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 Topic: Question For Ex- Believers

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  • Question For Ex- Believers
     OP - June 02, 2009, 11:32 PM
    Question For Ex- Believers


    As a ex-believer in God how do you describe your past believe in God, your believe in God was irrational, you were dumb, you were brainwashed, you were god delusionist?



    Now as a atheist you describe yourselve as a rational, inteligent, free thinker?  dance
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    the clash of civilization.

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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #1 - June 02, 2009, 11:34 PM
    Then brainwashed and now not so brainwashed
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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #2 - June 02, 2009, 11:34 PM
    Yeah. It happens.  yes
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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #3 - June 02, 2009, 11:34 PM
    As an ex-believer, I describe myself as a human being, and as a believer I described myself as a human being. 

    What are you trying to ask, exactly?
    "Befriend them not, Oh murtads, and give them neither parrot nor bunny."  - happymurtad's advice on trolls.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #4 - June 02, 2009, 11:38 PM
    inteligent atheist used to be dumb   Cheesy
    please read my blog, read how islam will win
    the clash of civilization.

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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #5 - June 02, 2009, 11:42 PM
    Quote from: kope on June 02, 2009, 11:38 PM
    inteligent atheist used to be dumb   Cheesy


    What are you on about?
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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #6 - June 02, 2009, 11:50 PM
    I went with the flow because that's what everyone did. I noticed this is all nonsense as soon as I started thinking about it.
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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #7 - June 02, 2009, 11:54 PM
    When I believed, I was young and naive. I was influenced by mostly family members whose belief in god and islam was a source of comfort, a sense of community. As I got older, I learned to think for myself. I questioned those beliefs and found they made no sense to ME. It was a long process, there was a lot of back and forth, but it's a growing up process.
    "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused."
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #8 - June 03, 2009, 05:00 AM
    I see Kope wants to prove that most of us were dumb once. Smiley

    Irrespective of the belief or disbelief, I would be really surprized if a person does not undergo any change in her thoughts, outlook and understanding in around 5 to 10 years.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #9 - June 03, 2009, 06:31 AM
    Back then, I was shit scared of hurting Allah's ego.

    Now, I am more than happy to do so given His incompetence  dance
    Pakistan Zindabad? ya Pakistan sey Zinda bhaag?

    Long Live Pakistan? Or run with your lives from Pakistan?
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #10 - June 03, 2009, 08:20 AM
    More likely...
    When I believed in god, I was a kid and I just didn't question the information that was given to me because it came from a source I trusted for my own survival.
    When I started analyzing the validity of such information, I figured beliefs are something inconsequential and I became a skeptic.
    Do not look directly at the operational end of the device.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #11 - June 03, 2009, 09:07 AM
    Beware people, Kope is a fundamentalist Muslim who is terrified of sex, especially female sexuality. He regularly frequents the Sam Harris forum and spouts the most unimaginable nonsense.

    He fears the bikini like most of us fear weapons of mass destruction.

    You wont get much sense from him.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #12 - June 03, 2009, 09:12 AM
    Quote from: brucepig on June 03, 2009, 09:07 AM
    Beware people, Kope is a fundamentalist Muslim who is terrified of sex, especially female sexuality. He regularly frequents the Sam Harris forum and spouts the most unimaginable nonsense.

    He fears the bikini like most of us fear weapons of mass destruction.

    You wont get much sense from him.


    Don't worry, considering he has racked up over 400 posts, we are well aware of that too.  Cheesy
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #13 - June 03, 2009, 09:20 AM
    Nice pic Berbs, I bet it gives Kope a terrifying thrill in his undershorts  Cheesy
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #14 - June 03, 2009, 09:22 AM
    Quote from: brucepig on June 03, 2009, 09:20 AM
    Nice pic Berbs, I bet it gives Kope a terrifying thrill in his undershorts  Cheesy


    Yep, the stuff of his nightmares.  Tongue

    I'm trying to send him slowly mad.  parrot
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #15 - June 03, 2009, 09:23 AM
    Certainly works for me.  Cheesy
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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #16 - June 03, 2009, 09:25 AM
    The dreaded Fitna. Women should cover up and stick to cooking and cleaning. With weaponry like that poor Kope doesn't stand a chance.  dance
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #17 - June 03, 2009, 09:26 AM
    Quote from: osmanthus on June 03, 2009, 09:23 AM
    Certainly works for me.  Cheesy


    Damn, I thought it would take a whole lot more to drive you mad lol maybe I ought to up the stakes then, make em more terrifying for kope, see how he copes.  Cheesy
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #18 - June 03, 2009, 09:31 AM
    Rofl. Do it. Beaver FTW.  Lmao
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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #19 - June 03, 2009, 09:35 AM
    I shall have to wait til this evening then lol my eldest is home today, trying to peep over my shoulder every now and again whilst trying to avoid tidying his room, wouldn't want him to see what I have planned for kope.  bunny
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #20 - June 05, 2009, 12:25 AM
    Quote from: allat on June 02, 2009, 11:54 PM
    When I believed, I was young and naive. I was influenced by mostly family members whose belief in god and islam was a source of comfort, a sense of community. As I got older, I learned to think for myself. I questioned those beliefs and found they made no sense to ME. It was a long process, there was a lot of back and forth, but it's a growing up process.


    at what age you start thing?
    please read my blog, read how islam will win
    the clash of civilization.

    http://www.xanga.com/hfghj23458654fgha
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #21 - June 05, 2009, 12:49 AM
    Me - 'Mommy mommy, how did the elephant god get his head?'

