Message From A Former Muslim
July 23, 2012 at 12:05 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2012 at 12:07 am by apostasin.)
Greetings,
I've been making the rounds on some Atheist forums, so I thought I'd sign up here as well:
I am a former Muslim.
More specifically, I grew up pretending to be a Muslim in a hardline-Muslim country where the penalty for Apostasy is death by decapitation. Walking, talking, and appearing to agree with things I have always questioned and doubted comprised the majority of my youth.
I feel burdened with a personal obligation towards my future generation to inform them about the dangers of their religion. I also happen to be in a unique position, since I know exactly how my brethren think, and how their arguments supporting Islam have their foundations in nothing more than wavering emotion and whim.
I can personally attest to the fact that only ideologies like Islam can force good people to do heinous things.
I threw the following video together for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjZm94ojlyM&feature=plcp
As you can see, I have not taken the outright inflammatory route from the onset. Doing so may cause the target viewer to immediately raise their defenses, and maybe skip viewing the rest of the video altogether.
An honest, brutal critique would be helpful.
Also, if it is not in any violation of your time, I would greatly appreciate it if you would share the message with your friends and spread it around.
Thank you all.
- A
I've been making the rounds on some Atheist forums, so I thought I'd sign up here as well:
I am a former Muslim.
More specifically, I grew up pretending to be a Muslim in a hardline-Muslim country where the penalty for Apostasy is death by decapitation. Walking, talking, and appearing to agree with things I have always questioned and doubted comprised the majority of my youth.
I feel burdened with a personal obligation towards my future generation to inform them about the dangers of their religion. I also happen to be in a unique position, since I know exactly how my brethren think, and how their arguments supporting Islam have their foundations in nothing more than wavering emotion and whim.
I can personally attest to the fact that only ideologies like Islam can force good people to do heinous things.
I threw the following video together for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjZm94ojlyM&feature=plcp
As you can see, I have not taken the outright inflammatory route from the onset. Doing so may cause the target viewer to immediately raise their defenses, and maybe skip viewing the rest of the video altogether.
An honest, brutal critique would be helpful.
Also, if it is not in any violation of your time, I would greatly appreciate it if you would share the message with your friends and spread it around.
Thank you all.
- A
