I was raised by a moderate Muslim family. Religion was still a pretty big deal while growing up. The moment I realized (not very long ago) that Koran is nothing but a collection of myths and stories passed down generation to generation. I also realized that there is nothing new in Islam. More than 70% of all Islamic traditions and Islamic ways of worship are taken directly from Pagan Arabs. I started to read Koran more as a book as opposed to reading it as a divine revelation. I realized that there is nothing fascinating about Koran. In fact Koran is very contradictory in itself, as it has conflicting views on the same subject at various places within the Koran.
I started to explore other faiths. What really shook me was the fact that all religions are identical.
Every religion has a Holy God, a Holy Dead man, a Holy Scripture and a concept of fear/punishment and reward. This made me come to a realization that religion is merely manipulation of afraid and ignorant people. That is how it started, but now it is so sacred, so divine, so holy that even the most learned men of all believe in it. When it comes to religion, people only see what they want to see and people only hear what they want to hear.
I would rather believe in something than have faith in it.
But I still 'think' that there is a higher being (he is definitely not the Muslim. Christian/ Jewish God). Whether he is an intelligent designer or a supreme deity, I do not know. I really want to find out though.
I started to explore other faiths. What really shook me was the fact that all religions are identical.
Every religion has a Holy God, a Holy Dead man, a Holy Scripture and a concept of fear/punishment and reward. This made me come to a realization that religion is merely manipulation of afraid and ignorant people. That is how it started, but now it is so sacred, so divine, so holy that even the most learned men of all believe in it. When it comes to religion, people only see what they want to see and people only hear what they want to hear.
I would rather believe in something than have faith in it.
But I still 'think' that there is a higher being (he is definitely not the Muslim. Christian/ Jewish God). Whether he is an intelligent designer or a supreme deity, I do not know. I really want to find out though.
"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."
