So, I'm trying to figure out what my worldview is. I grew up Muslim, and am now reconsidering what I believe(d). But I can't say that I'm being drawn to atheism; I'm not non-religious.

I'm scared of what seems to be the two 'sides' available to me. On one hand, there's these people who've insulted and ridiculed without understanding the religion that I used to believe, the religion of many of my friends and relatives. On the other, I simply don't get any benefit from it, I'm kind of apathetic about it.

One of the verses of the Qur'an (I'm referencing the Reformist Translation here) says to read it critically, to try to understand it for oneself. In that translation it also rejects the necessity of clerics and religious leaders. That's what's led me to this path, and that's why I can't fully reject Islam.

Basically, I think I'm trying to ask if Islam is trashed upon here like a lot of other places on reddit. I don't want to be accepted because "he's a 'good' kind of Muslim," I want to be accepted as I am. I don't want to be told that the people I love are lesser for what they believe. Is that possible here, or should I look somewhere else?

TL;DR Are you guys nice?