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 Topic: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers

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  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #30 - August 08, 2011, 05:02 PM

    By saying 'meditating and psyching yourself up', if you mean you're going to smoke pot regularly, post frequently on the forum, and spare the occasional thought to matters on life, the universe and everything; then I think that's a good idea Smiley

    Just messing mate, enjoy your break. Sounds like you've earned it.

    Hi
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #31 - August 08, 2011, 05:08 PM

    Thanks. mate

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #32 - August 08, 2011, 05:28 PM

    How in the world did I forget you had a blog? -Bookmark'd-

    I seriously hope you find whatever it is you're looking for in friendships, family, relationships and academics. You seem like a really good dude who's totally deserving of peace of mind and comfort in your own beliefs.  hugs

    Also, I feel like kind of an asshole for imagining the exchange between you and your ex to be like a Nigerian drama, weaves, neon clothes, teeth sucking and all. Hope you can forgive me.  Tongue

    "I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want."
    Muhammad Ali
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #33 - August 08, 2011, 05:45 PM

    Thanks Wyre Smiley

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #34 - August 29, 2011, 11:32 AM

    -

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • A Good Family Road Trip
     Reply #35 - September 02, 2011, 09:06 AM

    Yesterday, i had a 7hrs journey on a road to Obudu ranch hills which is located in a South Eastern part of Nigeria, seeing how long the journey is,i decided to have one fat joint and get caned on the road so that i can enjoy listening to music on the road,somehow i wish i could have carried the bag with me but i didnt for fear of getting caught by the Policemen who are patrolling the highway, so thats a huge risk .

    It was a tiring long journey but i had a good time on the road blasting music with my ear piece on, watching the green scenery,seeing different towns and cities i have never been too and the people that speak different languages with a different culture.

    Two things that interest me, is when i went to Makurdi city located beside River Benue,one of the two largest rivers in Nigeria. A fine city with a modern buildings and fine women yes and it also has rich source of culture plus its a diverse city as well,quite peaceful area and its the kind of place that i wouldnt mind living there. Had i known about this place,i would have gone to the univesity there instead of this stupid university that the muslim student society are trying to islamize the place by imposing their authority backed by the uni administration.

    Second thing that interest me was when we were driving on the road in a thick rainforest,we reached the end of the tarred road thinking that we are lost,we decided to turn round but one frail old man sitting on a shrub, hissed at us showing us that we are on the right track by pointing his machete to the direction.

    We drove on the untarred road that leads us to a village that looks tidy,surrounded by palm trees,Iroko and other tall trees in a typical rainforest which covered most of the sunlight around the area that makes the village cooler. I even saw a local bar serving local drinks which i wish i could have join and share a few with the locals but i cant, since am with my religious family Angry. Im impressed with the village i must say

    I will stop here for now since am going out, will share more later on.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #36 - September 02, 2011, 10:15 AM


    What a complex brew Nigeria is. Fascinating, and slightly sad reading too.


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #37 - September 02, 2011, 10:42 AM

    After we left the village and got on the tarred road. It was getting dark and it took us 50km to reach the gate of the resort. After we passed the gate. We drive on a hill and the road is shallow, the more we keep on driving the colder it gets and its like we drove in the clouds.just to make you understand what am talking about, here is the pic:



    It took us 30mins before we could reach the reception and booked for a log cabin. It was freezing that my hands got numbed. I was feeling jaded and sick because of the long journey. I couldnt eat when we went to restaurant, so i had the food for takeaway incase i got well and hungry later. The best part of the night was when i went to the bar holding my 7 months niece on my arms. I wanted to buy and sneak some drinks into the cabin for late-night drinking in case i wake up which i did. One of the female waitress at the bar got more interested in my niece and started smiling at her and making coo noises, from there we started talking and got engaged into a harmless flirting. I couldnt stay long,because i was ill and i was together with my family.before i left she made me promise to come back tomorrow at the same time only this time alone and try not to get sick again Grin.

    After that, i went back home and browse for a couple of hours and slept. The driver woke me up later in the night since he is aware that i sneaked in some drinks and wanted some too.so we went out and sat at the balcony to share a few drinks and have a laugh while the family are asleep before i went back to sleep again.

