I was on some other forums... The Student Room; forums for students basically. Saw a poll asking people who were born religious what they identify as now. 60% (over 100 people) said they were born into religious families but are now atheist which is very impressive.
Wanted to nudge this topic up because I didn't realize how many ex-Muslims there really were that are students. It makes me optimistic about the future. It makes me think that maybe there are
far more ex-Muslims than I initially thought... or maybe the rift between fundamentalism and secularism is just being highlighted in the younger generation. No idea.
Here were some public posts made, all from different people:
Brought up in a very islamic household.
Now an atheist.
My family hate me.
But there you go.
Brought up a muslim.
Now an Agnostic Theist. (there should really be an option on the poll for Religion >> Agnostic).
Brought up a muslim, now an atheist. I guess it was because religion never really provided me with good enough answers for all the questions I had.
Im writing as someone who was brought up as a muslim but now longer believes in islam. This is not a thread about being negative towards islam or anything like that. The thing is I don't care what other people believe, if they want to believe in Islam or any other religion I can accpet that, I have absolutely no problem with it. However I feel as if I can't openly talk about my beliefs or tell others especially family and muslim friends about my faith they would be reluctant to accept my beliefs. Some members of family will go completely mad I know and might even hate me for it. Some may preach about the importance of religion and others will say satan has influenced or similar such things.
Well, I told my brother about my apostasy and, although I can trust him not to tell my parents, after the reaction I got from him I'm not going to let my parents know any time soon. I think parents are worried that you will end up in hell forever.... not a nice thought. And the concept of someone completely rejecting Islam after being so into it, like I was, is alien to my parents. They won't see it coming.
considering islam is advertised as the fastest growing religion...there sure are alot of ex-muslims on here.
Im not really a muslim anymore, but I find that being interested in other peoples beleifs and reasoning for praying to Allah is not only fascinating, but it also provides a neutral ground where everyone is essentially a winner.
Although my family don't know, I have told a fair amount of my muslim friends.
I wanted to post this because it made me very optimistic.
I wonder how common it is to be ex-Muslim, or if it's a sort of unspoken thing. Oh, and a lot of ex-Hindu atheists I noticed.
Poll
Topic: Age distribution of ex-muslims here