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OP - February 16, 2011, 09:06 AM

Hello,

My name is Omar im 28 yrs old been atheist for about 8-9 years now I live in Canada and my family is from India. Im new to the site and am actually very happy I found this place. Its very hard to find people like myself and even harder to deal with ultra religious friends and family sometimes I feel so alone and overwhelmed :( Although I have convinced one of my cousins to join me on the "dark side" I grew up in a ultra religious household and have a strong grasp of Islamic teachings. But I always had a desire for knowledge and the truth and I questioned everything and after a certain point things didnt make sense anymore. I could not justify islamic beliefs which were contrary to my own beliefs anymore. I could not reconcile the acceptance of slavery, violence, marrying children, marrying cousins, inconsistencies with the idea of heaven and hell, the hypocracy within the religious community, the power and control people fight for, and so many other reasons.
I hope to talk with many like minded people but also to challenge each other, because I found that the other side loved intellectual circle jerks where all they would do is agree with each other and make themselves feel more validated. I love to be critical and like people to challenge me to help me improve my belief and understanding.

I look forward to talking to you and maybe making some friends as well.
Thats all for now
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Reply #1 - February 16, 2011, 09:54 AM

Welcome, superomario
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Reply #2 - February 16, 2011, 11:15 AM

Welcome ! Yes it's very nice to be able to talk to someone without having to bang your head against a wall because of his pigheadedness. Of course a lot can be learnt from each other if we don't let our biases come in the way.

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Reply #3 - February 16, 2011, 11:34 AM

Welcome to the forums!

I don't come here any more due to unfair moderation.
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Reply #4 - February 16, 2011, 01:05 PM

Welcome to the forum

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Reply #5 - February 16, 2011, 01:42 PM

Hey, welcome to the forum. Where in Canada do you live?

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Reply #6 - February 16, 2011, 02:22 PM

tell us how you eventually found this site, and if you have told any other family members about your apostacy
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Hey, welcome to the forum. Where in Canada do you live?

My money is on Toronto.

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Reply #7 - February 16, 2011, 03:45 PM

Welcome have a Parrot

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Reply #8 - February 16, 2011, 08:15 PM

Welcome!
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Reply #9 - February 16, 2011, 08:34 PM

Thank you everyone and I am from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

I found this site from a youtube video that directed me to ex-muslim.co.uk which directed me to these forums. Ive been searching for a while for a site like this Im very interested and curious to see others viewpoints and what lead them away from their faith. And yes some of my family members know I no longer believe others know that I no longer pray and others know the full extent of my fall from grace haha I dont pretend to be something im not but i do tread carefully with certain people.
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Reply #10 - February 16, 2011, 08:36 PM

Quote from: IsLame on February 16, 2011, 02:22 PM
tell us how you eventually found this site, and if you have told any other family members about your apostacyMy money is on Toronto.

You lost! Give me the $100

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Reply #11 - February 16, 2011, 09:12 PM

You mean there are states in Canada aside from Toronto & Vancouver

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Reply #12 - February 16, 2011, 09:49 PM

Welcome to the forum, bro.

Your story is fairly similar to mine, except that you've been an apostate many more years than me.

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Reply #13 - February 16, 2011, 10:42 PM

Quote from: IsLame on February 16, 2011, 09:12 PM
You mean there are states in Canada aside from Toronto & Vancouver

Dude, Canada is second largest country in the world (After Russia)

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Reply #14 - February 17, 2011, 02:26 AM

You don't here anything much out of Canada. ^_^;; Canada is like that country everyone tends to forget about. I think Canada is nice though.

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Reply #15 - February 17, 2011, 09:57 AM

I also forgot to mention I work as a social worker and do counseling it was initially my empathy that made me question the concept of heaven and hell and the concept of good and bad people. Im also interested in knowing how many of you actually have made your beliefs public or semi public? How did you go about it and what did you experience?
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Reply #16 - February 17, 2011, 10:09 AM

My beliefs are now public amongst family and friends. I started by openly questioning it in my teens, and naturally kept them in the loop as my thoughts progressed. By the time I was finished, they were not happy, but they were bored of the topic.

However I was stuck at the "If heaven exists, then Allah will send me there if I am a good person - the rest is just details" stage for ages but it worked and saved me from having to perform all the rituals & avoid having the murtad stamp on my forehead.

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Reply #17 - February 17, 2011, 01:51 PM

Quote from: superomario on February 17, 2011, 09:57 AM
I also forgot to mention I work as a social worker and do counseling it was initially my empathy that made me question the concept of heaven and hell and the concept of good and bad people. Im also interested in knowing how many of you actually have made your beliefs public or semi public? How did you go about it and what did you experience?

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