How you became an atheist?

How I became an athiest was long and drawn out, but fairly simple. I was exposed heavily to Evangelicalism, the four square youth bullshit they use to get you when your young. I was drawn in by kids my age. I'd never gotten along well with other people my age, it always felt like I was leagues above them intellectually. (why college came as a blessing :P) But, I was tempted with girls who seemed to want to be my friends, they'd ask me to hang out and go to church with them, to the movies, go play games at youth group...It all seemed pretty harmless at the time. Before then, my God-Family had tried to raise me as LDS (mormon). I never particularly believed, not when I went to youthgroup at the Evangelical church, or the mormon one either. But I wanted to, epically when I went to the youth group. I wanted so badly to believe. I put up posters in my room, wore necklaces, had a ton of crosses hung up...I went to church every single week, would have gone even if i had the pleauge. But, while all this was taking place...I was slowly realizing that I one, was still not intellectually connecting with any of these people, two...still believed in evolotion and didn't see how science went hand in hand with religion, just as everyone was telling me. And the biggest reason, reason number three...Is that I came out that year. I'd been repressing myself for a long time and figured that even though this community was a Christian one, that they'd accpect and love me for who I was. That did not happen. They tried to send me to gay camp. So it was that final reason that made everything make sense to me. If this portrayed "God" was a loving God, he'd love EVERYONE, and not make them change for him so that they'd be more fit. He'd love them for their true selves. He wouldn't let people suffer the way we do. And there is absolutely no way God exists if you look at what has been proven through science.

How I became an anti-theist was simple. I looked around, realized just how much power that these man-made fairy tales had in the world, and realized how much suffering it was causing so many. How many people followed this so blindly. I saw that I couldn't take a passive stance on being an atheist, because I saw just how sick theism really is.