I don't call myself a 'Christian atheist' for 3 reasons. 1) I was not raised in any religious tradition at all. 2) 'Atheist' in the UK tends to be understood as 'from Christian culture' by default. 3) I was a Christian & the decision to stop being so a significant one.
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But I am culturally Christian. It contains the tropes and metaphors that make sense to me culturally.
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I come from region where we have eastern orthodox Christians and Catholics alike and a friend recently asked me: "Are you catholic or orthodox christian atheist?" :D
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Similarly, as the son of a Catholic Irish woman and the product of a Catholic education, I've oft thought of myself as a Catholic atheist. As the Catholic part was/is an essence of my upbringing and sense of place in the world, far more than the broader 'Christian' affiliation.
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I'm also too lazy to go through the process of making it official and do apostasy with all the rules of canon law, so technically I am still part of the Church. Go Pope! :D
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When you put it that way, so am I. That would also explain the regular messages from my Aunt, who is a nun, that God is looking after me. Not to mention the birthday copy of the Pope’s environment encyclical (which has been reference in my research, so not totally wasted).
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Judaism is attributed to ancestry rather than belief. So the Nazis persecuted Jews who had converted to Christianity. Israelis who are atheists are still conscripted. Most of my ethical beliefs would be liberal Christian although I don't believe in God.
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Think of my children, I have Jewish/catholic/CofS heritage and their dads an ex Muslim (which opposite to Judaism passes down the fathers line) what a mixture

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