Is it that unusual? It seems that a fair number of atheists are interested in religion, for entertainment purposes if for no other. I was raised in the Congregational Church. I went to Sunday school. I’ve made considerable study of creationism, and I’ve read the bible. While I haven’t read much sophisticated theology, I’ve read C.S. Lewis, who seems unaccountably in good repute. If I’m naive and uninformed, I will gladly take arguments intended to show me that my ideas are wrong.
Anyway, it isn’t that I’m opinionated on theology and hermeneutics. It’s that I’m opinionated on all manner of things.