Why I am now a Christian
Posted By: Moritz55, 11/11/2023 6:29:52 PM
In 2002, I discovered a 1927 lecture by Bertrand Russell entitled “Why I am Not a Christian”. It did not cross my mind, as I read it, that one day, nearly a century after he delivered it to the South London branch of the National Secular Society, I would be compelled to write an essay with precisely the opposite title. The year before, I had publicly condemned the terrorist attacks of the 19 men who had hijacked passenger jets and crashed them into the twin towers in New York. They had done it in the name of my religion, Islam. I was a Muslim then, although not a practising one.
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Big Mouth Barack
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Why I am now a Christian
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In 2002, I discovered a 1927 lecture by Bertrand Russell entitled “Why I am Not a Christian”. It did not cross my mind, as I read it, that one day, nearly a century after he delivered it to the South London branch of the National Secular Society, I would be compelled to write an essay with precisely the opposite title.
The year before, I had publicly condemned the terrorist attacks of the 19 men who had hijacked passenger jets and crashed them into the twin towers in New York. They had done it in the name of my religion, Islam. I was a Muslim then, although not a practising one.
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10,000 pro-Palestinian protesters at Texas
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Capitol call for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war 24 replies
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Pro-Hamas Thug In New York Rips Down American
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Flag and Replaces With Palestinian Flag (VIDEO) 22 replies
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So why didn’t she?
Ignore Any Poll Showing Trump Beating Biden
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Furious migrants are refusing to stay in tent shelters set up for them in New York City - at great expense to the taxpayer - as they prefer their plush hotels in Manhattan.
A group of asylum seekers were seen being bused to Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn on Sunday. The site, part of a national park located in southeast of the New York City borough, is expected to hold 2,000 people.
But they were immediately loaded on a bus back to Manhattan as they complained that they had jobs back in the city - and their kids had schools to attend.
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Though, by her own admission, she still has a long way to go in her spiritual journey, her reasons for repudiating both Islam and atheism are fascinating