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I just read through the thread and am about to break all the rules, but w/e >.>

Since the Islamic Golden Age spans over a number of dynasties including the Abbasid, Fatimid, Ayyubid and Umayad etc etc... we have a little problem in specifically calling it a Fatimid Golden Age or Abbasid Golden age. The progression occurred over a great deal of land and over a great deal of...

Being a Muslim for 23 years (This ended around a week ago) I would sort of disagree. Yes, there are plenty of sects of Islam. Sunni, Shi-ite, Sufi, Ahmadi, Mu'tazali etc etc... but this is normal for any religion because the faith of religion is a very societal phenomenon, you're Muslim because...

I would have liked to take part in debating that, I feel it would have helped my current process.

I started praying again today, it felt so empty and despondent, even more so than before. I just wanted to see how I'd react to it, it wasn't good... I won't do it again. I suppose it's mindless to tell people, even if I feel dishonest. I'll just have to bear with it till I get back to England.

Thanks James, it feels good to come here, because everyone in my life either will or does have problems with my transition. I told my brother this morning, I couldn't help it, I have problems with trying to lie, it's so difficult for me. He just seemed hurt and disturbed. It's really difficult...

Hi James, thanks for your response and yes you're right, I realised today that my faith had been dead to me for nearly a decade. Literally dead. I remember hearing a friend talk about praying and the "energy" he felt after doing it and I noted to myself that I felt nothing of that sort in doing...

Indeed, I just read that the punishment for apostasy here is death >.> I had no idea... There are definitely people that probably think they would please their lord by killing me, but thoughts and carrying things out are distinct. Nevertheless, I'll keep quiet.

Re: Cambrian Bunny Found! Burst my Spleen laughing at this o I'm not sure how the Cambrian explosion is supposed to falsify evolution, evolution describes the diversification of life, the origin of species, not the origin of life. That's like saying that the evolution of transistor technology...

Doesn't the celebration of birthdays come from Mithraism?

masterjedijared, this is going to sound weird, but it's actually been interesting for me to watch myself transition too. It's really weird how just a few weeks ago I was so sure of myself and how that doubt quickly led me to this. I'm sort of disappointed in myself for not giving myself more...

Thanks everyone for the encouragement, After the 2nd day, I feel vigorated and unmoved. I am sort of disturbed at how fast the actual transition has been, I was expecting a bigger fight on the part of my "conscience", but I suppose the worst is truly over. Thanks everyone here, you were really...

Well it's not in the Quran, but it's believed to be what Muhammed did. Didn't mean to sound dull, it was just an amazing realisation for me. As for plans, I started making them during my transition, I suddenly have a zeal to acquire knowledge. I want to go back to the UK to study more on...

I think what's most intriguing to me is that I seem mostly unaffected from the absence of prayer. I expected withdrawal symptoms and even urges, but I don't think my mind has even caught up with the fact that I've stopped. I had only one brief moment today where I was thinking about what to do...

Do I have to choose now?..... do I have time to decide?

Well said...

We all know though, that this is just another desperate attempt to hold onto a comforting delusion.

Looking for evidence of evolution is like a child looking for candy in a grocery store, candy comes in such a variety of colours, shapes and sizes, it's impossible to determine which to choose and "best" isn't comparable.

Thanks everyone, it really has helped to see and know people go through the same thing Master_Ghost_Knight, I learned from watching a video of a deconverted Christian that regardless of cultural background, the feeling and process is pretty much the same. It's also really intriguing to meet...

It's been 2 weeks since I've joined this board and somehow on joining, I don't know how, but I knew that there was a possibility that I'd renounce my theism and I did... today. Some of you might think that the word "accept" sounds too religious, but I'll explain what I mean. It's actually been...