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 Topic: My full story

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  • Re: My full story
     Reply #30 - March 07, 2010, 07:59 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on March 07, 2010, 07:46 PM
    Well you failed the test then  Tongue It was never meant to be easy.


    I have been told that many times before. I remember during my hardest moments as a convert, all of the devout brothers were telling me Islam is such an easy religion and its not difficult. In my mind I was saying "I never had this many hardships, stress and difficulty in my life" My family life was slowly collapsing, I was becoming more extreme, I started hanging out with overly religious dickheads and I refused to read about science and philosophy. I was becoming a wreck, yet its all "easy" bullshit
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #31 - March 07, 2010, 08:43 PM
    Hey CC, great story! I can identify with some of it, like the part about the Arabic names. That is such a big deal to them, for some reason. I never changed my name but many people told me I should, and my friends gave me an Arabic nickname against my will. And it's always just assumed that you will WANT to name your future children with Arabic names. They say Islam is a religion for all people and all times, yet they expect you to adopt their culture and speak their language. More hypocrisy Roll Eyes

    And yeah, I heard the same thing about Islam being easy, and it is easy until it's not. And when it's not easy and you are having doubts, everyone will just tell you you need to be strong and have faith, and pray more and read Qur'an more. Like that ever helped anyone.
    The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
    - 32nd United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #32 - March 07, 2010, 09:07 PM
    -
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #33 - March 07, 2010, 09:13 PM
    Cool Canadian
    Very interesting.

    "Pork was hard because Polish culture is fucking obsessed with pig meat and used in almost every dish so I ate it but repented to Allah, then ate it and repented"
    Poland had a very large Jewish community, infact from my expriences many of the Jews in UK are directly or indirectly come from Polish Jewish ancestry. They must have a hard time avoiding pork as well   Wink
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #34 - March 07, 2010, 09:18 PM
    You got a good point there Tongue

    But I can never give up Kielbasa, peirogi with bacon and pork meatballs with cabbage piggy
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #35 - March 07, 2010, 09:20 PM
    So did you change your name and learn arabic? just wondering  whistling2
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #36 - March 07, 2010, 09:21 PM
    I didn't legally change my name thank God lol. I learned some Arabic. My "brothers" don't know I am an apostate so they still force and pressure me to learn Arabic.
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #37 - March 07, 2010, 09:23 PM

    Cool Canadian, in the last decade, after Poland became part of the European Union, England became a very Polish country. There were up to a million Poles living in the UK until recently, I think some reverse migration happened, but Poles became ubiquitous in British towns and cities - on buses, in shops, you hear Polish voices often. Very hard working, and they open up Polish delis everywhere they go too  Afro

    (Polish ladies are nice as well, British guys love them!)




    "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.

  • Re: My full story
     Reply #38 - March 07, 2010, 09:24 PM
    what arabic name did you choose?

    Aliii, Moo?
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #39 - March 07, 2010, 09:39 PM
    -
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #40 - March 07, 2010, 09:39 PM
    Did you choose that name, or did they choose it for you? I never wanted an Arabic name, not even a nickname, but I had one forced on me anyway.
    The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
    - 32nd United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #41 - March 07, 2010, 09:40 PM
    Quote from: billy on March 07, 2010, 09:23 PM
    Cool Canadian, in the last decade, after Poland became part of the European Union, England became a very Polish country. There were up to a million Poles living in the UK until recently, I think some reverse migration happened, but Poles became ubiquitous in British towns and cities - on buses, in shops, you hear Polish voices often. Very hard working, and they open up Polish delis everywhere they go too  Afro

    (Polish ladies are nice as well, British guys love them!)




    Good to hear Billy! But I heard many British people don't like them because they are taking their jobs or something. Well Poland is kinda crappy in some aspects, so they wanna make money and come back home with lots of dough Tongue

    But good to hear you don't have a problem Smiley
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #42 - March 07, 2010, 09:41 PM
    Quote from: Rational1 on March 07, 2010, 09:39 PM
    Did you choose that name, or did they choose it for you? I never wanted an Arabic name, not even a nickname, but I had one forced on me anyway.


    Naaa, I chose it  Cheesy

    They actually told me to think about it carefully, which was good. No Muslims came up to me saying pick Muhammad pick Muhammad!
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #43 - March 07, 2010, 09:50 PM
    Quote from: Cool Canadian on March 07, 2010, 09:40 PM
    Good to hear Billy! But I heard many British people don't like them because they are taking their jobs or something. Well Poland is kinda crappy in some aspects, so they wanna make money and come back home with lots of dough Tongue

    But good to hear you don't have a problem Smiley


    Yeah there were some people who grumbled about them 'taking' jobs but trust me, the Polish people were doing many jobs that the locals didn't want to do - plus they work damn hard. Besides, membership of the EU means British people live and work in the hundreds of thousands in places like Spain and Portugal, the whole point of the EU is freedom of movement for members.

    I personally like the Polish injection into Britain  Afro
    "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.

