I am an ex Muslim. Ask me anything.

Unfortunately so, but the educated ones, which I presume s/he is, then it's alright.

Could be worse, could be an American Christian from the Southern States!

To be educated, you must go through the whole process of education.
Unfortunately, I've not been educated yet. I'm studying A-levels haha.

Why can't it? God's existence may very well be subject to empirical evidence. Of course we don't know. I think there is a substantial lack of evidence for the existence of God, empirical or otherwise, which makes a belief in him illogical. Regardless, there must be some sort of evidence supporting a higher power for one to believe in such a power, but of course there isn't.

Was it a gradual process, or was there a clean break (mentally, emotionally, spiritually) at some point?
Were there any events along the way that pushed or prodded you along this way...ie, any kind of pain or disappointments or unanswered prayers?
How was it adjusting to life post-Islam?
Did you have to start from scratch making new friends, finding a new support base? Even if you still have family in your life, do you find it hard(er) to fully commit your feelings to relationships with Muslims now that you are no longer one (and know they would reject you if they knew)?

How has your behaviour changed? Your daily routine, how you interact with people, what's the same and what is different? Are you more open to outsiders and new experiences now, or is it the same?

So when you observe or conceive of, let's say, a group of kids setting a cat in flames; what makes you decide that what you have observed or conceived is wrong?


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Missed this question.

My sense of empathy firstly would almost make me tear. They are clearly harming a cat immensely and I'd be driven, not only by empathy but also the age old teaching of treating human beings (cat in this case) the way you want to be treated, to help the cat. I firmly believe harming beings is wrong.

So basically your emotions determine your morality


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I don't think a sense of empathy is illogical. Empathy can be a result of reasoning and many times it is.

Why can't god be subject to scientific evidence? Let us attempt to conceive of something infinite. What empirical evidence can there be for capturing some infinite? If there are tools or some sort of way for a finite thing to discover empirical evidence of an infinite thing then it would be possible. However the bigger problem is not that there aren't any tools... But the fact that scientific evidence cannot be obtained for something infinite. Science deals with things which are finite, hence the empirical world, and so when you assume that the existence of god can be subject to scientist evidence, you are simply mistaking your understanding of the idea of God and dismissing the existence of god on the grounds of a criterion which does not apply to the verification of gods existence.



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I believe science tells us the universe is infinite and this notion explains what the universe is expanding into - itself, since infinite goes into infinite.
My objective is not to verify the existence of god; I have said it time and time again. And you are assuming there is a god to verify, a god who is infinite which probably isn't true because the existence of god is as probably as a half-donkey whatever somewhere in neptune.

I don't think empathy is logical or illogical. I believe empathy to be the capacity to recognise emotions being experienced by another thing, and from that there are emotions responding to it. Can empathy be a result of reasoning? When you observe the cat in flames do you then reason from that introducing empathy? I believe empathy does not require any reasoning, but because it does not involve any reasoning; therefore empathy must be an immediate thing which is experienced.


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It's easier to empathise with an innocent murdered victim rather than a murder simply because of logical reasoning such as: asking yourself "was it fair on the murdered victim?"; or simply thinking about the pain it caused the victim and whether he/she deserved it. Now let's make that innocent murdered victim stalin. Now you probably will find it hard to empathise: that is again because of reasoning. You would probably not feel sorry for murdered stalin because he probably deserved it since he caused pain to many around the word. The feeling of empathy is gone because or logic and reason. The fact that you feel empathy for some while not for other shows that empathy is a result of logic and reason.

So its based on what you view will harm others?

There have also been theories in science claiming that the universe is actually finite, rather than infinite. What I am saying is that the grounds on which you dismiss the existence of God is not reasonable as I have explained before. God by definition is infinite, and that is why dismissing Gods existence based on the absence of scientific evidence, which only captures finite data, does not offer any reason to accept the non-existence of God.


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I do not need to ask myself anything at all, and that is because the deciding factor is not due to reason.

Let's take the case of Stalin for instance, it is true that I would not feel sorry for him because of my other overpowering emotions which are more sympathetic to those who he has killed.

It is not necessarily the case that it is gained through reasoning. And again, logic does not come into play here. The deciding factor are your emotions,and not logic and reasoning. Let's take the case of Stalin for instance, it is true that I would not feel sorry for him because of my other overpowering emotions which are more sympathetic to those who he has killed. Notice the deciding factor here are my emotions, and not any reasoning. We can also apply it to the case of the innocent murdered victim and the not so innocent... I do not need to ask myself anything at all, and that is because the deciding factor is not due to reason.


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I've said before: "When I was 13, I thought it was perfectly acceptable to stone gays, apostates and adulterers. By 15, I lost most of my faith in Islam for simply being more confident in my sense of morality (believing stoning shouldn't be acceptable and I wasn't homophobic anymore, which is also when I realised I cannot express my views for the sake of my safety) and thinking: "if allah's views aren't similar to mine, then I hate him" and they weren't similar. I soon had realised, regardless of whether it was doctrine, a good God shouldn't allow stoning to take place, stoning of young girls for being raped, allow child marriages, etc., and the whole "life is a test" thing really pissed me off to the point where I despised God but still had a bit of faith he existed - i believed he is just malevolent. A lot has changed in a few years evidently as I am now non-religious."

It was a gradual year-long process filled with anger but mostly sadness. It came to a point where I had to ask myself if I want to support this religion - this type of thinking - and the answer was no and i was happiest I've ever been. There was this one specific event that I'd rather not talk about which sort of acted as a catalyst in me losing my faith. And I have great relationships with some muslims as well as my parents.

My behaviour has changed a lot. I find it hard to tolerate disgusting homophobic and sexist behaviour so I try my best to stand up for it now. I am the same with new people. I don't think I judge people by their faith or orientation or sex and since losing religion i have become accepting of a lot of things. It was and is the best thing for my life and I feel way more secure and confident as a result.

It seems that you have not thought this through or simply don't want to (seeing as you don't feel the need to ask yourself anything at all), so let's dig deeper into your "non-reasoning" for why you feel the way you do in your example...


Why do you think that your emotions are "more sympathetic to those who he has killed"? A great number of people are killed. Do you perceive that your emotions are equally sympathetic to each case of killing? If not, why not?

My apologies, I read through but missed that. Thanks for the answers, very interesting.

Did you come into contact with apostates, and gays, and adulterers (or maybe just sexually active teens) at that time, that influenced your thought process? Or did it just dawn on you as you grew older?

Have you ever experienced anything one might deem supernatural or a miracle?

Do you think the people around you have noticed those changes? Even the Muslim people around you (ie, the family) have they noted you becoming more open and tolerant?

No, not really. I feel it is the best decision I made in my life. I guess I miss praying alone and being really calm, being with my thoughts and reflecting upon myself.

Hmm those 4 are interesting reasons, mind elaborating on atleast the last 3...? The 1st one is because of modern attitude but previously girls got married at even younger ages.