Yeah there’s plenty of ways to take part in stuff like this without actually believing in magic, or fairies - or gods. It seems like our berry picking ape brains desire these types of narratives and the communities we can gain through them, so I’d even argue it is more stupid to try to fight against them than just accept they’re part of us and play along when needed.

Practicing magic or going to a church can be about doing fun things that tickle your brain, about tradition, about community - it doesn’t need to mean you don’t believe in science or have to abandon realistic worldview. Pitting science against belief instead of seeing the tendency to create weird little narratives about the world as a thing we do hasn’t solved things - the cults and beliefs are still there and ever so strong - just driven a lot of people deep deeeep into crazy