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It is a choice... only not in India... or in the islamic world... or in China where you get killed for practicing a religion... but it is a choice that more often than not you're denied.
One can chose not to believe. Anyone who growing up and not believing the religion of their parents, extended family and primary social groups spends quite a bit of time pretending. It's a lot easier that way. You live the lie. You may get married and you may continue to live the lie and then there might be children along the way and "for their sake", you continue the lie. It happens probably more than we know. Just because you no longer believe in a religion doesn't mean that you must find or want to find another religion to replace it. It is likely what people do in countries where they have no other choice but to submit to a religion.
Going through the motions of a religion means next to nothing. It doesn't make you a religious person.