I don't think I introduced myself, yet.
My name's Dani and I'm an ex-Muslim.
Since I was a child, I loved science/math.
When I was 6-7, that was the first time I knew what came after 100(My dad:"101, 102.."), I remember being ecstatic (Me:"So, I can count to a billion like that?!?!" Dad:"yes, good night"), I still remember the moment as clear as day.
I also used to make my own mini-experiments in a small notebook I called my "Journal of Science" which I used for about a month when I was about 10, I think. I remember breaking multiple glass bottles and almost gave my friend a scar on his face. I used to watch a lot of sciency youtube videos and I always wanted to be some sort of scientist/mathematician when I grow up.
When I became about 12-13 years old, I started to defend my religion on atheist channels that I had recently found and I used to be very offended(mostly because of my mother*'s brainwashing). Let show you what I wrote when responding to a comment about terrorism in Islam:
You can see how much I was brainwashed by my Mom*. But then when I was finally sick of defending it, I wanted to know the truth. So, I looked at several Atheist videos and I felt the same thing as I felt when I was 6, my love for science was stronger than my devotion to the big daddy in the sky(Thank God!), but also I felt really confused(Me:"Was my Mom lying to me the whole time?!?!?!!!!") and sad. I came to terms with it when I was about 13.
Then, one day when I was approaching my 14th birthday, I actually found an Atheist in real life. Let's say his name was Bob. I met Bob in tennis practice that my Mom forced me to go to(Me:"Mama, I don't want to go! I'm tired."), and I overheard a conversation between Bob, my coach and people in our tennis class.(Paraphrased) "What do you believe in Bob?" "I don't believe in anything". Throughout the class, I felt nervous and exited that I finally found someone like me in real life. After the class ended, I saw Bob was sitting next to the court, so I approached him and said: "I'm an Atheist too", so then we talked for a while and from that point on, I didn't feel bad about my Atheism anymore! Then when I was 14, I found an atheist forum...
*Weirdly enough, my dad never talked to me about god seriously(only sarcastically). His mom(my gandma) talks about god, but in a less biased way like my Mom and other (mom's mom) grandma. Now, nobody in my family(and most of my friends) know I'm an Atheist, so my (mom's mom) grandma sends me videos of "Allah's miracles" full of logical fallacies, who I'd love to share if anyone's interested.
My name's Dani and I'm an ex-Muslim.
Since I was a child, I loved science/math.
When I was 6-7, that was the first time I knew what came after 100(My dad:"101, 102.."), I remember being ecstatic (Me:"So, I can count to a billion like that?!?!" Dad:"yes, good night"), I still remember the moment as clear as day.
I also used to make my own mini-experiments in a small notebook I called my "Journal of Science" which I used for about a month when I was about 10, I think. I remember breaking multiple glass bottles and almost gave my friend a scar on his face. I used to watch a lot of sciency youtube videos and I always wanted to be some sort of scientist/mathematician when I grow up.
When I became about 12-13 years old, I started to defend my religion on atheist channels that I had recently found and I used to be very offended(mostly because of my mother*'s brainwashing). Let show you what I wrote when responding to a comment about terrorism in Islam:
Actually Islam is against murder or any kind of terrorism:
http://www.juancole.com/2013/04/islamic-forbids-terrorism.html
And the qur'an(Book of god) actually has a verse where it tells the non-believers, i don't worship what you worship and you don't worship what you worship, i have a religion and you have your own:
http://www.quran4theworld.com/transliteration/109.html
The "Islamic" State are terrorists that want to make a state for themselves,they are not islamic at all, most muslims are very kind:
https://9jamuslima.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/kindness-in-islam/
http://www.islamicfinder.org/articles/article.php?id=423&lang=english
http://theweek.com/speedreads/446542/obama-islamic-state-neither-islamic-nor-state
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/09/26/isis-islamic/
The Media nowadays is brainwashing everyone for the sole purpose of money, they do not care about anything except their reputation and revenue.
You can see how much I was brainwashed by my Mom*. But then when I was finally sick of defending it, I wanted to know the truth. So, I looked at several Atheist videos and I felt the same thing as I felt when I was 6, my love for science was stronger than my devotion to the big daddy in the sky(Thank God!), but also I felt really confused(Me:"Was my Mom lying to me the whole time?!?!?!!!!") and sad. I came to terms with it when I was about 13.
Then, one day when I was approaching my 14th birthday, I actually found an Atheist in real life. Let's say his name was Bob. I met Bob in tennis practice that my Mom forced me to go to(Me:"Mama, I don't want to go! I'm tired."), and I overheard a conversation between Bob, my coach and people in our tennis class.(Paraphrased) "What do you believe in Bob?" "I don't believe in anything". Throughout the class, I felt nervous and exited that I finally found someone like me in real life. After the class ended, I saw Bob was sitting next to the court, so I approached him and said: "I'm an Atheist too", so then we talked for a while and from that point on, I didn't feel bad about my Atheism anymore! Then when I was 14, I found an atheist forum...
*Weirdly enough, my dad never talked to me about god seriously(only sarcastically). His mom(my gandma) talks about god, but in a less biased way like my Mom and other (mom's mom) grandma. Now, nobody in my family(and most of my friends) know I'm an Atheist, so my (mom's mom) grandma sends me videos of "Allah's miracles" full of logical fallacies, who I'd love to share if anyone's interested.
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