Curious girl2
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Hello everyone,
I'm new here and i hope that you dont mind a non muslim joining. I decided to join because for a long time i have been interested in Islam and have wanted to learn more.
I am a Christian by birth and upbringing, in fact my father was a clergy man until his death 3 years ago. However from my teens I moved away gradually from the church, there was so much about the religious teachings and the Bible that I couldnt come to terms with. Just things that didnt seem right to me. I would question things that didnt make sense, yet my father was of the opinion that we shouldnt question, we should just beleive. Why is it that as Christians we seem to have changed the teachings to suit us? It makes no sense to me.
But I still beleive in God I guess so what is there out there? I really hope this makes sense, I am trying to put into words, things that have been running around my head for so long now.
I am married, my husband is best described as a lapsed Christian. We have 2 beautiful, challenging, disabled children, who we bring up in line with a basic Christian ethos, though nothing like my upbringing as a child. Basically I try to teach them right from wrong like any parent would but as my children both have learning disabilties, going into beleifs in depth is not really an option with them. They have enough to cope with trying to understand the world around them without me teaching them about Christianity when I dont properly understand it myself!
So here I am. *Something* brought me here. I am not sure what but I just cannot get Islam out of my mind.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Sarah
I'm new here and i hope that you dont mind a non muslim joining. I decided to join because for a long time i have been interested in Islam and have wanted to learn more.
I am a Christian by birth and upbringing, in fact my father was a clergy man until his death 3 years ago. However from my teens I moved away gradually from the church, there was so much about the religious teachings and the Bible that I couldnt come to terms with. Just things that didnt seem right to me. I would question things that didnt make sense, yet my father was of the opinion that we shouldnt question, we should just beleive. Why is it that as Christians we seem to have changed the teachings to suit us? It makes no sense to me.
But I still beleive in God I guess so what is there out there? I really hope this makes sense, I am trying to put into words, things that have been running around my head for so long now.
I am married, my husband is best described as a lapsed Christian. We have 2 beautiful, challenging, disabled children, who we bring up in line with a basic Christian ethos, though nothing like my upbringing as a child. Basically I try to teach them right from wrong like any parent would but as my children both have learning disabilties, going into beleifs in depth is not really an option with them. They have enough to cope with trying to understand the world around them without me teaching them about Christianity when I dont properly understand it myself!
So here I am. *Something* brought me here. I am not sure what but I just cannot get Islam out of my mind.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Sarah
