Bible

I read the book of John today from the New Testament.
After spending many years avoiding all things biblical and christian, I felt almost heretical to be sitting down in a public place and reading from the bible.
I felt as if I was burning a flag, or masturbating on the sidewalk.
This makes me feel I should read more of the bible, and probably other religious texts. At least scan through them. I do not want to have such a feeling of avoidance in me for these books, a feeling that I didn't even realize was there.