Atheists, tell me, a Roman Catholic: why should I become an atheist?

[Aegon]

The thing is, questioning my faith seriously for the first time obviously forces me to think against what I've considered fact for a while. This is the first time I've genuinely thought, "What if there's no God?" I know, from the mindsets most of you are used to, God existing is just made up and doesn't make sense. It's hard for me to let go of what I and so many others considered fact. Obviously I need to look into this more.

I was raised Roman Catholic. I remember the first time I considered the fact that there might not be a god. I was 12. Before then it was something I thought had to be true; the sky is blue, the Earth revolves around the Sun, and God exists and he loves me. It's shocking to consider at first when religion is all you know.

I first flirted with the idea at 12. I didn't officially leave the Church until I was 17.