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I often think about how much time I used to spend on
Praying and worship when I was a Muslim
after I stopped practicing and following Islam
It felt like something was missing
then it felt like I have so much more time to do things now
I don't need to seek a bathroom and do some weird ablution
and disappear for long prayers in the middle of a busy day
In fact, when I compare an Islamic lifestyle
to a modern Western lifestyle now
It makes sense to me that Islamic religiosity
Brings a lack of productivity and social progress
Because you spend so much time on worship
It is probably doable for someone to fully pray five times a day
and still get through the routine workday
but it is very hard for someone to do the prayers the right way
together with all the other worship
and then actually contribute to society
with scientific findings and achievements for example
to create the newest technology and introduce it to the world
to produce things that make humanity and life better.
How is that natural?
How is that a perfect God's expectation from humanity?
if we want to have a look at the daily worship a Muslim spends time on
There are of course the five daily prayers.
The first one is before sunrise.
You are supposed to wake up before sunrise
Do the ablution
Which would take one to two minutes
and consists of washing face, nose, mouth, hands, arms and feet
Then you do the prayer which should take around five minutes
All around preparing and getting it done
usually takes more than 10 minutes from your day
At noon, when the Sun is at its peak You do another prayer
which is more than twice as big and can take 15 minutes and more
if you do it to the right way
and not quickly as you shouldn't do it
In the afternoon
Another prayer comes which takes about 10 minutes
then comes the sunset prayer which is done quickly
and is about as long as the morning prayer
and finally the night prayer which can be very long
I remember as a very devout religious person dedicating a lot of time to these
in a religious Muslims life
These prayers take about one hour or more away from your day
If you mean it
It's even more
You're supposed to prepare nicely
Do the prayer slowly and thoroughly
and don't think about anything else besides Allah and the prayer
and if you happen to think about something else beside the prayer during the prayer
It is of course
Satan that gives you thoughts doing the prayer to distract you from Allah
on top of all of that
you're supposed to seek the presence of other Muslims
You're encouraged to do that
and preferably you should go to a mosque
and it maybe not be a big problem
If these prayers were only in the morning or at night
Or in the morning and at night
or if you could skip them and do them whenever you want
or if you could pray whatever you want and however you want
But no they are compulsory and are supposed to be done exactly the way it is done
Compare this to having a boss
who wants you to give him the same reports five times a day
Every day
and each and every time it takes forever
and there is no getting out of it
And if you skip one he's gonna be angry with you
It disrupts your functionality
Your potential for a proper life
Then of course
There is the Friday prayer where people are obligated to meet at a big mosque
or at least the community with other Muslims
Listen to a sermon and spend a lot of time in prayer
This happens at noon replaces the noon prayer
and usually takes up to an hour
If you're in modern environments where you work
This can be a pain for employers who have Muslim employees
There is more to this like going to special prayers for Ramadan
having significant performance issues due to fasting during Ramadan
But if we just concentrate on the prayers of the day
I remember from my own experience that most Muslims wouldn't do the prayers
Even if they believe that they have to because it is hard to do
on a quick search online to see what Muslims generally think
I found on three Quora pages that Muslim respondents mostly say
that they either don't pray five times a day
That they pray only few of the five prayers
or that they often have to skip one or two
and do it later and almost all of them say
That it definitely interfere with your daily life
and your worldly obligations and plans
But many of them try to explain how that is justified
because Allah will reward you for your losses in this world
due to your dedication to prayer. No worries
You messed up but Allah will help you after you die
In fact, if we want to check a professional source
Pure research
We find in a study from 2012
where Muslim respondents from many countries were asked
that many Muslims don't perform the 5 daily prayers or pray less than 5 times a day
The only region where an overwhelming majority praise is sub-saharan Africa
Which also happens to be the least developed region on here
The study also shows that younger generations pray less than all the generations
Actually many who are familiar with Muslim countries
can probably tell that the numbers at pure research are probably a bit off
if not by far
Because too many people really don't pray
because it is hard to do especially among younger people
When I was a religious guy in Turkey,
it was hard for me to find anyone who prayed
at school or at work
I would mostly be
The only person or one of five among hundreds
Now, why would this religion
that claims to be coming from the almighty creator of the world
make something obligatory and essential to faith
that many people can't even properly follow
and most agree that it is problematic
And that it heavily conflicts with your daily life
Isn't that a little bit impractical
A well-known report even says that Allah initially wanted to make it
50 prayers
but then Muhammad bargained like The Superman of Hagler's that he is
and Allah agreed that it should be only 5 prayers
50 prayers would mean that your entire day would be spent praying
The expectation to believe that such a thing happened between Muhammad and this Almighty Allah
is a serious insult to anyone's intelligence
Even 5 prayers are hardly doable
and most people who pray 5 times to it so quickly
that they don't get anything from it
Because it is a waste of time.
This video is not supposed to disprove Islam.
Just give people something to think about
I'm just sharing my thoughts,
but I want to say something final to those who think that
Prayers are more important than worldly stuff
Those who think that it is entirely understandable and justified
that a person who prays
Also lacks productivity in this world
Over 1,400 years have passed since Islam emerged
In 1,400 years
People went from walking in the desert with sticks
and believing in divine arrows and stones
to driving cars with air conditioners
Using phones, developing the internet
flying planes and travelling around the world
playing video games
Researching virtually everything and learning about dinosaurs
Flying to the moon
Starting to explore space
and even probably aiming to colonize different planets
but some people think we are just here to get through the day
and spend the entire time praying
If everyone observed the five daily prayers perfectly,
all of these things that I just counted
would have never been possible or maybe only in a few thousand years
It is an obstacle to progress
A waste of your life and a very unrealistic expectation
from a very unfair god
It is seventh century thinking
and I'm glad I don't do it anymore
Soon I will come to where this prayer comes from
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