Re: Simple Question...

-K- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I was wondering what caused other people to view themselves as 
> 'atheists.'  I personally cannot believe there is some greater being 
> that created everything, and as I require proof of things before I can 
> blindly believe, I think 'God' is purely a comfort to people.  What are 
> other opinions?


HI everyone im new to this disscusion board so ill start off with
introducing myself.

Im 19 male living in Canada. My parents and relatives are mostly
muslim. I was brought up in a fairly religous family my dad was the
one forcing me and my siblings to attend the mosque every friday
night. i remember hearing over and over again that if u strayed from
the path of god that you would go to hell and all that crap.

as time went on i began to question the teachings and i realised how
contradictory this religion was. when i was 14 my parents got divorced
and my brother and sister and i eneded up with my mom who was more
liberal when it came to religion. for example she never wore a head
scarf like your supposed to in the muslim religion. this situation
gave me the chance to expand my knowledge on other religions. still i
found that other religions were just as contradictory. finaly i
decided to leave religion behind all together and i started to believe
i was agnostic. for 6 years i believed i was agnostic until the idea
of a supreme being controling my life started to feel really silly. so
here i am today; a proud atheist! most of the people in my life know
that i am atheist. but there are still people who i choose not to tell
because i just dont want to hear their nonsense.

I feel like im a rare case since i havent met any atheists who used to
be muslim and grew up in a muslim family. by posting here i hope to
get a reply from someone who has had the same experience as me.