When I first found this site around a year ago, I was skeptical to join.
First,because I've never had the courage to go into anti-Islamic sites and talk to real people about it. Sure I've read so many anti-Islamic stuff on the web and I guess I was an ex-Muslim already,but I didn't interact with people who felt the way I did. I knew that anti-religion forums existed,but never knew an ex-Muslim site could exist and not be banned in the country I live in. I'm still worried that this website might be banned here anytime.
The second reason was that I've never really known atheists or ex-Muslims, and I had a preconception that atheists are evil somehow. This is because of Islam of course. Muslims make atheists look like monsters who are conspiring against God and want to spread hatred for no reason. If I told my mom that I'm friends with atheists,she might faint lol.When I joined, I realized that they're normal and such wonderful people. There were exceptions of course,and I had my reasons for disliking some people.
The third reason was that I never joined a forum and stayed interested in it for that long. I joined depression forums when I needed immediate support,but didn't feel like logging in so much. Here it's different. Whenever I felt trapped and suffocated by Islam, I would come here and sometimes chat with people.
What I'm saying is that this forum is limited. If we talked generally, really got to know each other I'm sure we'd unclick as quick as we seem to have clicked (I mean we in the universal sense, not as in you and I!).
I have a different experience with this. I chatted with people about lots of things unrelated to Islam and we got to know each other. Sometimes I laughed so hard,and sometimes I felt overwhelmed by 20 people chatting at the same time. The point is that we were chatting like normal people and we weren't talking about religion all the time. For example, people here like to talk about sex A LOT,that's for sure lol I hate everything related to sex,but I didn't feel that I unclicked with the people here because of it. There were some who got on my nerves as I said,and that's a normal thing.
I don't participate that much and I sometimes wish I would be more involved here,but I guess being anti-social stays the same even on the web. I know many people here and read many of their posts without interacting with them,but somehow I feel like I already know them.
Topic: What do we have in common?