I began to realise that the world (and indeed the universe) in which I lived was entirely consistent with one that has no God, no Creator, no Guiding Intelligence. There was no valid reason to believe that any sort of a God existed. God became just another supernatural critter that people seriously believed in despite the lack of evidence, like Bigfoot, alien-abductor and lake monsters. I don't necessarily think that all religious people are deluded, irrational nuts (although a minority certainly). I just think they're mistaken, and may very well hold perfectly rational and coherent reasons for their beliefs.

I saw that many people had different reasons for believing in Gods, including (somewhat over-simplified):

They had simply been indoctrinated at an early age, and the beliefs became so much a part of their life that the idea of questioning or doubting simply never occurred to them. They believe it because they have just always known it to be true.
They feel that we must be here for a purpose. The universe and this beautiful Earth cannot all be a pointless accident, and God is the best explanation. We are all here for a reason, but only God knows exactly what that reason is and we'll just have to trust him.

A sense of justice. It's not fair for evil people to commit all sorts of terrible acts and simply escape punishment by dying. The idea of heaven/hell ensures that good people are rewarded and bad people are suitable punished.
A deep objection to being merely "animals". Many creationists, for instance, are offended at the idea that humans simply evolved along with all other animals. God made us separate and special, and we have a "soul" but the animals do not (biological snobbery?).
Comfort. Many people find it very comforting to believe that a loving God is always watching over them and caring for them, and when anything good or bad happens to them, this is all part of his Plan for their life. Also, religion is obviously very comforting when faced with the death of a loved one. It's much easier and more reassuring to believe that Grandma is free from pain now, up in Heaven with Jesus where she's waiting for us to join her for eternity, than to think that she has simply ceased to exist and the universe will have forgotten her in a couple of generations.

-Afterlife. It seems almost incomprehensible to believe that when your body dies, your existence ends. Sensation and awareness are so much a part of our existence that it is extremely difficult to imagine no longer being able to experience anything. Try to imagine that, for example, a big meteor crashes into your house and instantly kills you at the end of this paragraph. We just cannot imagine not existing or abruptly ceasing to be aware and conscious, and so it is quite natural to think that something will continue to exist after the death of our brain. It's a short step from there to accepting the idea of an immortal soul, and heaven or reincarnation or some other form of afterlife.

So, I questioned my beliefs and they didn't stand up to much scrutiny. I abandoned religion as it had nothing to offer me (it had never really played a big part in my life anyway) and set off down the Road Of Truth.

Well have you actually done any kind of research about god? or have you just sat back and waited for evidence to come to you.
There are loads of religeons that create all kinds of truths about life and rules that you have to follow to get to heavan. Is this the kind of god you talk about? Do you think god is an old wise guy that sits on a throne twiddling his wispy beard with his fingers forever deciding who goes to heavan and who goes to hell? Do you know what heavan is or what people believe heavan to be? How do you explain things like consciousness, creativity, imagination etc. How about things like psychic, meditation, astral projection, past lives. If all this stuff was bullshit im sure it would have been forgotten about long ago. People are allways claiming they have abilities in these areas. Have you ever done any kind of research into how this stuff could actually be possible or is it all just spooky magic?
Also if you know much about the supposed god you will know that god and science go hand in hand.
Even if god doesnt exist so what, he/she/it makes so many people happy and creates a lot of love in the world.
cya later

"...the Road Of Truth."

AH. The Path, the True Path, the True Path to Truth. Endless faith on the Endless path.

Isn't path a funny sounding word if you say it over and over?