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It is a form of rebellion. Go ahead and ask how many atheist come from a religious family...I would guess above 90% did. I do think that in today's young culture, it is viewed as being "cool" to be atheist, or at the very least...uncool to be religious. There is also the arrogance issue, kids are spoiled and are made to think they are the most "special" person in the world, they never lose(I've been to tee ball games where they don't keep score), and they are never wrong. This creates a very arrogant being, and they demand "proof" before they will have faith in anything...except science because they are taught from an early age that science is always right. So even though according to them they question EVERYTHING, they will quote studies and research without having the most basic understanding of logic/math/science.