    One of the cabin that we are staying now


    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #38 - September 02, 2011, 11:03 AM

    Good story!  Afro Keep it coming!

    Religion is organized superstition
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #39 - September 02, 2011, 05:44 PM

    I woke up this morning feeling cold, clouds floating by the house,fog on the glass slide doors and windows, with little sunlight coming from a sun rising from the clouds that are on the same altitude with me

    I wonder what muhammad and his followers would say if they come across this area and stay for a while, how would they make it up on the sun rising and setting part.

    It was pleasant morning. Had a cereal,browsed few websites and posted two previous entries before we went out. The Weather is cloudy(it has been that way up till now in the evening)

    We were planning to get on the cable car so as to enjoy the scenery of mountains,which is a beautiful sight to see and you can see the villages like a miniature. These are just few of the pictures i took.







    Although it was foggy seeing that we are just breezing through the cloud.


    Despite all that, i was little scared thatthe thought of "what if something goes wrong and we fall? We would all be dead" no . Though i held my fear down and enjoy the scenery as best as i can,only that i was bit tensed. Overall i enjoyed the cable car ride. I would love to get on it again sometime.

    After the cable car ride, we went to a water park for swimming, i had a good time with my siblings. It was all about having good time and smiles.pictures were taken as well.After a couple of hours, we went back on a cable car again. bit tense and enjoyable ride as well.

    Just as we got off the cable car and headed to the reception. I met this waitress again telling me not to break the promise that i made to her, i told her "no worries". In fact she even said "why dont i come to the bar around 11pm if i can come by then, she will be off from her work" i said "sure,why not".

    After we parted, i got giddy as i was heading to the ATM machine to withdraw some cash only to find out that there is a problem with the machine and couldnt accept my card jawdrop, The manager of the bank told me that i should come back tomorrow WTF! banghead .

    Now im wondering what to do, should i borrow some cash from my brother which is going to take a lot of convincing for him to give me, since i pissed him off yesterday or should i just bring my secret stash of drinks hidden in a black nylon bag in the fridge from my room. Which one? Undecided

    To be continued.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #40 - September 02, 2011, 05:46 PM


    Do they grow coffee or tea on those hills in that region? Looks like right kind of environment and climate.


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #41 - September 02, 2011, 05:48 PM


    Naija your dilemma is a cruel one. Allah is fucking you up.


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #42 - September 02, 2011, 05:56 PM

    Do they grow coffee or tea on those hills in that region? Looks like right kind of environment and climate.




    its possible Smiley

    Quote
    Naija your dilemma is a cruel one. Allah is fucking you up


     Cheesy Cheesy, Allah is not going to get away with it. i will try and figure it out this night

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #43 - September 03, 2011, 10:52 AM

    So here i am sitting at the balcony being slightly annoyed and wondering how i am going to get a cash,the more i think about it,the more i think of bringing out the mini bottles i have hidden in a fridge from my room as the better solution.anyway i decided to shun the idea of borrowing cash and bringing the bottles out.

    So i wasted some time browsing and chatting for a while up till 11pm,by then everyone is asleep so i went to the bar and boy it was cold outside,took a few sip of vodka to keep myself warm on my way to the bar.

    I met her and she was glad to see me, then we took off to her place with the mini bottles and she also saved one big bottle of vodka for us, which means i get to save some of the drinks i have brought and good thing i didnt borrow anyone.Grin

    Overall, i will just say i had a good time and walked back to cabin around 3pm.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #44 - September 05, 2011, 11:31 AM

    ...Great, just when i had a great weekend,they cant let things slide at least for a week before they piss me off, Allow me the space to rant here in a lincoln style. Since its my blog,my thread,my space for rant,so keep your judgement to yourself.


    Things that i would have said to my mother this morning but i remain quite just to avoid an endless argument that will lead her to having a bad day at office:

    Ok, can you please stop blaming my irreligiousity for the mistakes i make  everyday, the least you can do is to give me a moral advice or how things are done in a right way in a social setting,what the consequences are if i do things wrong?,not telling me that its because im not praying,fasting and scoring points for an entry into Al-jannah, thats why im making mistakes and being lazy.

    You keep on bringing the topics that we have gone through before but you are too stubborn to let it go, this justs irritates me and makes me cringe further any time you keep doing it.Changing beliefs is not like changing a dress thats what you fail to understand.

