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 Topic: hello from the netherlands

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  • hello from the netherlands
     OP - April 30, 2014, 08:02 PM
    Hey everyone,

    am a newbe on the site from the Netherlands. I am 19 years old and have been exmuslim/atheist since the age of 14/15. I have always been raised with the islamic ideology and arabic culture. My parents had sent me to the mosque when i was a young child and let me pray every day fime times a day. When becoming a teenager, i was exploring more about other religions, so i searched the internet about most of the religions. When i read about atheism, i had been reading more and more about it. i was just like: ok, i think this is even more logical than islam.. ever since, i have been exmuslim. Though, a while later my parents found out (i was around 15/16) (i was too stupid to leave my webbrowser open when i left home to do something), so life sucked for a while. They had become very angry and tried to bring me to islam classes and to go to a sheikh and had let me wear a scarf and let me pray. I just did it to let them believe that i was still a muslim, while i wasnt. Ever since living a double life.

    So this is my story, and am very happy to find this forum! Any questions are welcome Smiley
    xx ladybird
    Dogs never bite me - just humans. ~ M. Monroe

    Religions seem to cause more grief than good.

    Exmuslim Chat
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #1 - April 30, 2014, 08:09 PM
    Welcome!  parrot
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #2 - April 30, 2014, 08:21 PM
    Hello, I still don't understand the tradition that we have on this forum but here's a parrot.  parrot
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #3 - April 30, 2014, 08:32 PM
    Welcome. Have a parrot. parrot
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #4 - April 30, 2014, 08:33 PM
    Hi ladybird and welcome!
    Here's another parrot parrot
    turnipovich
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #5 - April 30, 2014, 08:34 PM
    Welcome.
    And another parrot
    "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
     Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
     Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
     Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God." - Epicurus
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #6 - April 30, 2014, 09:14 PM
    thanks everyone Smiley  parrot parrot

    @Descent its still a cool tradition haha
    Dogs never bite me - just humans. ~ M. Monroe

    Religions seem to cause more grief than good.

    Exmuslim Chat
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #7 - April 30, 2014, 10:58 PM
    Quote from: Descent on April 30, 2014, 08:21 PM
    Hello, I still don't understand the tradition...

    The parrot has self-explanatory awesomeness and is therefore obligatory for introductions. It's a fundamental law of physics innit.

    Bunnies are also acceptable offerings, although never to the total exclusion of parrots. bunny

    Welcome, Ladybird. parrot
    Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West. bunny
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #8 - April 30, 2014, 11:02 PM
    Quote from: happymurtad on January 31, 2013, 09:15 PM
    Suratul-Parrot

    1.The Parrot
    2. What Parrot?
    3. And what shall make ye know what constitutes a parrot?
    4. Surely, thy lord hath blessed it and filled it with merit
    5. And hath made it taste like chicken when cooked, thus do we compare it.
    6. And the rabbit he hath blessed, and made it love the carrot.
    7. So when thou seeth a furry rabbit, try not to scare it
    8. And when new members join the forum, offer them rabbit and parrot
    9. Dancing side by side together, thus shall ye share it
    10. Surely, those who deny parrots and rabbits, we have prepared for them a dunce cap and we shall force them to wear it
    11. For only a few minutes, and just for laughs really, thus does your lord declare it


    Like most revelations, an explanation after the fact. Grin
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #9 - April 30, 2014, 11:12 PM
    Hi ladybird, great to have you here  Smiley
    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #10 - May 01, 2014, 12:22 AM
    Welkom, Ladybird.

  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #11 - May 01, 2014, 10:58 AM
    Hey, nice to meet you  parrot

    About the parrot: It's a properly basic belief.
    My mind runs, I can never catch it even if I get a head start.
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #12 - May 01, 2014, 11:33 AM
     parrot
    Welcome!
    Don't let Hitler have the street.
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #13 - May 01, 2014, 12:06 PM
    @happymurtad where is the like button Cheesy

    thanks everyone Smiley

    Hello Kitty David ;p
    Dogs never bite me - just humans. ~ M. Monroe

    Religions seem to cause more grief than good.

    Exmuslim Chat
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #14 - May 01, 2014, 12:10 PM
    So ladybird, what are you currently up to?... If you don't mind me asking.
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #15 - May 01, 2014, 01:22 PM
    @Descent nothing much, just looking around here on the forum, how bout u? Smiley
    Dogs never bite me - just humans. ~ M. Monroe

    Religions seem to cause more grief than good.

    Exmuslim Chat
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #16 - May 01, 2014, 01:28 PM
    In between posts, I'm doing some math...

