Greetings, Tabitha! I notice you haven't been active at Atheist Nexus since Feb 9th. <sigh> Sometimes it can seem a bit fragmented, with different groups for every interest. Please consider a group for socializing, where we talk about whatever's on our minds, Hang With Friends. :D You might feel more at home.

Cool, I followed a similar path, only without any actual belief in what I was following.  I was raised Catholic, but I never actually believed any of the stories they told me about it, even from the age of 5.  I got into Paganism in my late teens, mostly to annoy my religious mother, I think.  Well, and I knew several cute girls who were Pagans, which probably had some effect in making me check it out.

 

If I had known then that Atheism would annoy my mother just as much, I could have skipped the Paganism step.

So, what did you convert from, before you became a Muslim, anyway?  :-D

Hello, Tabitha, welcome to the Atheist Nexus.

Hi Tabitha, and welcome to this friendly meeting place where we recognise--like you as a freethinking atheist--that gods are phoney and religion is used to control people;
and how tragic and inexcusable it is that women and minorities have been oppressed these last two thousand years and more.

Terry Meaden
founder of the busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Evolution, Darwin..." with its 260 discussion topics. We invite you to join us.
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/originsuniverselifehumankindanddarwin