    You are fully aware that i have learn a lot on Islam more than anyone in this family, you have seen the times that i bring out hadith and qur'an ayat to you to show you that you did the wrong things when i was a muslim. It makes you happy when i do that and now you are telling me that i have been too lazy all the time to learn about islam and i dont know enough about it. Has someone erased your memory?

    Accusing me of listening to one side of story because i said Harun Yahya is a fraud and i refused to listen to all the imams(who have no basic knowledge of science), who are jostling for a position in my dad's mosque for a paycheck,so as to spout their hateful sermon on why we shouldnt trust non-muslims because they dont like us, their misogynist crap,how to do ablution and pray perfectly(no thanks i already know that and its useless to me), also watching them being condescending is what even makes me not to go to the mosque and listen to their garbage. You can be mad at for me for all you want but im not going there to listen to those patronising idiots

    Its like you are telling me i should go to the mosque just to have another reminder on why i hate Islam, and i have had enough of that, i want to move on with life.

    Yesterday when you saw me reading a book "The 100: A ranking of the most influential persons in history" by Michael Hart,and saw Mohammed as the number one, you went all giddy and saying "see! even a christian has testified and that is enough to prove to you that Islam is the right way" :rolleyes:, No, what you fail to understand is that Muhammad has introduced a hateful ideology ,an epidemic that has spread around the world and have been passed from one generation to another,Its still rampant, it only promotes hatred for another fellow human who doesnt believe in it and has repressed a man's creativity,strips his rational faculty,which are the natural gifts for a mankind.its a sad truth but you have failed to see that.

    I dont care about Aisha's marriage to Mo at the age of nine, or the bad things that he did in his lifetime. The only thing that im against, is the authenticity of Holy Qur'an as the divine word of Allah which it hasnt been compiled until Sayyidina Uthman bin Affan's reign as a caliph,what makes you think they havent adulterated some of the contents in the qur'an? I heard Ali bin Abu Talib has his own version of Qur'an that hasnt been accepted.

    The only response i keep getting from you its either "i dont understand classical arabic" why do i need to? Why cant Allah sent me the message in the language that i can understand?, or "You have no right to question those things" oh yes i do, i havent seen this Allah that you are talking about all the time and i have never heard his voice whenever i want to talk to him,even if i do then there is a high chance of me getting tied in a psychiatry ward. So i dont even want to hear his voice.

    How do you expect me to believe the authenticity of Hadith as the oral sayings of Mo, something that hasnt been compiled until 200 years after the Death of Mo?

    Can you for once be objective and remain skeptic until you can prove it wrong or right, try that, its simple, Go on, Allah wont get pissy,he is not around,infact he doesnt even exist.

    This is what i have to deal with for the next two years, i must work hard to get out, i must work hard to get out......... banghead

    End of rant]

    Much better grin12

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #45 - September 12, 2011, 01:44 PM

    were alot alike, my family is also very religious and well connected in the community, i live in bradford there are muslims everywhere i live. Of my family at first only my younger brother knew, but he opened the can of worms when he said to my cousins that i dont believe in islam. They came and tried to find out, they said nothing i say will offend them but in the end they left shaking there heads, obviously they dont couldnt beat my argument and told me to come to mosque tomorrow and the listening to the preachings of an imaam there would sort things out.

    Next day i go listen to the guy and i became more certain of my choice and left. My uncle also became aware though he ignored the issue and we went on as usual. My cousins also didnt change there attitude towards me though they felt i was wrong. Soon other cousins of my generation became aware whats happening each try and convince me im wrong but non of them could answer me back without sounding insane.

    I still practice the minimum things of islam (jumah and fasts) just to keep my granparents and mother of the trail. They are all from pakistan and would definitely not understand, and as im still financially dependent on my mother i will wait till i am independant till i socially expose to all what i am. One time during ramadan, my mother felt from my behavior and attitude that i no longer was a muslims and she said that if i dont believe in islam i had to leave that allah would punish her for keeping a kufar in her house. My brother mediated then and calmed her down before i said anything otherwise i would have broken of from her at that point, (although im dependent on her i do have some savings but leaving now wouldve cause more problems for me). Im in my final year at university and will leave my area once i graduate i cant live my life like this. The rest of my family still treat me well but i do make the effort of pretending infront of them so they are still unwilling to accept me as an athiest in there lives.

