How do you become an Atheist?

[krazedkat]

OK, in the last thread I started I saw that the atheists here cite "burden of proof" as to why they do not believe in God. The atheist is not making any claims about the supernatural and therefore those that do make claims about the supernatural have the burden of proof. I also saw a lot of references to a belief in scientific thinking, and one person stated that their belief in science superseded belief in God. It was a surprisingly unanimous opinion and I found it to be fascinating, especially in how exactly it lined up with Modern thinking. I was hoping you could help understand a few more things.

Shoot away

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

I would like to first say I was born a Christian. After many years I converted to my Grandmother's religion (Judaism) and was quite devote for a long time. This past summer I watched many videos about atheism and was intrigued. I suddenly was facing the fact that there is no evidence towards a God. That's really it... That's how I'm atheist now.

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.

Evidently

I think most of you agreed with me that no one could argue a Christian out of faith, and that everyone will tend to believe what they believe until they are given sufficient reasons to change.

Indeed, Christians are usually very thickskulled about their beliefs.

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?

Previously stated.