{"id":164,"date":"2020-07-20T09:44:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T13:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abdullahsameer.com\/podcast\/?p=164"},"modified":"2021-07-12T18:56:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T22:56:54","slug":"033-interview-with-egyptian-deist-and-former-islamic-youtuber-ahmed-sami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/033-interview-with-egyptian-deist-and-former-islamic-youtuber-ahmed-sami\/","title":{"rendered":"033 – Interview with Egyptian Deist and Former Islamic YouTuber Ahmed Sami \u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Interview with former Islamic YouTuber Ahmed Sami. Ahmed is an Egyptian Ex-Muslim Deist (believes in God but not Allah) and criticizes religion now after a long period of promoting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His channel is here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube version of this podcast: https:\/\/youtu.be\/BAUtwK5iYsU<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timestamps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0:00 Introductions
2:03 Ahmed’s background – learning about the word “atheist”, starting a channel to offer counter-apologetics to Salafi apologetics.
11:36 Is the “chain of man” method used to transfer the Quran and hadiths accurate?
14:00 Kalam cosmological arguments by modern Salafist, William Lane Craig, Frank Tariq.
16:08 Why would Islam need t to borrow concepts from Greek and Persian philosophy and mythology if it was revealed from God?
18:22 The God gene – Does it even prove the existence of a God? The conspiracies surrounding the God gene.
20:35 What are the problems with Isn\u0101d and Hadith? The “Holy shield” around religious scriptures that we need to overcome in order to read them objectively.
32:00 The lack\/cover-up of preserved pre-Islamic literature.
37:15 How Ahmed found his way out of Islam.
43:38 Explanatory power of science. Biases.
46:38 The story of Adam and Eve – is it truth or myth by people trying to explain things they did not fully understand.
52:00 What is Deism? Why is Ahmed a deist?
55:50 The human-like attributes of God. How the concept of worshipping a God can be traced to the need for a father figure.
1:00:20 How humans created God as a reflection of their current culture and philosophy.
1:04:00 Where does Ahmed draw strength and motivation in life? Asking questions as we live our lives.
1:09:36 The problems with Islamic epistemology.
1:11:35 Why religions are not likely to go away any time soon (the endless need for answers). The benefits of religion to some people.
1:19:20 Leaving Islam \u201cjust to sin\u201d. The hypocrisy of Muslims who drink alcohol, indulge in premarital sex, and all other haram stuff.
1:25:44 Ahmed’s life after Islam. Leaving Islam for the wrong reasons.
1:33:30 Ahmed’s perspective on the situation between Muslims and atheists in the middle east.
1:36:00 Street epistemology.
1:36:40 Ahmed’s perspective on the prophecies of Mohammad.
1:41:03 Channel announcements
1:41:26 Final remarks.<\/p>\n

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