Comments on heretic hermit: Apostasy

That's just the thing, though, the fear is so ingr...

2008-08-16T15:36:00.000-07:00

That's just the thing, though, the fear is so ingrained, even I still have it sometimes, like a reflex action, when doing Something 'naughty'. No amount of words from outsiders will budge it. The fear is enough to stop people even from listening to someone air such blasphemous thoughts in the first place. I was lucky to be unaffected by reading and hearing about sin, you had to be if you studied English literature. When I turned my doubts into action and broke the rules, fellow Muslims would puzzle at my fearlessness as I wasn't sinning recklessly and out of weakness, but out of calculated disbelief. But to overcome the fear at all requires a quantum leap in self-belief.

A lovely post. Very sad that he felt he had to tak...

2008-08-16T06:50:00.000-07:00

A lovely post. Very sad that he felt he had to take the videos down though. I can relate very well to thinking that any religion which rules through fear of hell is not one I would ever subscribe to - and those videos could have helped many people to overcome their fear and break free of it.

Why, thank you very much.

2008-08-12T16:32:00.000-07:00

Why, thank you very much.

Good on your teacher. And how refreshing to come a...

2008-08-12T13:41:00.000-07:00

Good on your teacher. And how refreshing to come across an individual like you.

Hi there, and thank you for your kind comments.Acc...

2008-07-17T15:50:00.000-07:00

Hi there, and thank you for your kind comments.

According to him it was a gradual process. He went from being disturbed by certain practises and events to wanting to reform the religion. He eventually had such little faith left that he was only hanging on because he figured he had nothing to lose. Only by breaking out of the vicious circle of his fear of hell, the chief concept he disliked about Islam and the chief factor that kept him from leaving it, was he able to finally think the unthinkable.

Hello, might I just say that I love your blog (fou...

2008-07-17T15:39:00.000-07:00

Hello, might I just say that I love your blog (found my way to it through Pickled Politics). It's illuminating, enigmatic and I like the clear-headed tone of your posts.

Best of luck to your teacher - I know that losing your faith is rarely ever a simple process; what was the pivotal point for him, if I may ask?