The echo chamber
After reading the criticism websites and checking their claims against a translation of the Qur'an, I realised the book is full of problems, and…
Testimony Patterns
What the testimonies actually do
Apostates' testimonies are emotional venting rather than reasoning: evidence of psychological insecurity and of projecting their own problems onto the religion they left.
The fragility argument
You accept praise of your religion but not criticism of it. Shutting down questions shows Islam rests on submission rather than peace, and a…
The death threat charge
Muslims send death threats to people who publicly question Islam. That is what the religion produces.
The movement and its self-description
Ex-Muslims are individuals who simply want to be left alone to live without religion.
“I read the criticism websites, then checked the Qur'an for myself, and everything I checked seemed to confirm what they said.”
What you did felt like verification, and the feeling was honest. Look at the sequence, though. The claims went in first, and the reading…