Why so many Turks are losing faith in Islam

Al Monitor ^ | 18 April 2018 | Mustafa Akyol

[Amberdawn]

Read Dennis Prager’s new book, The Rational Bible.

[wideminded]

And then there were all the 911 terrorists with degrees in engineering.

Apparently Khalid Sheikh Muhammad had a BS degree in engineering. None of the hijackers had engineering degrees and most never graduated or never attended college, although one briefly studied aerospace engineering and one had studied shipbuilding. Atta had a degree in architecture.

[Cronos]

Why?

[Cronos]

My opinion - regular church attendance but allowing kids to learn deeply about their own and other faiths. That’s what I did and I stayed where I am, after evaluating and rejecting other options

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

" but believing in a higher power of something far bigger than self has lots of redeeming value IMHO."

It's why we're here lol (imho). I was raised with the whole religion program. But never knew God until AA. Step 11: "...praying only for knowledge of his will for us, and the power to carry it out."

That changed my life. Key word: "only."

I ask God what he wants me to do, numerous times each day. And I get signs, some blatent, some subtle, of which direction to go. When I follow the signs, my life is great. Never been happier, and never felt this real higher power before. Now it's a consious thing, and I am sooo grateful.

I don't get guidance from a 2000 year old book, or self appointed religious masters. I get it directly from the source! Some would call that blasphemous. I don't care. I call it enlightenment. And it works. Happy, joyous, and free!!!

And know I KNOW there is something after death. Our spirit lives on. Not believe...I actually KNOW. Very freeing. So happy, so grateful. Each and every day.

Organized religion didn't bring me to God. It prevented it.

[SuperLuminal]

"Why?

If you live in the planet's principal Islamic state, anyone who loses his faith in Islam is summarily executed by stoning, burning, beheading, or worse...

I have not seen any kind of "real" data to support the ludicrous theme of this propaganda document...

[Cronos]

If you live in the planet's principal Islamic state, anyone who loses his faith in Islam is summarily executed by stoning, burning, beheading, or worse.

You do realize this is talking about Turkey. It's bad there, but no, there is no stoning, burning or beheading. That happens in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Kuwait, Iran, Egypt etc. but not YET in Turkey (though under Erdogan that will probably change)