    Life is precious do not forfeit it, for you shall not receive it again.
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #46 - September 12, 2011, 02:31 PM

    Yep, move out ASAP. Far away. Start a new life. It'll help you refresh yourself socially and be part of a new social circle. Being an pseudo-atheist among musulmans is psychologically and socially unhealthy, to say the least.

    Formerly known as Iblis
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #47 - September 12, 2011, 02:42 PM


    If you can get away, get away to a city in which you can be yourself.


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #48 - October 30, 2011, 08:41 AM

    ...

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #49 - December 16, 2011, 06:29 AM

    Grin

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #50 - January 05, 2012, 02:52 PM

    Hmm...my father asked me why i came to do fajr prayer yesterday in the mosque wondering if im beginning to realize that i have erred my ways and im coming back to the straight path...this is awkward, i only went there just out of kindness which i now realize it was a mistake,i should have just gone back to bed like i usually do.

    Anyway,I walked away because i dont know what to say to him.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #51 - January 05, 2012, 02:58 PM

    Hmm...my father asked me why i came to do fajr prayer yesterday in the mosque wondering if im beginning to realize that i have erred my ways and im coming back to the straight path...this is awkward, i only went there just out of kindness which i now realize it was a mistake,i should have just gone back to bed like i usually do.

    Anyway,I walked away because i dont know what to say to him.

    Hmm.. You seem to be very friendly with you Dad Naija., He is clearly friendly guy to say that you.,  

    Next time tell him   " you were not in Mosque because you have erred your  ways., but you are in mosques to figure out  the errors that all these mosques goers have made in their life including your father"

    And ask him what errors did he make in his life... lol

    lol.. I know the answer.........

    Do not let silence become your legacy.. Question everything   
    I renounced my faith to become a kafir, 
    the beloved betrayed me and turned in to  a Muslim
     
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #52 - January 10, 2012, 02:53 PM

    Mission of Burma
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dv4BJ1bg5NPg&v=v4BJ1bg5NPg&gl=GB

    Whats Goin On - Marvin Gaye
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Df39Zs0gB87c&v=f39Zs0gB87c&gl=GB
     
    Smells like a Teen spirit - Nirvana
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_u-ri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhTWKbfoikeg&v=hTWKbfoikeg&gl=GB


    If 6 was 9 -Jimi Hendrix
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAWtGarGjxLk&v=AWtGarGjxLk&gl=GB



    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #53 - January 10, 2012, 03:53 PM

    Naija.. the other night i had a dream that i was driving on a road
    almost like that one pic on the side of the mountain! LOL  except
    in my dream it was jagged rock.  Just thought I would mention
    that here lol.  You guys are invading my dreams way too much
    lately!   Cheesy

    When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
    Helen Keller
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #54 - January 10, 2012, 04:05 PM

    Sounds interesting Grin

    Sometimes if i cant express my personal views about life, music is another way.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #55 - May 15, 2012, 05:40 PM

    My humble apologies to the ones that got disappointed with ninja edits in my blog thread.I had to, because of my paranoia that someone might lurk in and pick something to use against me plus i broke myself a promise that i will stick the content of my blog to only an ongoing experience of a semi-closet infidel.I swerved to negative effusion expressway. The writings was cathartic but should have kept those in an electronic diary( i cant keep a written one).

    Anyway...this recent casual observation that i have made on my subject; my distant cousin,lets call her Ayman. She is a local minded person but very hilarious and comical,she could mimic perfectly(i even fell for that) and she can be a stand up comedian if only she had learn english well enough.

    Whereas, i find her opinions worrying, she is one of the muslims who actually believes that women are not equal to men in many ways and are created for the enjoyment of men, all she can think is having an ideal husband to sweep off her feet and take care of her . I tried to prove her wrong with empirical examples but she keeps shooting it down with ayats from Sura-Nisah which becomes pointless for me to try and unshackle her from this mindset. Once that word "Allah" is thrown in to argument, there is no use in arguing further with the muslims.Not to mention she is unaware of my disbelief so why argue.

