Salam everybody!! I'm Bilal, 23, from north of France, still a student. Here is my story.
When I went to university, I visited an atheist french website who exposed many "contradictions" of the Quran. I was depressed, not knowing what to think Does God really exist? Everytime I had a little free time, I checked things on human body, or nature, who could convince me that yes, It exists (I don't put a He, bcz God doesn't have sex). It lasted around 2 years, and all my beliefs were still shaked
Then, I came across some websites translating differently harsh vrses like the infamous 434 (eeeeeeverybody knows it), and then free-minds, where criticism of hadiths, etc... conforted me in my belief in God. It was in summer 2011. Took me a long time to create a profile, but I as more a listener than somebody who talks (it's changing now)
noooow let's talk about my heart problems in may2013, I met a girl (I never dated before), who came to me indirectly. She is a hijabi, but she was funny, dressing in skinny jeans, etc... and above all very beautiful ))
problem is she is a die hard sunni, even though she was not always practicing. And at this time, I considered salat to not being a physical worship, so you could imagine how she reacted when I told her my thoughts. She incited me to listening to conferences by conservative preachers, and when I criticised them, she was angry and didn't want to talk to me. And the big problem is also she had just been rejected by her boyfriend. She told me she thought of suicide after that. And I didn't realise that although she highly appreciated me, I was just a toy for her, to replace her ex (i was soooooo blinded by love). She didn't love me, and my views on religion were unacceptable to her. And even though I started to change in her direction, it was not still enough for us to being compatible. She broke my heart, bcz she and her reconciliated (it didn't last longer than 2 weeks between them though). And now she is in love with a french lebanese (it was her fantasy) and I still have feeling for her bcz it disturb me that she is in love with someone else. We are still friends today.
Do somebody lived the same kind of story? Could you give me advices? I think that religion would have been a huge obstacle, but I'm still in love with her personnality, her recklessness. I know there are wise people right here)
I never told nobody about my story, I don't want to appear weak in front of people i know.
Thanks everybody!!!