I am genuinely curious what you gleamed from your reading that made you atheist. I made the transition from atheist -> Muslim a few years back, though this was not solely from reading the Quran it certainly played a large role in it.
> 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.
