How do you become an Atheist?

[Ace Otana]

I would like to hear what idea, concept, proof, or experience brought each of you personally to be Atheist.

I was born atheist, so nothing brought me to atheism. I continued through life as an atheist because there is no evidence for a god. It's an epic claim and needs epic evidence, for which it has none.

I know that you all profess that the burden of proof is on the person making the claims, you explained that to me quite well, but the "burden of proof" viewpoint is an assumption that Atheists make, so it would most likely be something you arrived at after deciding there is no God.

The burden of proof is easy to understand. If I claimed that there were pink space rabbits hiding under the moons surface, the burden of proof would be on me, it's expected of me to prove it. Since I claimed it. No one else bares the burden of proof. The same goes with god. Theists claim there is a god and so it's down to them to prove it. No evidence....well no belief. I don't go around accepting huge baseless claims. It's irrational. If I can believe in god without evidence, I would be foolish enough to believe in anything without evidence.

So what I'm asking is what is it that made you decide to that you were firmly atheist? Or if you were raised in an Atheist home, what is it that made you decide that you personally were going to continue in your parent's (or parents') tradition?

Lack of evidence and the fact that religion made no sense at all. That it's full of holes. I was raised in a very secular environment. My town has a huge population of atheists, but this wasn't the reason behind my atheism. My continued atheism was caused by lack of evidence for a god and the fact that it made no sense and had no credibility. The more I learnt about god and religion, the stronger the atheist I became.
Some people can jump to such beliefs but not me. The school, nor the church knew that all the teachings that they gave was only causing me to move further away from it all.