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RE: Hai! Ex muslim atheist from indonesia here! :)
April 10, 2014 at 9:33 am
Heya and welcome to AF! ^_^
I can't recall if we have any other ex-muslims aforum from your part of the world, but I think Pinapplebunnybounce is from southeast Asia. 
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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RE: Hai! Ex muslim atheist from indonesia here! :)
April 10, 2014 at 9:46 am
More the merrier ...
Welcome and enjoy your stay 
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April 10, 2014 at 10:08 am
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Welcome to the forums and greetings from that great Kuffar land (Australia) to the South of Indonesia.
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RE: Hai! Ex muslim atheist from indonesia here! :)
April 10, 2014 at 3:32 pm
(April 10, 2014 at 4:28 am)Murtaddin Wrote: Hello, guys, and girls. I'd like to introduce myself. My real name is Fauzy. I'm from Indonesia. My ethnicity and my native language is Sundanese. I was born and raised in a strict sunni muslim family. Both of my parents have conducted the 'holy' pilgrimage to Mecca. Since I was a kid, I always told to do the daily prayers, fasting, attend religious congregation at masjid (mosque), stuff like that. And as a result, I became a fundamentalist muslim who always thought that Islam was the real religion, all kafirs will go to hell, and it was OK to hurt non muslims. But then, when I was in college, I started to learn about other religions, especially abrahamic religions. I became interested in studying the history of christianity and judaism. And I found that there were so many striking similarities among them and islam. Later I found that islam was just basically copy pasted their teachings, so Islam was not the original religion. At the same time, I also had a great fascination toward science and history, especially astronomy. And I found that this universe is unbelievably vast, with billions of galaxies that contain stars and planets within it. I felt that human existence in this universe is insignificant, and I thought it didn't make any sense if there was a personal god who watches us 24/7 and punishes us for petty stuff, such as kissing a girl for example  And also, i like to read stuff about history of religions, and after awhile, I concluded that religions are just products of human civilization, not from god. Long story short, last year I became an atheis, basically its not decision, but a result after spending so much time studying religions, science, history, etc. To be frank, the internet has really helped me a lot in my process of becoming an atheist, if there was no internet, perhaps I'd still be a moozie now, LOL. 
Anyways, thanks for reading my thread. And please let me know if there are other ex muslims for south east asia like me
Sorry if my english sucks 
Welcome from an Australian in New Zealand.
Nice to hear from an atheist in Indonesia.
Excellent avatar, too.
Your English is a lot better than many English speakers I have encountered.
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April 10, 2014 at 6:50 pm
Welcome! I hope you enjoy the site. Very interesting intro.
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April 10, 2014 at 7:02 pm
Yeah, 
Born atheist, made catholic, found out how to sniff bullshit, got to be atheist again.
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RE: Hai! Ex muslim atheist from indonesia here! :)
April 10, 2014 at 10:08 pm
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2014 at 10:28 pm by Murtaddin.)
Many thanks for all the welcomes it feels so great to meet like-minded people on this forum
(April 10, 2014 at 9:33 am)Kayenneh Wrote: Heya and welcome to AF!
I can't recall if we have any other ex-muslims aforum from your part of the world, but I think Pinapplebunnybounce is from southeast Asia.
Terima kasih (it means thanks in indo) . Wow, really? I'll give him/her a shout out then
(April 10, 2014 at 9:46 am)FifthElement Wrote: More the merrier ...
Welcome and enjoy your stay
Terima kasih. I'm sure I'll be enjoying my stay here
(April 10, 2014 at 10:08 am)Justtristo Wrote: Welcome to the forums and greetings from that great Kuffar land (Australia) to the South of Indonesia.
Terima kasih, mate. Wow, Aussie? There are alot Aussies here, especially in bali. But too bad, I've never been there 
(April 10, 2014 at 3:32 pm)Beccs Wrote: Welcome from an Australian in New Zealand.
Nice to hear from an atheist in Indonesia.
Excellent avatar, too.
Your English is a lot better than many English speakers I have encountered.
Thanks, it's nice to hear that from you too Wow, seriously? I never knew that, you know, considering english is not my first language, and I use sundanese or indonesian on a daily basis. But anyways, thanks for the compliment
(April 10, 2014 at 6:50 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Welcome! I hope you enjoy the site. Very interesting intro.
Thank you, it means alot to me
(April 10, 2014 at 7:02 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Yeah,
Born atheist, made catholic, found out how to sniff bullshit, got to be atheist again.
Haha, well, all religions are bullshit basically :p
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RE: Hai! Ex muslim atheist from indonesia here! :)
April 19, 2014 at 8:03 pm
It is Not OK to hurt Non muslims.It is against the teachings of Islam.Maybe You have some misunderstandings or probably lack of knowledge about Islam.
The word Islam means "Peace" and a Muslim means the one who submits his will to Allah.
Also I want to clear your point regarding striking similarities between Islam and Christianity and Judaism.
Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God.Whereas we Muslims believe He is only a Noble Prophet.
Regarding Jews they do not believe in Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad.(Peace be upon them)
We Muslims Believe That Prophets like Adam,Noah,David,Jacob,Joseph,Moses,Isa,Muhammed were all messengers of God and they all came with a common message.
They all were sent to different people at different times to remind the People to worship only one True God.
The Quran which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad about 1400 years is the same Quran which exists today.
Unlike the Bible which is not intact and there is no orignal text which was in Hebrew language.
Prophet Muhammad used to recite a verse of the Quran to his companions that ultimately stated that the universe is expanding.
“And the heaven We created with might, and indeed We are (its) expander.” (Quran 51:47)
At the time of the revelation of the Quran, the word “space” was not known, and people used the word “heaven” to refer to what lies above the Earth. In the above verse, the word “heaven” is referring to space and the known universe. The verse points out that space, and thus the universe, happens to be expanding, just as Hubble’s Law states.
If you go through the Quran thoroughly you will find many verses related to the topic of Science.
Please also note Quran is not a book of Science,It is a book of Signs.
Hope you give a thought about Islam again with an open mind.
Just ask yourself that why are we in this world?
What will happen after we die?What is the purpose of our Life?
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April 19, 2014 at 8:24 pm
(April 19, 2014 at 8:03 pm)rhn2704 Wrote: It is Not OK to hurt Non muslims.It is against the teachings of Islam.Maybe You have some misunderstandings or probably lack of knowledge about Islam.
The word Islam means "Peace" and a Muslim means the one who submits his will to Allah.
So all the bits in the Quran that say to kill the unbelievers aren't really there then?
Btw, Islam actually means "submit" not "peace".
And that was stated by a Muslim on this very forum.
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RE: Hai! Ex muslim atheist from indonesia here! :)
April 19, 2014 at 8:34 pm
(April 19, 2014 at 8:24 pm)Zen Badger Wrote: Btw, Islam actually means "submit" not "peace".
True that .
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