Dwayne,
my start at atheism was when I finally mustered up enough courage to ask one of my teachers why certain laws were so ... why did objects attract each other in proportion to their masses and inverse proportion to the distance separating them? Why is Xeno's paradox not really a paradox? I had assumed, based on the attitude of those peddling such information to me, that I was unable to understand these claims because of my own stupidity. Much to my surprise, in almost all cases I received no answers... at least none that answered the questions presented. I realised, after a few such episodes, the danger (and also, unfortunately, the need) of (for) blind faith in undefined entities and terms!
--ravi