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New member from Saudi Arabia
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New member from Saudi Arabia
Hey everybody Smile

I'm Domi from Saudi Arabia (Jeddah city), Iam 24 years old

I Don't know where to start, since i was a kid at school attending the islamic teaching , i have never felt that it was convincing to me in anyway what i used to learn and hear because it was kind of like brainwashing and never felt the holiness of it, so i chose to just to pass the exams on that particular subjects and that's it , but what i hated the most is the culture and the way that most of the people are just pretending to be religious because in the same time they're just hypocrites , so i ignored it because i was just as any kid or teenager loves to have fun and enjoy that period of my life, even though my family are muslims but they're open minded and never really bothered me and forced to pray or whatever. so once i finished high school i decided to go to the west because since i was a kid i really fell in love with western culture and freedom etc, so i visited Istanbul as a start because my background is Turkish so I thought I would like to visit that place to know more about my culture and then to Europe until I decided to go to Canada for my bachelor degree, so then I had the chance to read to ask with no fear, I was reading a lot of books about religions especially Christianity and Jewish etc. but Islam is the only religious culture that made me go insane for a while because no one is allowed to question it, because once you do that you will be threatened to go to jail or killed just if you say anything against it. so I went back to Saudi Arabia and this time believe I feel like i'm in hell I only have one friend that shares my thoughts and that's it, even though i'm in lightened I still feel that i'm lost and I feel I don't belong here because I don't feel safe or connected to this society, so right now I'm working on leaving this place for good and start a new life elsewhere , where I have my space and freedom, hopefully very soon. wish me goodluck Smile and sorry for this long post I just felt that I needed to share this with you guys Smile

thx Wink
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#2
RE: New member from Saudi Arabia
Welcome. Be careful, many people on this planet are touchy when you question that which they will not let themselves question.
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#3
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Welcome Smile
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#4
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Stay out of there, although I'm sure it's hard to leave home forever. Best of luck and welcome.
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Welcome aboard.

It's good to hear from fellow free thinkers/atheists in other parts of the world, especially is Islam dominated regions.

I know it can be dangerous for you, so please stay safe.

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Brakeman thanks sweetie , don't worry i'm trying as much as I can not to involve with their mind sets Smile

rexbeccarox thanks darling
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Hey Domi! It is wonderful to hear from someone in that part of the world. Welcome to AF.org!

If I were you, just for your safety, I would change your username if that is your real name and also remove the city where you live. We hear of people in Saudi Arabia that are losing their heads or being jailed/flogged all the time just for voicing dissent. It's terrible, but just in case, best to protect yourself. It's probably at least 1,000 lashes to even be associated with a heathen of my caliber!
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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Watch your back,young fellow.

Or, maybe your head.
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Welcome Domi! Stay safe.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:

"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."

For context, this is the previous verse:

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Abaris thank you sweetie, I know it's hard but freedom is worth the pain Smile thanks again

Beccs there are a lot of atheists here actually the United Stated have made a recent study which shows that 5 to 9% percent of people here are atheists but as i said it's very dangerous to speak. thank you so much for you concern dear Smile

Steelcurtain thank so much for your concern but don't worry I'll use safe browsing everytime I'm on this forum,

Minimalist thank you for your concern darling

Exian thanks a lot dear
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