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How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 5:46 am
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When I left Islam I felt at first confusion, guilt,sadness, but I felt like all the heavy weight had been released from my shoulders.
-No more guilt for having sexual urges.
-I don't have to waste my time praying 5 times a day.
-I don't have to worry about the food being halal.
-I can drink alcohol and eat pork.
-I don't have to fast ramadan, I pretend to fast because in ramadan tastier food is prepared more than regular days and I wanna leave some space for it, but I sneak in water and small meals to carry on with my daily task, so I view ramadan as a social and cultural event.
-I treat people as individuals rather than their religious beliefs, I believe in egalitarianism.
-No more fear from Hell fire, for making ridiculous sins.
-And most importantly, I can think freely.
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 5:50 am
Never *really* decoverted suddenly I guess...
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 5:54 am
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(March 20, 2017 at 5:50 am)Alex K Wrote: Never *really* decoverted suddenly I guess... I didn't deconvert over night, It took sometime like a straws on the camel's back.
But what made me leave Islam was the scientific errors about the universe, and religion being geographical.
(March 20, 2017 at 5:50 am)Alex K Wrote: Never *really* decoverted suddenly I guess... Or were your parents non-religious?
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 6:06 am
It went a little something like this:
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 7:25 am
I can't really remember a specific moment... but I do remember being about 17 or 18 (which is when I truly started identifying as an atheist) and having a general feeling of relief and happiness.
I never really carried too much guilt for having sexual thoughts or "sinful" thoughts... but I definitely felt a weight lifted off my shoulders.
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 8:13 am
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 8:24 am
(March 20, 2017 at 5:54 am)Lebneni Murtad Wrote: (March 20, 2017 at 5:50 am)Alex K Wrote: Never *really* decoverted suddenly I guess... I didn't deconvert over night, It took sometime like a straws on the camel's back.
But what made me leave Islam was the scientific errors about the universe, and religion being geographical.
(March 20, 2017 at 5:50 am)Alex K Wrote: Never *really* decoverted suddenly I guess... Or were your parents non-religious?
In hindsight, my mom was vaguely protestant and my dad a deist. The only times my parents would go to church was when performing music. I did however go through protestant confirmation with all those trappings such as sunday school, but mainly because in rural Germany it was expected from me as a cultural thing.
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 8:25 am
OP title: It remained tactile, mostly with my fingers and hands. If I got lucky it was with my tongue.
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 12:08 pm
Having never really been a believer, I can't say that life changed much when I quit trying to believe.
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RE: How did u feel when you deconverted?
March 20, 2017 at 12:55 pm
Life didn't change much for me. I stopped feeling guilty about not reading the myths and legends of Hinduism.
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