Reporting in from the land of oppression
OP - February 07, 2013, 03:35 PM
Greetings from Turkey ,
I was a former muslim and a believer but not strict and was not practicing. 3 years ago I decided to read the full Turkish translation of Quran. In my country and everywhere else, this book is worshipped , not read. And it is easy to deceive people because of that. Anyway , I started reading and it felt good. It made totally sense. But when I read it more than once and started thinking about the verses more throughly. I compared them with each other. There was a socialist,forgiving,all knowing Allah and there was also Allah who allowed prisoners,mistresses deaths by beheading,not forgiving especially to Jews. I was confused.
Then I found a novel called "The last apostle". It was about Roman Emperor Neron recruiting Paul about Christianity so the Jewish uprising and any other unrest would end. After reading this book,although fiction, I had finally realized what religion was. And Islam was a rip off from Christianity and Judaism. There are entire passages taken from old testament and torah. When you confront people about it , they will say "see how our religion matches with the previous sayings of god" . In fact that is the evidence of the scam. And also Quran was written and collected after Muhammed died. Just like Council of Nicea deciding which bible is valid or not.
I feel helpless and weak as a human being , afraid of death. I need to believe in something that if i do good , I will be rewarded with heaven and i will not be afraid.That is the reason in all of us which leads to believe in a god and his forgiveness and reward. In ancient times , religion also was means to prevent murder,stealing etc. I get that.
When I was finally free , I only told my wife about it. She understands. But I know my friends and family won't. Most of my friends are highly educated people but when it comes to religion , they become untolerant. The recent political influence is also very sunni islamic in Turkey since 2002.Alcohol is being banned slowly,wearing turban for women is encouraged, even payed for. Secular public faces are charged with terror and put in prison. Students, activists, left groups,union reps., officers and generals from the army, professors, journalists are put in prison and trialed with made up computer evidences with lots errors and phone conversations gained by tapping.
EU and US are turning a blind eye and see the governing party as democrats because the capitalist economy system in Turkey fully serve their needs right now. But Islamists always give in to their islamic ignorance and savagery at the end. Turkey will become a land of ignorant and uneducated people, denouncing science and will fall inevitably like the islamic nations without oil.
Sorry for the language and grammar.
Topic: Reporting in from the land of oppression