I have never believed in a god.

I was raised a Roman Catholic and believed it for the first fifteen years of my life then started to think more critically about what I'd been taught. Within three years I was an atheist and been one ever since.

I do not "believed" but I did believe it was all bullshit since I fully read the bible, about 50 years ago, which led me to read all major religious books like the torah, qoran, etcetera, not one could be considered devoid of total bull crap.

Grew up in Southern Baptist family in North Carolina (known here in the US as a very religious state in the south east), but never reaaaaly believed in a god. I remember when I was about 10 yo, one Sunday morning in church the preacher telling us nothing got into heaven without being saved, so none of our pets, no flowers, no birds, etc. I knew then all of it was BS... I made the mistake of bringing it up at dinner only to hear my mother try to explain it. Fortunately my stepfather, a physicist, was also an Atheist (unbenounced to me at the time of course), and didn't try to change my mind like Mom did. So, in all honesty, I never really believed in a God.

The first time I believed in God, was the day I lost my virginity!!! Two weeks later that bitch shut me off, and just like that, I believed in the devil!?!‍

It started when I was 26 in 2002. I did not calling myself an atheist until 2009

I've been without god for the last 20 years or so. As a believer I once studied for the ministry. I have freedom and no guilt or shame for leaving the religious world.

I always believed my dogs!!!

I started questioning when I was about 10 and was pretty much resolved by the time I was 15.

I don’t think I ever did. They certainly did try to make me believe, however.

For 3 months, baptism, I was taken by the well dressed girls in church. Until I watched Linda Blair turn her head completely around and threw up her pea soup, all over everyone in horror movie. Plus their answers were not good enough, for my hard questions.

Even as a child I had no curiosity regarding God. I’ve always loved the Natural World.