Abdullah Sameer

أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted? (67:14)

Did Moses Really Exist? (Video)

Abdullah Sameer

“There is no historical evidence outside of the Bible, no mention of Moses outside the Bible, and no independent confirmation that Moses ever existed.”

—Dr. Michael D. Coogan, lecturer on the Old Testament at Harvard Divinity School
The biblical figure of Moses has been the center of fascination for over 2,000 years, but what do we really know about him? Was he a real person? Did the Exodus truly happen? Or is the story in the Pentateuch a mythical tale written centuries after the alleged events? Why does Moses’s story resemble that of many other lawgivers and legendary individuals? Why are there so many elements of sun and wine god myths in the story of Moses? What does the focus on the serpent in his story signify? Who was Yahweh? The Elohim?

“The existence of Moses as well as the veracity of the Exodus story is disputed amongst archaeologists and Egyptologists, with experts in the field of biblical criticism citing logical inconsistencies, new archaeological evidence, historical evidence and related origin myths in Canaanite culture.” —”Moses,” Wikipedia

 

Grooming Minds (Video)

Abdullah Sameer
Child indoctrination is an act of subjugation, colonizing a human brain in its most impressionable state with an ideology its simply not equipped to process. An ideology that will extend a far reach over the child’s life. Signing up needs to be an act of informed consent, not a power based child coercion that bypasses coercion generation after generation. We wouldn’t abide by it in politics, we shouldn’t abide it in religion. We need to put an end to this inexcusable practice of grooming minds.
 
Instead of forcing your kids, do everything you can to teach your kids all the available religions and the options of none. Learn logic and logical fallacies and argumentation. Teach them about manipulations through emotional appeals. Teach them about psychological biases humans possess. In short, do everything you can to equip your child with critical thinking skills and immunize it against exploitation. Give them all the reasons why they should believe what you believe, and then let your child believe what they want to. If you are on the right beliefs, they will chose your religion.

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Reflections on Religion and History 1 Year Later

Abdullah Sameer

1 Year after Leaving Islam here are my reflections….

I propose that the most likely explanation is not that all other religions except Islam are false, but rather all religions including Islam are false.
Mythical stories like the heavens and earth being split, Adam and Eve, Allah raising the heaven from the Earth , the idea of Shaytans are fair attempts at the ancients trying to understand the universe and answer the question of how we got here.
The reality is that these stories do not seem to be true or based on any real events or facts but rather just invented out of thin air.
How do we explain in Surah Qamar the stars falling to Earth, or in the hadith that discusses the sun coming near and the sweat increasing per person. Doesn’t actually match our understanding of reality and requires a lot more assumptions to make sense. In order to maintain this understanding of reality you have to hold a dual understanding of reality where you separate your reasoning into two parts. One for everything else and a special reasoning just for religion
When I got to the point where I realized this, I left Islam

Struggles of my gay Muslim friend Sohail

Abdullah Sameer

My friend Sohail is someone who grew up in a strict Salafi Muslim family.  Growing up he struggled to understand why he was attracted to men and felt a lot of self-hate for this.  He thought maybe God is punishing him for committing some sins and desperately wanted to change his sexuality.  This is his story.  If you want to understand a certain group of people, the best way is to talk to them.  Don’t go by hearsay or by what you might think.

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