I am not really sure, I would guess probably around 2 years or so
I was born Catholic and raised that way, and sent to religious school and so on by my family. To tell you the truth it never made much sense to me, alot of the bible seemed more like fairy tales to me and many times things didnt really add up, for instance, in the bible Cain kills Abel, after that God curses Cain that the soil will not grow his crops and that he shall be a wanderer forever. Later Cain marries his sister and is the founder of one of the first cities. Just doesnt make sense, and this is just one example of tons of things that I would ask the priest or deacon about and they would just tell me to have faith. That pushed me away from religion all together really, and for a while I didnt believe in anything. Then I met a guy who was a taoist, it is more of an idea rather than a religion, since you dont really worship. This sparked my interest again and I just started reading books. And for the longest time I didnt have a religion, I just believed that there was God and he was the creator and ruler of the world and universe. I picked and choosed what I wanted from the books, including the bible, and these were more of rules and ways of living that I made for myself based on the different teachings and what I thought God wanted for me. When reading the Quran many of the rules that I had already set for myself were basically outlined in the Quran, the only real difference and question for me was if the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was indeed a prophet sent to earth from God as his final messenger. I came to the conclusion that yes, he is the final prophet, I came to this conclusion because when reading the Quran everything in it makes sense for me and it seems to me that it is the word of God, and for it to be the word of God it had to be delivered by someone and the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was that someone. So that, in a nutshell, is basically what lead me to this religion or some might say God lead me to this religion. Who knows really, after everything I feel it suits me best and it is what is right.
Peace
