Nia88
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I think it proves that Islam will have a hard time surviving in the United States, where Muslim-raised children are exposed to people of other faiths and other ideas. Intellectually, Islam is bankrupt. The only way it can thrive is in the absence of competing information.
Well if you want to discuss intellect then religion as a whole will die out soon. Islam and Christianity basically preach the same thing which is to rely on faith, rather than cold hard facts. I am a religious person but I recognize religion isn't based on any evidence or intellect. It is solely based on faith that a God exist and the religious text (whether it is bible, quran or Torah) is divine revelation.
But back to the discussion.
Islam has and will continue to survive in the US. Myself and the other millions of people born and raised as muslims have kept our faith. Many of us are educated and have been exposed to a range of religions. Especially since many Muslim children attend Catholic school and other non Islamic schools.
Many Muslim's like myself are children of converts so our entire families aren't even Muslim's which exposes us to different faiths. My maternal grandparents are practicing Catholics and my paternal grandparents are Methodist.
This whole argument that Muslim children aren't exposed to other faiths is weak.
And the Muslim's that do leave Islam generally do not join any other faith. They leave religion altogether.
If I were to leave islam I would definitely be an agnostic or atheist.