    Mommy - 'Dad go mad! Dad go slash!!! Head gets chop - chopped, head gets chop - chopped, new head with glue! New head with glue!!!'

    Me - 'LULWUT WTF ZOMG LIAR!!!'

    dance

    My favorite joke about hinduism as it was my remedy to the illness.

    I never really started believing, it was just forced onto me.
    We keep hearing about how Jack Straw or the French government have mentioned the veil and our doing so puts us in the same boat as them. How so? I want a ban on the burka, neqab and child veiling.

    you can either defend women or you must defend Islam. You can’t defend both

    - Maryam Namaze
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #22 - June 05, 2009, 01:00 AM
    Quote from: kope on June 05, 2009, 12:25 AM
    at what age you start thing?


    I first started thinking about things like why am I here, what is the meaning of life, who is god etc., when I was about 11 or 12. It was a long process and I learned as much as I could about many religions, most of them I'd say, over the years. I gave every religious perspective an honest go, I saw how much people from each different religion believed firmly in their religions (if they believed at all). I saw how all of them seemed to have about the same ratio of prayers answered. I saw that people from different cultures really truly in their own minds believed that their version of reality was THE reality. I was taught that our way was The Way and I wanted proof that it really was. I found no such proof. I also found no proof that any other way was The Way either. But I spent years and years looking. I don't regret it, I loved and still love studying religions and human psychology, which are very connected. I finally came to openly say that no I am not a Muslim and that I follow no religion, when I was 19.
    "Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused."
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #23 - June 05, 2009, 11:40 AM
    Quote from: ExHindu on June 05, 2009, 12:49 AM
    Me - 'Mommy mommy, how did the elephant god get his head?'

    Mommy - 'Dad go mad! Dad go slash!!! Head gets chop - chopped, head gets chop - chopped, new head with glue! New head with glue!!!'

    Me - 'LULWUT WTF ZOMG LIAR!!!'

    dance

    My favorite joke about hinduism as it was my remedy to the illness.

    I never really started believing, it was just forced onto me.

    i dont get it - can you explain it?
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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #24 - June 05, 2009, 01:23 PM
    Its like being on a bus and you realize the bus driver is completely lost. The bus driver won't admit he's lost and keeps going in the same direction. You get off the bus and you are still lost, but at least you realize you are lost and can make your own way now.
    My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat your children. Praise be to Allah." -- Mike Tyson
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #25 - June 05, 2009, 01:51 PM
    nice analogy Afro
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  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #26 - June 05, 2009, 10:56 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on June 05, 2009, 11:40 AM
    i dont get it - can you explain it?


    Its just mocking the story of the elephant head thing, again. The father gets angry, chops the human head off, then an elephant head, and sticks it on with glue.

    It was offtopic I know. Ontopic, well, when I believed in God I were still a child. Children need to believe in things to make sense of the world. 
    We keep hearing about how Jack Straw or the French government have mentioned the veil and our doing so puts us in the same boat as them. How so? I want a ban on the burka, neqab and child veiling.

    you can either defend women or you must defend Islam. You can’t defend both

    - Maryam Namaze
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #27 - June 06, 2009, 02:40 AM
    Quote from: Submissive Bob on June 05, 2009, 01:23 PM
    Its like being on a bus and you realize the bus driver is completely lost. The bus driver won't admit he's lost and keeps going in the same direction. You get off the bus and you are still lost, but at least you realize you are lost and can make your own way now.


    That's amazing. I left Islam whilst I was on a bus so this is very appropriate for me lol Smiley
    The unlived life is not worth examining.
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #28 - June 06, 2009, 03:35 AM
    Quote from: J4m3z on June 06, 2009, 02:40 AM
    That's amazing. I left Islam whilst I was on a bus so this is very appropriate for me lol Smiley


        Is there a specific route number for 'leaving islam' ? Did the driver piss you off by stopping for prayers when you were trying to get to work on time or something ? I'm curious..
  • Re: Question For Ex- Believers
     Reply #29 - June 06, 2009, 08:15 AM
    Was it possibly a bus that had 'There is probably no god' emblazoned on its side?

    As for this thread - I was brainwashed from being able to understand speech, both by family and the church and, as seems to be the case with others here, started to question and think for myself when I was about 11.
     By 15 I'd decided all belief was a crock and began to look for some real answers. I started along the scientific route of understanding and have never looked back.

    I think the second part of your Q is easily answered by saying that I'm better informed by science. Nothing to do with intelligence.
    Religion is ignorance giftwrapped in lyricism.
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