Could it be that I know deep down inside that if I was born in a Christian/Jewish/pagan home, I too would have become an atheist like so many others, because those religions are totally faith-based, whereas in Islam rationality is as important as faith.
I also happen to know one or two Muslims who became atheists, but their reasons had more to do with the attitudes or hypocrisy of Muslims rather than disagreement over core religious beliefs. As compared to Christians/Jews, very few Muslims become atheists, even in the West where there is so much freedom.
It seems that Christians and Jews who become atheists are mostly negatively influenced by incoherence of basic Christian/Jewish beliefs [God created the Earth 6000 years ago, Trinity, immorality of Old Testament figures, and improvised interpretations of the Book of Revelations, Jesus "saving" people no matter evils things they do as long as they find Jesus in the end, etc].
2007-09-02
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