Childhood Experiences with atheists?

[Excited Penguin]

Rarely heard about or met any atheists, and only as I got in my teens. I remember once being in a cemetery near a church on a school expedition and one guy from my class saying it was all bullshit, talking about the church, religion or God, I'm not so sure. I was a little shocked but found him more intriguing for it. Later I found out he wasn't actually an atheist, if my memory serves correctly. Other than that, not much, except the atheist who kick-started my deconversion, also a classmate of mine, this time a girl. Her I found fascinating for it too, even before I became an atheist myself.