@pzmyers I wouldn't describe it as leaving 'atheism'. I mean being an atheist is the state of understanding comfortably that God/s is a human construct invented to explain the unexplainable thousands of years ago. I think it's feasible it would all get a lot less stressed and sexist if atheists (OK, atheist men) got a little less uptight about it maybe? It's OK for it to not be a club with badges! For the life of me I do not understand how rational people could behaving like such assholes.
@Zoonie I'm still an atheist, that will never change. But I no longer recognize it as grounds for community or finding shared interests.