Hello all,
I am an American teenager, who was born and raised Catholic, and I am now considering converting to Islam. Unlike other teenagers (especially American ones), I value morality and ethics and am highly religious. I am also intellectually gifted, and therefore are fascinated by religion.
However, I have a problem. I keep switching back and forth between different religions in my mind, trying in vain to find the correct one. I was raised Catholic, but a few years ago, I converted to Protestantism. I never went to a church other than a Catholic one, however, so I was pretty much confined to reading the Bible in solitude.
But that didn't feel right either. I felt like some part of me was missing; my soul was yearning for the true religion. For some reason, I got it into my mind for a month or so that Judaism was the correct religion. Because of this, I contacted a Rabbi and almost officially converted to Judaism. However, I realized my folly and stopped myself before I converted.
So by this point I'd tried all the monotheistic religions, save for Islam. So I decided to research it. I found it to be a fascinating faith, and I thought it was great. So I testified (to myself) that there is no God except Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.
So I started to live my life as a Muslim. However, I told no one else, because I feared a negative backlash; I didn't want to be deemed a "terrorist" or something asinine like that. Eventually, it got so uncomfortable for me that I simply reverted to Christianity, because it felt better.
But now I want to go back to Islam again, because it feels so right to me. I've never come across a religion (other than Islam) that resonates with me.
I'm sorry for the lengthy introduction. Anyways, I just hope to talk to some of you about Islam and hopefully I can set aside my fears and accept Islam as my faith.
I am an American teenager, who was born and raised Catholic, and I am now considering converting to Islam. Unlike other teenagers (especially American ones), I value morality and ethics and am highly religious. I am also intellectually gifted, and therefore are fascinated by religion.
However, I have a problem. I keep switching back and forth between different religions in my mind, trying in vain to find the correct one. I was raised Catholic, but a few years ago, I converted to Protestantism. I never went to a church other than a Catholic one, however, so I was pretty much confined to reading the Bible in solitude.
But that didn't feel right either. I felt like some part of me was missing; my soul was yearning for the true religion. For some reason, I got it into my mind for a month or so that Judaism was the correct religion. Because of this, I contacted a Rabbi and almost officially converted to Judaism. However, I realized my folly and stopped myself before I converted.
So by this point I'd tried all the monotheistic religions, save for Islam. So I decided to research it. I found it to be a fascinating faith, and I thought it was great. So I testified (to myself) that there is no God except Allah and that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.
So I started to live my life as a Muslim. However, I told no one else, because I feared a negative backlash; I didn't want to be deemed a "terrorist" or something asinine like that. Eventually, it got so uncomfortable for me that I simply reverted to Christianity, because it felt better.
But now I want to go back to Islam again, because it feels so right to me. I've never come across a religion (other than Islam) that resonates with me.
I'm sorry for the lengthy introduction. Anyways, I just hope to talk to some of you about Islam and hopefully I can set aside my fears and accept Islam as my faith.
). I assur you that Everything you need to know about Islam, Allah Alamighty has said it in there. I understand you said that the reason you went back to Christianity is becouse you didn't want the *negetivity* of Islam to cause you any harm, well, you need to know that Islam is all about Love and Peace, Terrorism it does not teach- that's just the media's talk, so beloved brother, do not believe everything you hear.