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Another ex-muslim
OP - February 04, 2011, 03:53 AM

Hello everyone,
I am 40 years old. I have been a good muslim throughout my early teen years and I have even managed to memorize most of the quran. It was not too long though before I started having doubts about quran itself. I was too scared to dwell on those "kufr" thoughts. I have eventually found my comfort zone doing the "bare minimum".
I have stopped practicing about a year ago after 2 years of reading and searching for answers to my old questions. I am not sure when it happened but islam does not make sense to me no more.

I should say that the hardest part was (is) overcoming my fears of the eternal hellfire!
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #1 - February 04, 2011, 04:04 AM

Hey, Welcome to the kafir land..

Here you will find Very fine wines, whiskey, Gin and Tonic and so much more. Also we have very lively snakes that bite us five times a day when we miss prayers. But we love them.

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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #2 - February 04, 2011, 04:10 AM

Well, at least you will be in a good company, Tumbleweed. Welcome!

"That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger" (The Koran 69:40)
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #3 - February 04, 2011, 06:06 AM

Welcome mate, I'm new here too.
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Reply #4 - February 04, 2011, 06:56 AM

Welcome Tumbleweed
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Reply #5 - February 04, 2011, 08:35 AM

Welcome, Tumbleweed.
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #6 - February 04, 2011, 08:42 AM

Tumbleweed! i hurry to offer you a parrot before anyone else does
enjoy your stay!

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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #7 - February 04, 2011, 09:01 AM

Welcome tumbleweed!

Re: Hell. If it were real (which it clearly isn't) it would be a tough choice
A: Eternity in hell
B: Eternity in heaven worshipping an entity that would torture others in hell for eternity

That's not heaven, it's merely a choice between mental torture and physical torture - both are hell.

I don't come here any more due to unfair moderation.
http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=30785
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #8 - February 04, 2011, 01:14 PM

:thnkyu:Thank you guys for the warm welcome....and thanks clarap for the parrot....good to know that pets are allowed here!

Rationalizer
Well, I thought that good muslims will spend eternity indulging in orgies with Hoor-Al-Ein plus of course the free wining and dining?

VIVA LA EGYPT! DOWN WITH MUBARAK!
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #9 - February 04, 2011, 01:42 PM

Quote from: **Tumbleweed on February 04, 2011, 01:14 PM
Well, I thought that good muslims will spend eternity indulging in orgies with Hoor-Al-Ein plus of course the free wining and dining?

Not sure about you, but knowing that people are burning to death in the next room would make it difficult for me to become sufficiently sexually aroused

I don't come here any more due to unfair moderation.
http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=30785
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #10 - February 04, 2011, 08:01 PM

Many Greetings!

Did you get the bundle of hashish I mailed to you? Don't smoke it all.
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Reply #11 - February 04, 2011, 08:11 PM

Welcome Tumbleweed
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #12 - February 04, 2011, 08:38 PM

welcome !!!

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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #13 - February 05, 2011, 12:18 AM

tell us how you found us, where your from & more about the strange choice of username

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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #14 - February 05, 2011, 12:37 AM

Hello Tumbleweed, welcome to the forum. Lots of lovely guys and girls frequent this here place...enjoy
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Reply #15 - February 05, 2011, 12:50 AM

welcome !!!

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Reply #16 - February 05, 2011, 01:01 AM

Welcome to the forum, Tumbleweed.

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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #17 - February 05, 2011, 01:19 AM

hiya and welcome..
hellfire.. man's worst creation aside from god.

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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #18 - February 05, 2011, 04:39 AM

Quote from: TheRationalizer on February 04, 2011, 09:01 AM
That's not heaven, it's merely a choice between mental torture and physical torture

Didn't the Qur'an say "nor shall they grieve" for those that go to Hell?

Allah's peachy prizes make you forget.

The troll logic I caught was how man is to dedicate his life to worshipping Allah to get his golden ticket to Jannah - where he will worship Allah for all time. Islam takes humanity for simple chattel, at best.

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Reply #19 - February 05, 2011, 04:45 AM

Allah likes to brain wash people. People really haven't thought this whole thing out. I mean really, like Ishna said, can you really be that happen when you friends are being tortured forever because they didn't believe the same thing as you. If yes, the you're a complete asshole, and if not then Allah has to wipe your mind and I cant think of a bigger violation than that.

So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #20 - February 05, 2011, 10:50 AM

Quote from: olweasel on February 05, 2011, 04:39 AM
Didn't the Qur'an say "nor shall they grieve" for those that go to Hell?

If that is the case then it wouldn't be the real me in heaven.

I don't come here any more due to unfair moderation.
http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=30785
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Reply #21 - February 05, 2011, 12:32 PM

This is just one of the many absurdities in Islam,- upon seeing your kafir friends going to hell there are basically three options:
1) Allah will let you forget about your beloved one's being bbq'ed in Hell. Result: You become a brainwashed, arrogant cunt of a zombie.
2) You grieve each single day in heaven about your dear ones. Result: That can't possibly be heaven.
3) After all, Allah only included those terrorizing verses in the Quran to scare people,- once you come to dar'ul-akhirat you see that there is no such torture as hell. Result: Allah is a petty lying Deity, keen on using blackmail.
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Reply #22 - February 05, 2011, 01:36 PM

There is also option 4

4) Everyone destined for hell on judgement day will agree it is what they deserve, the occupants in heaven will also realise why they deserve it. Put it on the shelf at the back of your mind, one day in the future it will make sense.....most likely after we are dead.

I don't come here any more due to unfair moderation.
http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=30785
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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #23 - February 05, 2011, 02:28 PM

Quote from: TheRationalizer on February 05, 2011, 10:50 AM
If that is the case then it wouldn't be the real me in heaven.

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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #24 - February 12, 2011, 08:59 AM

Hi, It is been a while since I logged into the forum.....I had a really hectic week at the office, besides I was busy with what's happening in Egypt for the last couple of weeks.

Quote from: IsLame on February 05, 2011, 12:18 AM
tell us how you found us, where your from & more about the strange choice of username

I found the link to this forum on Hassan's "Abooali's blog". I am an Egyptian/Canadain living and working in Qatar....sorry for not being able to say more than that in order to help protect my identity.

Username: I know what you mean but, despite its “wild west” connotations, the name tumbleweed also carries other philosophical associations that can be used to symbolize the grim absurdity of the human life, doesn't it?

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Re: Another ex-muslim
Reply #25 - May 03, 2011, 02:57 PM

sorry for the late response. WELCOME TUMBLEWEED!

Yes, its difficult to differentiate between religion and culture
sometimes, and how we attach good memories to both.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
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