What made you become an atheist?

[QuarkDriven]

When I moved last year, my brother came to see my new apartment and my girlfriend's gothic looking cross (from her old bedroom) was out on top of a box and he remarked "thats very catholic of you" in a sarcastic manner and I didnt think anything of it but I guess it stayed in the back of my head. I cannot remember what I started looking at/for online but I came across debates on youtube... Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Lawrence Krauss, etc... and I started listening to these debates and the more debates I listened to, the more religion and especially the one I was brought up in, Catholocism/Christianity, didn't make sense... I was never a devout catholic. The only times I actually attended church was when I was younger and slept over my friends house and his parents made me go with them or when there was a funeral or wedding... but none the less, I believed there was a god... the more I listened to people defending the notion that not only is there a god, but that THEIR god was the correct god, the more I realized it was all man made bullshit... I went back and forth for months, I think mostly because I felt guilty as if I was turning my back against god. Finally in December of last year I realized I wasnt turning my back to god... There simply isnt a god to have a back turned to. That is when I officially gave up what ever little faith I had and became an atheist...

I hope my little story offers any kind of help to anyone going through what I struggled with internally last year. I'll end with saying I was 31 when I stopped believing in fairytales so it's not too late for anyone who was brought up in it and thinks it is...