Daniel Dennett speaks about his experiences delving into the mystery of faithless ministers in an interview on boston.com.

The point is that this is a dirty little secret that many people in the church know but the general public doesn’t, and we think it’s important and we think it’s interesting.

It really does highlight the need for a more supportive atheist community for the ex-religious to be welcomed by, and possibly more structure and ritual to help replace some of the more ’spiritual’ and ’social’ aspects of religious communities.