Before 911, I was part of a mega-church community. After 911 I started studying Islam and in the process, examining religion itself.
About two years into the process, I felt the first spikes of doubt in my own faith. When I reached a understanding of Islam, I concluded that it was a horribly destructive force in the world and tried deprogramming Muslims online by discussing Quran errors.
Doing this as a hobby, for a few years, I learned a lot. First, only the educated people could be deprogrammed and that took time...months. Second, the methods of rationalization Muslims used could be applied to other religions as well. I then explored whether I was rationalizing and discovered I was.
Furthermore, when I learned how horrible a self-righteous violent religious animal could be, i asked myself why God even allows such things. Consider how Muslims passionately praise God during their violence "Alluah Akbar!!!", surely God could stop such "misrepresentations" right?
2006-08-13
09:30:37
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