How did u become an atheist?

[The Valkyrie]

Because Beccs only has sex with atheists.....

(yeah, still waiting my turn)

Wrong.

I fuck up theists, too.

Perhaps not the same way, though...

[viocjit]

When I was four years old I became Christian , to be more accurate I can say that at this period of my lifetime I didn't know that I was a "cafeteria catholic". I became Christian because I believed that God was talking to me (emotionaly and not with words) and that he had given me a mission that I'd discover later.
At the end of 90's I wanted to be baptised to be a better Catholic (I was never baptised thanks to my mother and father leaving the choice to me). Between my conversion and my deconversion I felt guilty because I was an "agnostic theist". I fear hell my whole life because one day I understood that Catholicism isn't the right denomination. Therefore I looked for the right denomination and now I know that all of them are false because Christianity isn't the right religion like all religions from our world. Also I fear hell because I thought that I was a sinner. I'm happy to say that sin doesn't exist.
At the age of eight I discovered the theory of evolution therefore I thought that Genesis is only an allegory.
I became a conspiracy theorist because since the age of four , I had the sensation that I was chosen by the creator to do and make something  really important for the future of humanity (I was probably trapped by my ego). These videos and texts about conspiracy theories seemed logic to me. I believed I had received a kind of revelation like "here is your mission". I discovered conspiracy theories when I began to view pro-psy (astral projection, telekinesis, telepathy, etc...) and esoteric websites because I wanted to improve my spirituality when I was between 10-11 years old. I really became really a conspiracy theorist when I was between 12-14 years old. I stopped looking into psy and esoterism between 14-15 years old because I thought that it was a sin. At the age of 16 years old I read the whole Bible and I understood that Christians don't practice all the laws of the eternal. I felt guilty.
Also I was shocked by the content of the OT. The Bible seemed to me a book of non-sense because the organisation of each of these texts are not really understandable. I saw contradictions in the synoptic Gospels but I still continue to believe for emotional reasons.
Some month later I discovered that texts from biblical corpus contain interpolation like John 7:53-8:11. I still continued to believe because I feared hell and I thought that god let the forgers act because of the existence of "free will" (Now I know that neurology say that free will is rather an illusion). Some years before discovered this fact I discovered that Jesus has similarities with others mythological characters but I thought that Satan inspired the writers of pagan myths.
This year I discovered that many biblical events like Exodus never happened.

Keys to better understand my story :
1.In my family people are not really religious (cafeteria catholicism).
2.I tried to be a better Christian because in my family people are cafeteria catholics and I was very interested in religion. Also I can cite the fear of hell.
3.I was between 14 and 15 years old the last time I went in a church.
4.I was never baptised because I doubted my whole life and I desired being honest with the master of the universe. Before being an Agnostic and now an Atheist . I was an Agnostic theist.
5.I looked for the right Christian denomination nearly my whole life. All of them appeared to me disconnect to the reality.
6.I went to church approximately between 7 and 15 time in my life.

[masterofpuppets]

I was indoctrinated at an early age, but by the age of eight I already began to realise that the fact that I only believed in one religion (Christianity) when there were hundreds of religions around the world was rather strange. It also seemed like none of the gods of religion ever bothered to show their awesome powers through any kind of manifestation. By the age of 10 I had already lost belief the Christian God, based on the fact that the evidence I was presented for His existence was quite poor and the evidence against His existence was beginning to appear more obvious to me. However, I still had a belief in a deistic god for several years, but it felt as if god's significance in my life was slowly eroding away. At the age of 13 it became fairly obvious that I was holding a belief that was based on literally nothing apart from my desire to fill gaps in my knowledge. Ultimately I lost all belief in gods in general and also began to form beliefs against the gods of scripture based on the evidence against their existence. By the age of 16 was an agnostic atheist who lacked belief in the existence of gods in general and also believed certain gods do not exist (such as Allah), a position I continue to hold right now at the age of 19.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It was a minor surgical procedure, covered by my national health scheme.

Boru

[Crossless2.0]

1 Corinthians 13:11 about covers it.

[marktzu]

Atheist Time Line
Born (in USA) ---->Baptized------>Church pre school-------> Church / Sunday School (age 4 to 11) -------->Confirmation Classes / Church X 2 a week / Sunday School / Church Camp ----->CONFIRMATION (age 13)--------->Around age 16 develop ability for abstract thought----> exposure to new ideas-------> explore all roads leading to hell, (sex, drugs, rock & roll) had a great time------> COLLEGE-----> became a hare Krishna followed by Buddhist, Quaker, Taoist  all (over a 25 year period)-----> read Christopher Hutchens------->Atheist (A very long and strange journey).
Comment. Takes a long time to overcome years of indoctrination.

[Kernel Sohcahtoa]

My atheism/agnosticism started in high school.  Now, upon reading Inherit The Wind and watching the classic movie of the same name, I took an honest look at myself and realized that religion/theism just didn't mean anything to me: it had no place in my heart and mind, and the only way that it ever would, was if I pretended to be something that I was not.

With that said, as the years have passed, it is more accurate for me to say that I lack a complete understanding of reality and how it works, rather than saying that I'm lacking in a particular way of thinking (god belief).  Hence, IMO, it is far more interesting to be open to the potentially innumerable ways of seeing reality.

[Sterben]

I had hunch ever since I was child that there is no god. My father and I would watch a lot of the history channel together. (Before it was realty Television). Things started to click in place for me after learning about the many genocides in history. The mass graves of the Holocaust, the millions of dead Russians killed by Stalin, and the Native Americans ect. I was learning about this stuff when I was about seven years old, so it just started to click in side of my head that the lessons my mother was trying to teach me about God taking of of his people was bullshit. At about the age 13 I became a closet Atheist, then I came when I was 15 as a full member of the club. So, yea in today's world a father letting his seven year old son see mass graves and the uncensored footage and photos of the camps during WW2 would not be good parenting. But, I turned out ok I guess. So, maybe it was good thing for me to see the most grotesque side of humanity earlier then later has it upsides.

[johan]

My atheism? Much like my good looks, my above average intelligence and my attraction to the opposite sex (and their near universal attraction to me ;-) ), it was there from the moment I was born.

[Edwardo Piet]

@ OP... If you don't change the "u" in this title to "you" I might claw my eyes out.