Atheists of Reddit, why are you Athiest?

Yes, this! My grandmother and mother were both raised very strict Catholics, but my mother became pregnant at 19 out of wedlock and was kicked out of the church. I was not raised going to church, but my Catholic grandma ended up marrying a Mormon so she changed to LDS. She was VERY pushy when I was younger and tried everything possible to get me in a church. I've tried Catholic, LDS, Methodist and non-dom. By far my favorite was Methodist. But I just didn't believe any of it. It felt like a joke and I spent more time trying to decide if these people actually believed what they were saying every Sunday or if it was just me. It just blows my mind because I simply cannot get my mind to wrap around that way. It's brainwashing to the extreme, imo

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