[alinajaf]

> I am genuinely curious what you gleamed from your reading that made you atheist

On it's own it didn't, but there was enough in there that a) I didn't agree with, b) didn't engage me on a spiritual level and c) that was just downright weird that I knew this wasn't the holy book that I should be looking to for guidance.

Reading it alone got me to 'looking for an alternative' but not quite the atheist I am now (or more specifically secular humanist).

If you'd like to discuss this more via email feel free to drop me a line at ali dot najaf at gmail dot com.