Consider all the secular activities churches support and engage in. Hell, a church near me revised its policies a few years back - it added a second day of religion-free services. No, I have no idea how that works, and have never attended one. But as an atheist I have to acknowledge that I've taken advantage of a lot of the organizations, buildings, and services churches make possible. Until and unless there are secular alternatives to at least most of those offerings - supported on the same voluntary basis that churches exist upon today - atheism has absolutely no business even -thinking- about tearing religious institutions down.
If I understand correctly what kind of services you're talking about, many social centres do a decent job, at least in Europe.
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