welcome zodiac !!
Thanks!
so what was it about islam that got you thinking in the first place ? was the santa clause story of Mo flying on a horsie or the deset devils aka "jinns" ?
Ridiculous supernatural claims like those definitely had
a lot to do with it. But I think the very first thing that got me thinking was "
Why do I get to go to heaven for simply being born a Muslim?"; "Why does a mere accident of birth dictate one's destiny?"; "Why do people who were not "lucky" enough to have been born Muslim deserve to go to hell simply because they were not born Muslim?". One question led to another. Then I decided to study religion objectively, which led me to the realization that religion is based on
nothing but ridiculous claims (like the ones you mentioned, and much more), in addition to Quran and Sunna reeking of violence, dogma, homophobia, sexism, and the fact that a lot of material in them was downright ripped-off of the Bible and other old scriptures. At that point it was so obvious to me that Islam, like any other religion, was man-made.