Conversion to atheism

Somehow, the word 'convert' conjures up the methods employed by Christian priests, missionaries and soldiers worldwide to persuade indigenous peoples to drop their beliefs and embrace the one and only true religion. With a history like that, one would think present-day Christians might be a tad reticent to talk of 'conversion'.
Having started on a spiritual quest, I found the 'holiness' of believers on Sunday betrayed by their avariciousness the rest of the week. Spouting doctrine and Scriptures never seemed to alter their basic selfishness. Indeed, the whole premise of Christianity is based on procuring an entrance solely for that person into heaven or at least a favoured place.
Repelled by the basic lack of humanity in religion, I eventually became an atheist, free from the chaos and shifting sands of multiple Bible versions, different interpretations of the same passage, and the narrow-mindedness of literalists. It`s like a huge load lifting from my shoulders now I can contemplate the fate of humanity without looking over my shoulder to see if God is watching. My morality is intact, even strengthened by my consideration of the needs of humanity, not the needs of an irascible God. Altruism abounds in fellow atheists without the promise of a reward, I look back at religion like a bunch of squabbling children, each determined to be proved right.
Do I want more to change (not convert) to atheism? Sure, but they have to come at their own speed, as a enquiring mind, not because they feel religion has let them down and seek a new toy to play with.

`Frain not, Shaz. Most groups from mainline to splinter to fundy, submerge the individual perspective. You toe the line, or you get the boot.Whether the device is baptism, communion, Bar Mitzvah, or whatever the confirmation ceremony that particular belief calls for, the entrant/convert has to swear to uphold the principles of that belief or not be accepted.