Is religion really the answer?
I've been muslim all my life but recently i've started to question my religion. I was raised in an islamic school with muslim friends and ngl i had a wonderful experience but all we were taught was about history and rules rules rules... buncha rules.
Sometimes i would see a lot of islamophobes trying to make islam look bad online and as wrong as they are i realised i dont even know what to say in response, i dont know how to defend against their accusations. Their questions make me wonder why does islam allow certain things to happen. And when i try to look for answers to trivial questions i dont feel satisfied with what i find which makes me doubt myself a little.
I just feel super out of touch with islam rn and having a family that traumatizes you for not being religious doesn't make it easier.
So yeah if there's any muslims that wanna reach out to me or just anyone who have similar experiences do let me know <3
@ipoopcats
Hello. I feel it must be not easy for you to look for your new, more mature identity, constantly trying to distinguish between people and ideas that are "no longer yours", those which are "still yours", and discovering some new parts of yourself.
Through all my childhood and young years my environment tried to force me to be Catholic, but I chose another way, being not assigned to any religion, as far as I can trying neither to be uncritical to, nor to fight any of them, and respecting other people's beliefs.
I believe all major religions have something in common: they all praise love, family, stable relationships, doing good things, doing no harm, being a part of community. If something is wrong, it might be because of the fact some people are too concerned about the rules or prejudices and may not fully grasp the spiritual idea.
@ipoopcats I find that living ethically makes me more happy than I am when I do not consider my actions before acting. All religions have aspect of ethical behavior in them so if you cannot change your family, you might consider finding and embracing the ethical parts of your childhood religion.
Kindness and compassion for others can be found in most religions.