im muslim but i think im turning into an atheist?

Question

i mean i dont want to be a atheist..because i think there might be a chance that i might go to hell or something if there is a god..im too afraid to ask my siblings or parents because when my brother told my parents he was agnostic they made him move in with my aunt..and i dont want that to happen to me..and its not like my family even are really practice islam really..so i dont even know y they would even care so much so can anyone encourage me into being muslim or atheist or something i am so confused about all of this

Answer 1

Well that's an improvement

Answer 2

Your first step, as you are undecided, is to admit to yourself that you are an agnostic. Athiesm is the next step on the ladder to reality.
Now, it depends where in the world you live. Admitting that you are a non-believer publicly in, say, Saudi Arabia, would see you in a whole mess of trouble, possibly being executed for your outspoken view.
However, if you simply kept it to yourself and played along, all would be relatively cool.
Then, if you are now living in an open society, where religion does not rule the country and set its laws, you are free to be who you want to be, whether your family agree with you or not.
Lastly, it depends pon how old you are. If you are under 18, still at school, living with your parents ... hang on until you have established your own slot in society and are independent. Then stand up and be recognised.

A refreshing 'question' and I applaud you. I wish that there were many many more like you.

Reality shows us that there is no such thing as a god and Allah is a figment of man's imagination. Invented. Man created god. Once that concept is accepted, the whole religion construct collapses. Atheism frees you of all the shackles. The weight falls off your shoulders.

Try www.godisimaginary.com for a general but profound look at the whole subject.
Try www.prophetmohammed.co.uk for a realistic look at Islam.

Welcome to the ranks of the thinkers.

Answer 3

Either you believe or you don't, and you're the only one who can answer that question. But you don't have to answer it right away. Keep thinking about it.

And if your parents' house is your only option for living quarters, then obviously you'll have to keep your doubts to yourself until that changes. You're far from alone in this.

As for the question of why your secular parents would push a non-believing (or merely doubting) child out of their home, I won't guess what they were thinking. It's possible that they panicked over "what will the neighbors think," because they assumed that the neighbors would be equally uncomfortable with your brother's agnosticism. Or maybe they simply wanted an excuse to get him out of the house, and his doubts provided that excuse. I'm just guessing here. If you really want to know the truth, you'll have to ask them; which will probably bring up the whole atheism thing, so that's not the best way to go, IMO.

Answer 4

Nobody wants to be an atheist. I was Christian pastor when I began to realize the weakness of the case for theism anad all the various versions of it. It meant walking away from 40 years or practice, study, preparation, service, teaching, preaching, and narly every freind I had for the sake of truth. But truth matters, reality matters, proof matters. The difference is that while I was shunned and slandered after I stepped down from a fundmamentalist pulpit and my fiends were threatened withthe same if they had contact with me, no one threatened my life and my family did not reject me. TO me it was all worth it and has ultimately made me a better man with a better life. As a Moslem the decision to "change your deen" can have even more serious consequences tha what I faced. You have my deepest sympathy and best wishes for your difficult decision, but I think once you know the truth you cannot unknow it no matter how inconvenient it is..

Answer 5

I don't think real spirituality depends on what you believe to be factually true. If you are having doubts, there must be a reason. Too many religions use the threat of hell to scare people out of thinking. Unfortunately, lack of thinking leads to a spiritual dead end.

I suggest that you read about Islam and speak with other seekers (have you read Jalaluddin Rumi, for example?) There's a lot of room for questioning and questing. And if you wind up really not believing, then you won't believe in hell, either, so you won't be scared.

Oh! and for fun, read Muslim Wake Up.

Answer 6

I don't know.

I usually don't tell anyone to embrace Islam because there are lots of information out there about every single religion that can help someone like you make up their mind.
Look into it. Search about Islam and search about the different sects of it, Shiat and Sunni. Search about Christianity, Judaism, etc. At the end you have to make up your own mind and no one can do it for you.

I myself looked around. I was born into a Shiat family. I liked my religion but I wanted to like it more so I went around and looked into other religions. At the end I decided to stay a Shiat because nothing else had the same glory to it.

It is your job to look around and come to a conclusion.

Answer 7

right my muslim friend being a muslim i would suggest you to explore this glorious religion.
And more importantly you should practise it at some extent whatever it is, but the one question which is most important to be solved is THE QUESTION OF PRAYERS. Do you offer prayers five times a day... No you dont.... And honestly i telll you that this is the reason of being affected in faith.
http://www.islamicity.com can be a helpful website for you. You can search quran in it and why not search some of your questions and ask imams about your problems.
May ALLAH guide you well.
May ALLAH bless you n ur family and
May ALLAH help you keep your faith which is there is no God except ALLAh and Muhammad(pbuh) is Prophet of ALLAH

Answer 8

I think there are many Muslims just like you, some quite a bit older. But since your religion is also the law of the land, a theocracy, You are committing a criminal act by leaving your religion.

Answer 9

WHy do you wana be a dam atheist when there is so much evidence that islam is true.

I can show it to you if you want just E-mail me or Im me.

Answer 10

I am an atheist.

I will not encourage you to become an atheist.

But I will say that a benevolent loving God would not punish you for learning about reality and coming to your own conclusion.

If god exists, he knows in my heart I have come to my beliefs out of study and patient thought. He will not judge me badly because I used the brain he gave me.

Answer 11

im muslim and i dont know why u would leave islam but if you dont have faith in islam you are not muslim thats kinda cruel of your parents to do that to your bro but best of luck
May Allah lead you to the right path