How my family became Not Islamic and very Atheistic then went back to become Zoroastrian again like our ancient Iranian ancestors

All thanks to my Anti-Islamic grandfather Islam was killed-off in our family forever which we all appreciate it now very much in our family

The last Shia Muslim in my family was my Great-grandfather who was a strict pious religious man which caused his son (my grandfather) to rebel against him by committing apostasy as a young boy to become the first Atheist of our family and fortunately under the secular nationalist Classic Liberal Imperial Government of Shāhanshāh Reza Pahlavi the Great it was completely safe for Iranians (i.e. Aryans) to commit apostasy by exiting Islam forever if they wanted it and live their lives the way they actually wanted instead and the only section of the society who would have issues with this would be the Islamic Clergy in Iran but considering that they had no political power back then there was no need to worry about committing apostasy

My Grandfather became an Absolute Atheist and the new patriarch of the family as it's new secular liberal patriarch unlike his ultra-conservative Muslim father. My grandfather became of his lack of religiosity it attracted him to Communism however because of his Iranian Nationalism it caused his fellow Communists to mock him sometimes because of the fact that the true Communist worldview opposes the concept of Nationalism

My grandfather was an Atheist (Kafir) man who married a Muslim woman (my grandmother) which is not allowed according to Islam however my Muslim grandmother was very attracted to my Atheist grandfather which made her want to having a relationship with him despite being forbidden by Islam... Fortunately my grandfather's Atheism rubbed-off on my grandmother influencing her to become a bad Muslim that constantly violates Islamic teachings by joining my grandfather in drinking alcohol during holy Islamic days like Ashura or eating pork during Ramadan by not fasting at all which is considered blasphemy against Islam even though the only Islamic practice she did was praying but that did nothing because their children my aunts, uncles and father became Atheists like my grandfather instead which later made all my cousins and myself to also become Atheists in the future as well

My grandfather eventually abandoned Communism in the early 1960s when he found out his fellow Iranian Communists were betraying Iran and serving the Soviet Union instead at the height of the Cold War. My grandfather no longer had a valid reason to stay being a Communist especially because of the fact that many of his Social-Democratic policies (i.e. moderate and sensible progressive policies) were implemented by the "White Revolution of the Shāh and the People" anyways thus he became a Center-LEFT Monarchist loyal to the Shāh instead and collaborating with the SAVAK as their informant to infiltrate and expose all his former fellow Communists that were traitors to Iran in the 1960 for his patriotic service to the homeland my grandfather was awarded a Medal of Honour from the Shāh himself in the mid 1960s

My Atheist father married my Atheist mother who comes from a secular liberal family like my father the only difference is that in my father's family is predominantly Atheist whereas in my mother's family is predominantly Agnostic however they eventually became fully Atheist as well because they were non-religious people who needed evidence for the existence of god however they never got a convincing evidence or logical explanation for it thus they stopped giving the benefit of the doubt and because hardcore Atheists like my fathers family

When we were living in Iran under the Theocratic Islamic Dictatorship of the Mullahs things had fundamentally switched from the time of the Secular Nationalist Classic Liberal Government of the Shāh because under the Islamic Republic like many Iranians my family was forced to pretend to be Muslims in public for personal security purposes of not being harmed by the Evil Mullah regime which meant like many Iranians we had to pretend to be Muslim in public for our safety while maintaining our true secular liberal Atheist lifestyles in private until we managed to escape Iran in 2000 to go live in Germany and in 2003 we moved to the USA

My father, mother, sister and I however are Atheists with Zoroastrian tendencies like our ancient Iranian Zoroastrian ancestors 1000 years ago because of our Iranian Nationalism we embraced our native Zoroastrian tradition and heritage of our Iranian Civilization (i.e. Aryan Civilization) in the secular philosophical sense (not religious sense)

The politics of my father, mother, sister and myself however involves being Iranian Monarchists, Iranian Nationalists (Fierce Patriots), Classic Liberals, Pro-Zionists, Anti-Communist and Anti-Islam

I married my Agnostic wife who is of Italian background that comes from Christian Catholicism heritage however because of the strict nature of Roman Catholicism my wife abandoned the faith as a teenager and became a Protestant until college and lost faith completely as an adult thus becoming an Agnostic who somewhat believes in a higher power but doesn't believe it plays any role in our daily lives as humans

My kids are Atheists for now however they might become secular Atheistic Zoroastrians like myself or convert to other spiritual beliefs if they choose after the age of 18 however the only spiritual belief they are prohibited from ever joining is Islam because that is unforgivable and it will cause me to disown them if that occurs because one of the fundamental laws of my household is that Islam is banned forever in our family and I will never tolerate it just like I will never allow my kids to marry any Muslims when they become adults

I'm very libertarian when it comes to many things my family get to do however the only aspect where I have no problem being Fascistic about is when it comes to my valid justifiable extreme Anti-Islam position when it comes to this particular area of maintaining the mental wellbeing of my family I will always be a proud Anti-Islamic Fascist (I'm Fascistic against Communism as well because I believe in Free Market Capitalism as a Classic Liberal) because I have a responsibility, duty and obligation to keep the Non-Islamic nature and trajectory of my family going forward by maintaining it as established by my brave grandfather

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