    I meant how is your current situation and how it is living a double life... Are in you in university? Tell us more about yourself, interests, hobbies, etc. Smiley
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #17 - May 01, 2014, 01:44 PM
    ohhh haha yeah, well i live with my parents in the hague, NL. Well, untill now life is ok as a double lifer, my parents arent that strict as they were before, because they know that they cant shout to me or beat me to pray or something, and with ramadan i just pretend, which isnt hard, because i am usually at school then or doing something with friends (or have a bag of candy somewhere in my room haha). So, i dont really feel like telling them anything.. Though, i have a boyfriend and he is like muslim, but raised with christianity too (his dad is muslim and his mum is christian), but he is a muslim (though he doesnt do like everything a muslim does, he doenst pray too and he doesnt do ramadan), we are dating for like 1,5 year right now, but i havent told him about me being exmuslim, though he is veryyyyy open minded. Just afraid of his reaction, maybe he wouldnt really like it or appreciate it.. Sometimes I wanna tell him, but then I dont dare to..

    I am currently studying International Media and Entertainment Management at university, in my 2nd year right now, still have 2 more years to go, then I ll do masters. I ll be doing some minors next year in Belgium (Antwerp), Public relations, then I ll have my internship (i hope to do something with marketing).

    Any more questions are welcome Smiley
    Dogs never bite me - just humans. ~ M. Monroe

    Religions seem to cause more grief than good.

    Exmuslim Chat
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #18 - May 01, 2014, 02:09 PM
    It's good that your parents aren't very strict as before, and it's also great that you have someone who you can be open with (trying making him and ex-Muslim!  Smiley). He doesn't sound very religious which is always a plus.

    Good for planning ahead with you Master's and I wish you the very best in your university academics and career prospects  Afro.
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #19 - May 01, 2014, 02:11 PM
     thnkyu Descent Smiley

    Yeah, I must be a bit lucky i must say. It could always be worse
    Dogs never bite me - just humans. ~ M. Monroe

    Religions seem to cause more grief than good.

    Exmuslim Chat
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #20 - May 01, 2014, 02:56 PM
    Welcome to the site, ladybird parrot
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #21 - May 01, 2014, 03:01 PM
    Quote from: ladybird on May 01, 2014, 12:06 PM
    @happymurtad where is the like button Cheesy


    You're going to quickly find that pretty much everything happymurtad says is great. 
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #22 - May 01, 2014, 03:03 PM
    And that lua is a master at flattery. Grin
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #23 - May 01, 2014, 03:04 PM
    Also he makes a lovely stir-fry.
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #24 - May 01, 2014, 03:12 PM
    Quote from: happymurtad on May 01, 2014, 03:03 PM
    And that lua is a master at flattery. Grin

    She sure is excellent at encouragement.

    With all the flattery, she made me genuinely believe I can win the Nobel Prize in Physics Cheesy. So thank you Lua for that!


    ...or it might be just delusion she's encouraging. Grin
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #25 - May 01, 2014, 03:13 PM
    That's not flattery, my friend! You don't want to know what I was doing at 18. It certainly wasn't calculus for fun! Grin
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #26 - May 02, 2014, 08:55 PM
    You are not alone.

    Welcome.

     Wink
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #27 - May 02, 2014, 09:11 PM
    thanks twolives!  Smiley
    Dogs never bite me - just humans. ~ M. Monroe

    Religions seem to cause more grief than good.

    Exmuslim Chat
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #28 - May 02, 2014, 10:13 PM
    Hello there Smiley

    So you are one of those who stole my language and mixed it with English and German to make it easy to read but incomprehensible to understand?

    Good job there - have a piggy - because our countries just LOVES raising, butchering and eating pork! piggy grin12

    Speaking of bacon - I wonder what parrot bacon is like?

    Well, here is one unsuspecting halal parrot - welcome! parrot

    Tongue

    /Nikolaj
    Danish Never-Moose adopted by the kind people on the CEMB-forum
    Ex-Muslim chat (Unaffliated with CEMB). Safari users: Use "#ex-muslims" as the channel name. CEMB chat thread.
  • hello from the netherlands
     Reply #29 - May 03, 2014, 01:40 PM
    Haha Thanks Nikolaj  parrot

    But unfortunately, I will not taste the parrot, even if it's halal, because I am veggie. I eat fish though, so kind of wonder if some muslims think there is something like halal fish? Cheesy
    Dogs never bite me - just humans. ~ M. Monroe

    Religions seem to cause more grief than good.

    Exmuslim Chat
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