Salaam/peace guys,
I came across this site when I was fifteen years old and I've been doing the Qur'an Alone thing ever since. Believe me, it took a couple of months to get used to this because I grew up in a moderate Sunni family. I told my sister about it and she thought all this was "suspiciously convincing," but she still doesn't buy it, and I can't blame her. She's still more understanding than my parents. I braced up the courage to tell them last year and they debated about it with me. They were nice and all because they were worried, but they kept throwing their opinions around while I wanted hard facts. You know, real proof that following the Hadith was necessary. I even emailed a scholar about my change and the articles she sent me were no match for this site even though they were written by scholars too, and you know how professional everyone considers them to be.
I was never really that interested in the Hadith aspect of Sunni-ism, and the translation of the Qur'an scared me as a kid, but I was always searching for answers. My love for God exceeded everything thing else in religion, but it was mostly passive since I was lazy when it came to prayer. I did do duas (supplication) though. They were my largest source of comfort.
Then I heard people talking about how loving the prophet was also important, but I couldn't bring myself to do that. I really did try, but it didn't make sense to me since the whole point of religion was to worship God.
Some times I have these agnostic thoughts about God. I believe He exists, but there's a difference between knowing and believing.
