In which Religion where you Brought Up?And What are you Right Now?
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Raised Jehovah's Witness. Got over that at age 36. Converted to Sunni Islam in 1996 - based on the shahada(s) There is no God but God and Mohammed was a messenger of God. About most everything else I had a problem with and argued about. Just kinda hung out not doing much about religion until I discovered the Submitters site. Thought, wow not that makes sense....xcept for the 19 thing and the if you die before 40 you go straight to heaven thing....THEN I just recently discovered Quran alone!! Finally something that makes sense. My husband is a Sunni Muslim - so let's just say the conversations are a little tense. ) I am from Dearborn, Michigan originally. Have lived in Boca Raton, FLA and right now in Los Angeles, CA. (i lurk alot -- kinda quiet) )
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Thank you for the welcome. It is nice to hear answers or at least a discussion on different subjects - instead of the usual - I don't know - I didn't write the rules... brickwall
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peace Andy, you asked about why I think disbelief in God is irrational. The answer is that the "intelligent design" of our creator is everywhere. The signs of God are there for us to be recognized. Someone who ignores these signs is indeed rejecting the truth.
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Hello phoenix1,
peace Andy, you asked about why I think disbelief in God is irrational. The answer is that the "intelligent design" of our creator is everywhere. The signs of God are there for us to be recognized. Someone who ignores these signs is indeed rejecting the truth.
Agree bro (but honestly I personally don't expect that answer since it is well known - I was expecting "groundbreaking answer" -> something new to me)
Peace peace
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Peace exjw,
Raised Jehovah's Witness. Got over that at age 36. Converted to Sunni Islam in 1996 - based on the shahada(s) There is no God but God and Mohammed was a messenger of God. About most everything else I had a problem with and argued about. Just kinda hung out not doing much about religion until I discovered the Submitters site. Thought, wow not that makes sense....xcept for the 19 thing and the if you die before 40 you go straight to heaven thing....THEN I just recently discovered Quran alone!! Finally something that makes sense. My husband is a Sunni Muslim - so let's just say the conversations are a little tense. I am from Dearborn, Michigan originally. Have lived in Boca Raton, FLA and right now in Los Angeles, CA. (i lurk alot -- kinda quiet)
welcome
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Thanks for the welcome Andy!...My husband grew up in Germany, in Hamburg. So of course he is fluent in German, Arabic and English (naturalische? I think that's right) ;D
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Salamun 'alaykum wr wb sister exjw,
Thanks for the welcome Andy!...My husband grew up in Germany, in Hamburg.
Oh really? Nice to hear that
So of course he is fluent in German, Arabic and English (naturalische? I think that's right) ;D
Almost right sister ...It should be "nat?rlich"
How did you meet him the first time? I guess not in Germany, or?
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No, not in Germany, in Dearborn, Michigan - at a Borders Book Store, on a cold October evening - I got distracted from what I was reading...by tall, dark and handsome
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No, not in Germany, in Dearborn, Michigan - at a Borders Book Store, on a cold October evening - I got distracted from what I was reading...by tall, dark and handsome )
Masha Allah ...love at the first sight )
Got distracted ...and ...and ...and then finally he said "Ich liebe dich" sun
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and the rest is history...!
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I was trying to explain to my husband how encouraging and faith building it is to read the different experiences from our brothers and sisters on the board of how they came to Islam or to Quran Alone. Hopefully one day he will be more interested to find out WHY they have such joy. When we used to go to the mosque in Windsor, Ontario, Canada - though I am very close with the Shiek and his wife and family - the mosque experience itself was rather dark and scary to me - like the same feeling when I enter a Catholic church. When I read the experiences here - I smile despite myself!
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Salaam sister exjw ( ex Jehovah Witness? ),
and the rest is history...!
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I was trying to explain to my husband how encouraging and faith building it is to read the different experiences from our brothers and sisters on the board of how they came to Islam or to Quran Alone. Hopefully one day he will be more interested to find out WHY they have such joy.
I don't know what you meant by "the rest is history" in your post but I pray for you sis so that you will be just fine ...Insha Allah.
When we used to go to the mosque in Windsor, Ontario, Canada - though I am very close with the Shiek and his wife and family - the mosque experience itself was rather dark and scary to me - like the same feeling when I enter a Catholic church. When I read the experiences here - I smile despite myself!
After I came to God Alone, I also feel frightened to see and hear how Muhammad is being glorified "next to" Allah in mosque here.
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By "the rest is history" - I only meant that the past 11 years have flown by. And here we are. ) I have learned that a culterally mixed marriage requires much more work than a uni-culteral marriage but it is kind of like italian salad dressing or balsamic vinegar and olive oil...it's good - but you gotta keep shaking it to get the full flavour!
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Born Muslim, raised Christian, did a lot of searching, reverted to Islam...
It's more complicated than that obviously, but in the contexts of the religious surroundings, it's pretty much the case...
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Ha, indeed sister, as I said, a bit more complicated than that.
But basically, my mother is English and my father is an Arab, I was born and raised for a time in an Arab country and then moved with my mother who went back to England for the rest.