Contradictions galore; first, within the CofE denomination, then christianity in general, then religion in general. I won't go into deails, you've probably all heard them over and over.

Hypocrisy. Seeing the constant hypocrisy of Christianity in particular, but in all religions generally.

I should start keeping stats on how many times I have answer this question.....

Simply reading the holy babble turned me atheist.

When a family member told me " Your a baptist and you should know better" It's not her right to tell me what to believe. So, left the baptist cult and never looked back. I know there is no god, because my life should be better than this.

Returning to business as usual after a suicide attempt and psych center stay, and going off all psych meds. Poof--mysticism gone.

I was devout as a teen, raised on sheer fear-indoctrination so integral to evangelical Christianity. I abandoned the crazy fable over 3 years, from age 17 to 20. When your whole identity is wrapped around an ideology, mere logic is not enough to rescue one from religion; not, at least, overnight.

I first left the church for all its blatant hypocrisy. Then I learned some of the many factual errors and contradictions of scripture.

My "final straw," however, was the realization that the fear of damnation was, itself, an oxymoron, a logical impossibility. That is this: If the creative force of the universe is all-knowing, all-powerful, AND the epitome of love, no such being could both create humans with all our limitations, confusion and ignorance, knowing with absolute certainty that billions will end up failing to believe "the right" version of religious teachings, and "he" then ends up condemning these billions and billions to eternal torment, all for the "rebellious crime" of honest doubt that said creator made them with. And this outcome, naturally, is the result of his LOVE for his creations. How absurd. Not just absurd, but impossible. That realization allowed me to stop looking over my shoulder and fearing punishment. No God of love would ever punish for honest doubt.