    Its sad to see someone limiting their potentials based on this dogmatic thinking that they may never evolve out of it.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #56 - July 08, 2012, 11:58 AM

    Yesterday a  friend of mine who is a pilot got married but unfortunately i missed the event because of my reclusiveness which has made me forget-he sent me the invitation card last month- until in the evening someone told me which prompt me to congratulate him on the phone and this morning he invited me to come for the luncheon party, hoping not to disappointed i said sure, i would come.

    Now im slightly dreading to go there mostly because of my old best friend who im not talking with anymore or should i say he ditched our friendship that spanned for two decades because of my apostasy which i have mentioned somewhere else in the thread before, he happens to be our mutual friend but i dont think he would cause any drama seeing as he is not the type,so i dont know how it will pan out. I cant resist some good food though so i will see things for myself. anything that is worthwile talking about i would post it here....

    Im heading there now

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #57 - July 10, 2012, 11:11 PM

    Hope it went ok Cato. hugs

    I forgot to go to a friend's wedding a few months back too. She sent me the invitation, which went walk-about, tried to find it but alas was nowhere to be found, so asked her for the date of the wedding three times but she was too busy to tell me. Got a call from another friend on the day only an hour before the wedding asking if I wanted to come with them to the wedding, and I was like, "It's today?!"  mysmilie_977 I didn't have any clothes suitable for a wedding for either me or the kids and one hours was not any where near enough time to get ready and take the half-an-hour car ride across town to get there.

    Felt awful about it. Embarrassed These things happen I guess.

    So it's not just you who forgets to go to weddings lol.  Wink
  • Re: An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #58 - July 10, 2012, 11:34 PM

    Yeah it was alright, i met my old best friend-not to mention that he is my distant cousin as well- who happens to be the best man but we didnt talk or more like i ignored him because im still little bit angry with the way he ditched me and i dont want to roll over to him otherwise he may likely be smug about it, in fact he is not the only one that came, his mother and his two siblings came -the bridegroom family happens to be their family friends- its strange how i was once accepted as part of the family but not anymore all in the name of Islam...oh well there was nothing i can do plus i already expect getting cold shoulders from them so nothing to be surprised about.

    Well besides that, i had a good time, ate good food,made few new friends and met the bridegroom and his bride to congratulate them and wished them happy married life,then took pictures with them and left.

    "I'm standing here like an asshole holding my Charles Dickens"

    "No theory,No ready made system,no book that has ever been written to save the world. i cleave to no system.."-Bakunin
  • An Infidel living in the midst of dogmatic followers
     Reply #59 - December 27, 2015, 06:16 PM

    Im saving this space for some new entries later on seeing as i have a lot of things to share as i had lot going on with my life.

    Not gonna deny the influence this forum had on me in many ways i cant imagine since i joined here almost six years ago despite the harsh things i have said about this forum outside later on due to political differences

    To those who arent familiar with me, I'm a Nigerian ex-muslim and i have had my own fair of experience just like you guys and i can relate to your struggles as well. I became an apostate between 2006-2007. At first i was deist but when i joined this forum,i became an atheist but later as i become more political conscious ,i find myself gravitating towards Left and anarcho-communism which is why i became more apathetic towards belief hence i had fundamental disagreements with some members here over politics which led to my semi-hiatus. I consider myself as philosophical anarchist.

    Anyway, i have managed to reconcile with my parents,my siblings,my close relatives and my friends except that i have led them to believe that i'm still a muslim seeing that it's a lost battle to make them accept me for who i really am and i cant afford to put them in pain which may inevitably make me become a social pariah. That i do not want  and cant afford to be so as i need them more later in life. Also i realized i can get away with many things as a "muslim". Yeah thats life, i mean at some point you have to compromise since you cant get everything you want in life neverthless im happy and content enough. I couldnt ask for more

    Also i have managed to regain my trust from my father enough to sponsor me to flight school in South Africa after i held up the end of the bargain by finishing my university education. Right now i have been in Johannesburg since June.Of course i do have a passion for flying which i used as an avenue of getting myself away from depending on my parents to being on my own.I have met many people ,made new friends from different countries ,experiencing the new life and different culture and i have a South African girlfriend who is hot and also an amazing person. I guess i can say im a lucky bastard and happy now. I wouldnt call this a happy ending though seeing that there are new challenges ahead of me to face. Grin

    Wish me luck guys Smiley


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