheapens or minimizes the beliefs of people who honestly are religious.
The thinking gets a bit byzantine, but in the ends sounds a bit to me like "John has red hair, and is religious. You have red hair, too, so you must also be religious."