@Atheists

[Psykhronic]

As soon as I figured out nobody knew for sure whether or not there is a 'God' I said 'fuck it.'

[Simon Moon]

I didn't choose to be an atheist. Becoming an atheist isn't like converting from one religion to another.

I believed in 'God' when I was younger, but my parents brought me up to be skeptical and a critical thinker. Over the years, as I really started critically examining my beliefs, I came to the conclusion that they were just not supported by demonstrable evidence & reasoned argument.

I went from being a theist, to a deist, to a pantheist. At that point, it occurred to me that everything I was calling 'god' was the universe. I figured, we already had a perfectly good name for the universe, why call it god?

Basically, my atheism is a byproduct of my skepticism.

[iameatingjam]

I slowly began to doubt the likelyhood of god at a young age. I realized that it is completely incompatible with dinosaurs, and that the bible stories don't make any sense (Fit two of every animal on a boat) I also wondering why god didn't help africa. And then as a teenager I became 100% atheist when I discovered 0 evidence and other religions (well I called myself agnostic but I realized if there was a god he had nothing to do with the christian bible)

[paulpablo]

religion is full of stories about arks, sticks turning into snakes, talking snakes, parting seas, virgins giving birth and dead men coming back to life and con men, i just heard about all this stuff and thought naaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

[Creed of Heresy]

The story of my deconversion is one of many, many choices made, each one affecting the future in its own way. It was no sudden moment or realization. It was a gradual process from nigh-fanatical, starry-eyed "I BELIEVE!" to disgruntled grumpy-goat atheist snarling "BACK UP YER CLAIMS WITH EVIDENCE!" at people randomly. Overall, it took at least eight years to go from one side to the other.

[Brian37]

My story is long. It was not exactly one thing. But one question did get the ball rolling, a co worker said "What if Jesus was just a man", and right at that point that skepticism set in because before then I accepted what society told me but had nagging doubts I was scared to entertain. Then it grew over the years. I went from Christianity to deism, to finally atheism in maybe 7 years. Some people it takes no time at all and others it takes longer. This is the short version for me. Lots of other things built upon that skepticism and the more I thought the less sense it made.

[Zen Badger]

I was never NOT an atheist.

I grew up in a non religious household and always regarded religion as fairytales.

[Atothetheist]

I was always a curious child. I always wanted to know the truth about things, or how they worked. I asked a lot of questions, and sometimes that got me into trouble. When my fundie adoptive parents took me in, they indoctrinated me into their faith. Eight years later, when I was thirteen, I was watching some documentaries and I stumbled upon one that was called "The God that Wasn't There" and I watched it, and it got me to start questioning.

I decided to read the bible, and then I became disgusted with the God that I had been exposed to. I realized that the only honest position to take was to not believe in any deity until (good)evidence has been provided. That's there I am now, currently fifteen and still searching for evidence, but finding none.

[PyroManiac]

@Kayenneh, Nice signature quote, Lol.

[tokutter]

Never had a chance to choose atheism because I never moved from that position.

My family was not atheist but did not practice religion (saying grace ,go to church every sunday)

I can remember my earliest thoughts about the bible and such during the usual watching of the ten commandants and other christian movies around christmas time.......... and sitting there thinking......this is such bullshit.....it just never passed the smell test.

To this day nothing i have learned has did anything but back up my initial gut instinct.