My naive questions

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In a sense it's what drew me here.

But it's the first time I actively looked for an atheist board and it had more to do with the hope of meeting some interesting people online than with my atheism. See, without giving it much thought, I have been an atheist for the better part of my life. I actually didn't do that much research into different religions. It was mythology that interested me most. And that led to the inevitable conclusion that mankind created all their gods in their image and not the other way round. All the gods presented have inherently human traits, complete with the prejudices of their times and their regions.

Thanks for the correction. I agree.

Yes those are your ideas about god, which led you to your position.