My journey started 3 years ago; I had moved to Scotland to "find myself"
and I was interested in Buddhism and Hinduism at the time...
I have read about all kinds of religions since I was 16 years old, and I
didn’t feel that Christianity gave me much; The churches where always
empty and I felt like the only one in my city that believed in God at
all.
When I am asked about how I found Islam, it
feels more like Islam found the way for me. My first memories about
Islam and Muslims must be from my early childhood when I got acquainted
with some refugees from Somalia and I became a good friend with one of
the boys there.
I have always had faith
of God in my heart, learned the Lord’s Prayer as a child and went to
Sunday school every week. As a child I had a Christian children’s
book which I used to teach the other children from. I started at
school of confirmation but stopped after a short time because I only
wanted to do the confirmation to get the money and the presents, so
I told the priest that it was better that I stopped rather that I
completed it for the wrong reason.
From Christianity to Atheism
I was born in 1985 and grew up in Oslo with my mother, stepfather,
little sister and little brother. My mother always believed in God
and it affected me especially. By having a missionary from western
part of Norway as my teacher in the second and third grade
strengthen my awareness about the existence of God and made me aware
of my identity as a believer in God.
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