I'm coming on to 19 years old soon and Atheist.
I was brought up in a Muslim family, taught Islam, how to read the Quran, participated in all the rituals, ceremonies, prayers and celebrations as well as attending the mosque.
In my younger years, I believed without a doubt that god existed and that Islam was THE way, but as I got older I started to question things, as everyone should, and was told to just "have faith" and to not question gods intentions, because as a human, I am too primitive to understand gods mind and way of thinking.
Of course this wasn't enough of an answer for me and I was always left unsatisfied. I wanted to know why Islam was THE way and not any other way. I used to think that those who were brought up Christians were unlucky because they are being raised for the devil. I soon realised that pretty much every religion says that about any other religion, that their religion is the true one and others are false. If you heard differently then you just got the watered down version of your religion.
So I thought, what makes my religion the TRUE religion? Then I came to the conclusion that there was nothing to make Islam the true religion over others. Over time I distanced myself from Islam and just believed in god but not really part of the religion, I would still take part in all the rituals for family sake.
Religious people usually say: "God must exist, where did the earth come from? God must have created earth." but in all honesty, that's exactly like saying, "Where does God come from? What came before him? He could have just not existed entirely, there is no need for god to exist in the first place. What created God?"
There is absolutely no reason for god to exist, there is no evidence to back it up, why believe in a god but not in fairies? There is about the same amount of evidence to back each one up.....which is pretty much nothing.
Therefore, I do not believe in god, I do not believe in paradise, heaven or hell, I do not believe in the 72 virgin reward which is absolutely disgusting. I do not agree with women being forced to wear curtains. I do not agree with harsh punishments to completely trivial so-called "crimes". Yes, I have committed apostasy of the highest order which is punishable by death. Not a single bit of my body accepts the existence of god. It's just a dangerous childhood story to me now.
There is a lot more to how I gave up faith, but it is too much to write for now.
I hope more people realise that gods and deities don't exist, find strength from somewhere real and legitimate if you need it. And I have to say, you DO NOT need religion to have morals, if we suddenly found the most compelling evidence god did not exist, would you start killing people? Of course the answer is no......
I was brought up in a Muslim family, taught Islam, how to read the Quran, participated in all the rituals, ceremonies, prayers and celebrations as well as attending the mosque.
In my younger years, I believed without a doubt that god existed and that Islam was THE way, but as I got older I started to question things, as everyone should, and was told to just "have faith" and to not question gods intentions, because as a human, I am too primitive to understand gods mind and way of thinking.
Of course this wasn't enough of an answer for me and I was always left unsatisfied. I wanted to know why Islam was THE way and not any other way. I used to think that those who were brought up Christians were unlucky because they are being raised for the devil. I soon realised that pretty much every religion says that about any other religion, that their religion is the true one and others are false. If you heard differently then you just got the watered down version of your religion.
So I thought, what makes my religion the TRUE religion? Then I came to the conclusion that there was nothing to make Islam the true religion over others. Over time I distanced myself from Islam and just believed in god but not really part of the religion, I would still take part in all the rituals for family sake.
Religious people usually say: "God must exist, where did the earth come from? God must have created earth." but in all honesty, that's exactly like saying, "Where does God come from? What came before him? He could have just not existed entirely, there is no need for god to exist in the first place. What created God?"
There is absolutely no reason for god to exist, there is no evidence to back it up, why believe in a god but not in fairies? There is about the same amount of evidence to back each one up.....which is pretty much nothing.
Therefore, I do not believe in god, I do not believe in paradise, heaven or hell, I do not believe in the 72 virgin reward which is absolutely disgusting. I do not agree with women being forced to wear curtains. I do not agree with harsh punishments to completely trivial so-called "crimes". Yes, I have committed apostasy of the highest order which is punishable by death. Not a single bit of my body accepts the existence of god. It's just a dangerous childhood story to me now.
There is a lot more to how I gave up faith, but it is too much to write for now.
I hope more people realise that gods and deities don't exist, find strength from somewhere real and legitimate if you need it. And I have to say, you DO NOT need religion to have morals, if we suddenly found the most compelling evidence god did not exist, would you start killing people? Of course the answer is no......
