How to be an Atheist?

[AFTT47]

Atheism isn't something you can try on like a pair of shoes or lederhosen. You can't just say "I think I'll stop believing for a while an see if it's for me."

You either believe or you don't and there isn't a choice to be made. Once new information is available the status of a belief can change; but, not because you choose to let it.

This sums it up nicely.

If you've carefully examined the proposition that a specific God (such as the one in the Bible) exists and you conclude it does not then that's it. You can't flip belief on and off like a switch. Most of us atheists can no more believe in the Christian God than we could believe 1 + 1 = 3. What feels good or what we would like to believe is irrelevant. We've critically examined the question and the obvious conclusion is that Christianity is nonsense. Game over.