> How do we feel about leaving Islam?
> http://www.geocities.com/exmuslims_survey/feelings.html
>
> "Regret that I couldn't fit into a community that has formed a part of my
> life for so long, but also a fear about growing up and throwing off the
> shackles of Theism (I don't believe in god). Taking on the mantle of
> adulthood and realising that I alone hold responsibility for my actions
> feels a little scary. I also, from time to time, panic and think that
> perhaps I _will_ go to Hell after I die - despite rationally trouncing the
> conventional notions of eternal damnation or paradise. " - Pazuzu bin Hanbi,
> UK
>
> "I feel GREAT! Of course it was hard to get rid of islamic way of thinking
> but God has helped me a lot, also through psychology and caring people
> around me. Every single morning I wake up happy because my life is finally
> going well and I`m free of islam." - Maddalena, Finland
>
> "Tremendous relief." - Jim, USA
>
> "Best thing I ever did. " - Anonymous
>
> "I feel great. A great burden was lifted when I left. " - Onewing, USA
>
> "Good, and be able to feel true compassion for humanity as a whole, and have
> less burden of hate. I am free to read about other religions and
> philosophers and be able to widen my understanding and my acceptance of all
> human beings as what they are. " - Anonymous
>
> "I'm angry with the religion that it violates human rights on so many levels
> and what it does to humans. " - Anonymous, Canada
>
> "FREE!!!! Have more of a loving open relationship with all people and
> GOD " - Anonymous, USA
>
> "All I can say is that I feel so liberated! " - Drak, Australia
>
> "I feel very happy and I started to know and feel what freedom is. " -
> loveandpeaceforeverything, Algeria
>
> "Honest. Free to explore other pursuits, such as volunteerism and studying,
> rather than reading and re-reading Quran. " - Anonymous
>
> "I am glad that I did not enter islam more than I actually did. I do not
> want to imagine what my life would have looked like if I had stayed with my
> muslim husband and had given up so much freedom. I do appreciate my life
> much more after leaving islam. " - Peace4u, Germany
>
> "I feel great. I feel free, I can question whatever. " - Illyria, Canada
>
> "Freedom. In control of my own destiny." - Vivian
>
> "Being set free, enlightened and peaceful." - Malayfreethinker
>
> "I feel bad, I miss it even sometimes." - bonuke, USA
>
> "I feel someone has moved a curtain from my eyes and helped me to find
> myself again. that someone was a "critical other", whom every muslim needs
> to get free." - Friend, Finland
>
> "I feel relieved and scared. But more scared at the moment." - Anonymous,
> USA
>
> "Free, of course, and all the better for my experience, having been able to
> learn a lot about myself and the world in the process." - Eva, USA
>
> "I feel good, happy & relieved." - Elixx
>
> "I felt like just clearing my cluttered room and have more the space to move
> on." - Juniper, Malaysia
>
> "Liberated." - Adam, Malaysia
>
> "I feel like I've been released from prison."- Ben Rukhsana, Britain
>
> "So happy I could dance naked in the streets." - Bean, USA
>
> "Although I have to live in fear, I feel that finally I am free; free of an
> extremely heavy burden; free to enjoy my life in a way that I can choose
> myself; I feel happier, more energetic and full of joy." - Abul Kasem,
> Australia
>
> "It was very hard but I don't regret it." - Anonymous
>
> "I have been blinded by Islam my whole life, and now I see the world for the
> first time. I am SO happy. Life is beautiful." - Abu Lahab, USA
>
> "LIBERATED!"- Hale, USA
>
> "Relief! Freedom!"- Ampbreia, USA
>
> "I feel relief, freedom, happiness once again (along with some fear always
> nudging at the back of my mind.) My decision to leave Islam has lifted a
> bigger weight off my chest - although I still face certain anxieties - new
> ones of starting over and supporting my children now on my own- stepping out
> from behind the veil. From being kept at home for approximately 10 years, I
> have to get used to socializing with people, looking at their faces when I
> talk to them instead of lowering my gaze... the list goes on..."- Anonymous
>
> "I simply could not believe as others would have me believe and having that
> pressure of artificially required belief lifted off allows for certain
> feelings of joy and relief." - Amin, Canada
>
> "I feel very LUCKY and unique. I'm certainly not an average guy and I'm
> proud of that, because I had the courage and the wisdom to leave Islam, even
> though Allah used to be my best friend before and at times I would develop a
> mark on my forehead due to extensive praying. All that praying and talking
> to Allah in my heart and now I know he's a false god. What a great change.
> I'm amazed and pleased by myself."- Sheraz Malik, USA
>
> "I feel GREAT. I know I'm more intelligent than a fifth of the world's
> population." - Ron Jeremy, Malaysia
>
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