Why Should Someone Be an Atheist?

[Rayaan]

My suspicions are, that moderates like you and Rayaan, choose your stances in order to fly under the radar, to gain acceptance, while dissembling from your true feelings.

I am afraid that your suspicions about me are not actually correct, apo. I don't know why you have that suspicion, but maybe it's because you don't see me trying to defend my religious views as frequently as other theists do. Is that the reason?

Well, as some members are aware, I've already made many posts where I discussed the teachings, history, and the principles of my religion and why I believe in them. I've debated both Christians and atheists in this forum. And sometimes it takes me a lot of time to write my posts, and on top of that I also do a lot of research before I post something, which takes me even more time to complete them. The thing is that I just don't discuss religion as much as before but that doesn't mean that I'm a schmoozer in a sheep's clothing who is just "pandering to atheists." I don't know what exactly makes you think that, so I'm curious to know.

In my first two years of membership here, I used to jump in and start discussing in almost every thread in the Islamic section. But, as time went on, I became a little more reticent with regards to religious discussions especially because I have already said most of the things I wanted to say about my beliefs. And maybe that's why, nowadays, I come here more for the purpose of just having some fun and excitement during my leisure time. At the same time, I do give serious and constructive responses whenever I feel like it, like I did before in this thread and this thread.

You also don't know anything about what I do outside of this forum, do you? Almost everyday I spend at least an hour or two doing research on various Islamic topics that are of interest to me and I love to listen to Islamic lectures/khutbas on youtube. I feel that both my appreciation and my faith towards my religion increases the more that I learn it. And this forum is not only forum that I participate in. I post in a two Islamic forums as well, one of them which I moderate also.

I don't do any of this just for acceptance only. For me, it's a combination of entertainment, learning, and teaching others at the same time. Thus your suspicions are clearly incorrect.

I'm relatively confident that Rayaan is a schmoozer who presents himself in sheep's clothing intentionally.

Schmoozer? Maybe. In a sheep's clothing? No.

Again, I'm curious to know why you think that. If you don't respond to this post, then I'll take it to mean that maybe you changed your mind about what you think I am. But if you still think that I'm a schmoozer in a sheep's clothing, then you should at least present an argument for that if you're going to make such a claim about me. There is a difference between saying something and backing up what you say. You've merely made a claim about me without giving any proof nor any justification for that.

BTW, here is a link to my post history in the Religion section, in case you want to search for any posts of mine that lend support to your aforementioned assertions.

Good luck.