04-Nov-2010, 01:46 AM
Hello everyone,
I joined the Nirmukta community a while ago but have been a passive member.
I turned an atheist a few years ago. It was a gradual change. Like any average muslim kid in Coastal Karnataka, I attended madrasa after school. I did this until I finished my schooling. That was quite a lot of religious education and was enough to make me an atheist. I think as you study more about any religion, Islam in particular, you grow more skeptic.
I haven't had the courage to tell my family about my skepticism so far. So, whenever I go back home for vacation, I end up praying five times a day, and sometimes even leading the prayer.
I am currently working in Bangalore. Hope I will get to meet some of you who are in Bangalore.
Jabir
I joined the Nirmukta community a while ago but have been a passive member.
I turned an atheist a few years ago. It was a gradual change. Like any average muslim kid in Coastal Karnataka, I attended madrasa after school. I did this until I finished my schooling. That was quite a lot of religious education and was enough to make me an atheist. I think as you study more about any religion, Islam in particular, you grow more skeptic.
I haven't had the courage to tell my family about my skepticism so far. So, whenever I go back home for vacation, I end up praying five times a day, and sometimes even leading the prayer.
I am currently working in Bangalore. Hope I will get to meet some of you who are in Bangalore.
Jabir