Hey Author,
I recently found your book on Atheism (and am still halfway through it).
I remember when I was really young, my parents used to tell me that God is not real, but don't tell that to outsiders, as it may cause unnecessary controversies. They basically wanted me to know for myself that god isn't real, but to not give that image outside. (I'm a supposed Hindu living in India)
These days, however, my dad seems to have in a way retracted from that, and tries to make me stop thinking like that (he doesn't actively try), for the sake of respecting our culture.
But that aside, I've basically been an atheist ever since I was born, i.e. I've never even given a thought about anything supernatural, and that resulted in my mind trying to find plausible explanations by itself, without the influence of "religion".
In any case, it felt nice to come across another person like me, and I would really love having discussions with you about science in general, so I really hope you'll read and reply to this (though I see you apparently haven't been active here for like more than a year?)