  • Re: My full story
     Reply #44 - March 07, 2010, 10:54 PM
    I had tinnitus too, it sucked.
    Do not look directly at the operational end of the device.
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #45 - March 07, 2010, 11:03 PM
    Btw, I never understood the logical difference between "reciting the Quran" and "singing"
    Do not look directly at the operational end of the device.
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #46 - March 07, 2010, 11:30 PM
    Quote from: Tlaloc on March 07, 2010, 10:54 PM
    I had tinnitus too, it sucked.


    You don't have it anymore? How did it go away?

    I have it for life, but its nothing now to be honest, I just laugh it off lol.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QX6cuC-UKU


    This is the kind of noise I hear, but quieter. Meh, it makes me stronger in a way.
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #47 - March 08, 2010, 12:47 AM
    Quote from: Cool Canadian on March 07, 2010, 06:40 PM
    lol, you think so? I think Saudi Adans are very bland and irritating but some adans are amazing.


    I remember seeing a program, I think it was on the BBC (obviously some years ago!) about the tradition of adhan calling in Cairo and how with the Wahhabi inroads into the country the traditional melodic adhans were becoming more bland and louder and it was pissing alot of the locals off!

    Quote
    My journey was awkward I got to admit. Are you from a Catholic background, and did your parents flip at you when converting? Just curious, because mine did!


    Dad's a lapsed Catholic, Mom's a lapsed Jew.  I was raised neither but with a nod to my mother's Jewish upbringing.  Mom flipped out when I converted for obvious reasons.  Dad was like; 'That's my crazy daughter for you!'
    Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

    The sleeper has awakened -  Dune

    Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish!
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #48 - March 08, 2010, 01:46 AM
    Quote from: Cool Canadian on March 07, 2010, 11:30 PM
    You don't have it anymore? How did it go away?

    I have it for life, but its nothing now to be honest, I just laugh it off lol.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QX6cuC-UKU


    This is the kind of noise I hear, but quieter. Meh, it makes me stronger in a way.

    Mine is either gone or it became unnoticeable by my brain ^_^

    Some years ago I suddenly woke up with no hearing from the right side.
    After a couple days I could hear again, except there was that annoying beep.
    It lasted a couple months and it faded down slowly. I suspect it's still there, but so faint that the environment noise of the city covers it, even at night.

    As a side note, last summer I got an ear problem even worse than tinnitus: dizziness. THAT got me even more depressed than tinnitus. It lasted a couple weeks and it was awful
    Do not look directly at the operational end of the device.
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #49 - March 08, 2010, 02:25 AM
    I'm very sorry to hear that Tlaloc. I had a on and off beeping noise in my left ear, but for the past couple of months I can't hear it anymore which is good.
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #50 - March 08, 2010, 10:13 AM
    Quote from: Cool Canadian on March 07, 2010, 05:53 PM
    Whats wrong with musk? Is his too strong or something?


    I find it repulsive, but it's just a matter of personal taste  Wink
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #51 - March 08, 2010, 11:33 AM
    I had tinnitus for about 2 weeks once, was so worried it was gunna be permanent!

    Good story CC Smiley
    ~My story~
    ~Collection of unethical hadiths/surahs~
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #52 - March 08, 2010, 03:35 PM
    Great story CC.

    Finally got around to reading it.

    I don't want to be a dick... but you should really indent and space out your writing. I simply refused to read this initially because you used single massive paragraphs with no spacing!!
    Quote from: thinkfree on September 28, 2010, 07:58 PM
    Iblis has mad debaterin' skillz. Best not step up unless you're prepared to recieve da pain.

  • Re: My full story
     Reply #53 - March 08, 2010, 03:40 PM
    Indent? Lol.
    The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
    - 32nd United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #54 - March 08, 2010, 03:41 PM
    ROFL.

    Sorry I did not mean indent. I meant just hit "enter" once in a while! Enormous blocks of texts really fuck with my mind.  wacko
    Quote from: thinkfree on September 28, 2010, 07:58 PM
    Iblis has mad debaterin' skillz. Best not step up unless you're prepared to recieve da pain.

  • Re: My full story
     Reply #55 - March 08, 2010, 04:32 PM
    Quote from: Iblis on March 08, 2010, 03:35 PM
    I simply refused to read this initially because you used single massive paragraphs with no spacing!!


    Yeah, I'll be honest, I clicked back out a few times before I finally read it because I get the same "mind fuck" trying to read them.  yes
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #56 - March 08, 2010, 04:53 PM
    +1
    My Book     news002       
    My Blog  pccoffee
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #57 - March 08, 2010, 08:55 PM
    Sorry about that guys Cry

    Next time I will make space out the paragraphs more, but thanks for the criticism Smiley
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #58 - March 11, 2010, 10:48 PM
    Thanks for sharing your story CC - I really enjoyed reading it and have a much better handle on you - it just confirms once again how much I love Ex-Muslims (I also love Muslims, Christians, Athiests and drunks and all the other battered wives of God.)
  • Re: My full story
     Reply #59 - March 11, 2010, 10:59 PM


    Quote
    all the other battered wives of God


    Great turn of phrase  Afro

    "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.

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