At least in my (I think typical?) big city tech worker circle the bible as literature has been received with disdain the couple times I've seen it come up. I a

At least in my (I think typical?) big city tech worker circle the bible as literature has been received with disdain the couple times I've seen it come up. I also had a (atheist) friend once tell me he bought copies of the bhagavad gita and quran to put next to his bible so he would look well read instead of christian if anyone looked at his book shelf.