What helped convince you to leave your religion?

For me it's that all religion feels so fake to me. I feel that a false prophet would point at the sky and try to convince me that there totally is an invisible man that hates gay people living up there. If god had a real voice he wouldn't use a "prophet" as a puppet to carry out his word. An honest and true messanger of god should have no trouble performing miracles or forfilling a prophecy in real life for all of us to see. If hell was real and god did not want us to go there god would personally take a few minutes of his time to tell me to follow his boring book so I wouldn't go there. Religious people blame science and technology for people leaving faith behind. It's not that science is to blame, it's that we found something that is real and actually works. I can't pick up any so called holy book and do something impressive to show that this is the true word of a god. Religion came from a time when we did not have the tools to study the earth properly and so people made stuff up. Religious people say "you'll go to hell if you don't believe". I say life is too short to bow down and worship a fake god that can do nothing for me in real life. Look at how horrible the world is. The amount of unanswered prayers during the holocaust and pretty much all of human history makes me think the ridiculous invisible sky daddy can do nothing to help or save me in any way. If god or magic was actually real our lives would be completely different in every way. I know for a fact that any false prophet will lie and claim to have important information that I need and try to use my imagination to their advantage. I don't claim to know everything but I can observe religious people tend to not be very bright and are willing to do terrible things in the name of their phony idol. They say to respect people's personal beliefs but look at stupid people when they get a hold of this stuff. I feel pretty confident calling all religion a hoax. What helped get this trash out of your mind and have some of you been able to convince others to leave their faith behind?