And all praise be to him for opening up my eyes and mind before it was too late.
No it isn't ( unless you can prove me wrong ) Just by insisting on it, doesn't make it so. Quran says about it self, it is a detailed book in clear language so it is made easy to understand. So it defies logic that Allah forgot to give details about something so important or if we are to believe your holy men and hadith, THE MOST IMPORTANT religious practice, so important that it is alleged that is the first thing you will be questioned about on the day of reckoning.
Yet Allah does not even mention on many times in a day this super important ritual suppose to take place. Even if we stretch it your holy men can only find mention of 3 times of the day.
How is this possible even ...........

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Brother is not about what I believe and what you believe, it's whether what we have been taught to believe since childhood is actually true or shall we just keep following it blindly like sheep, something that Allah greatly discourages in the Quran, There is no place in Allah's deen for blind following,
Then what's the difference between you and a Hindu, Christian etc etc who has also been told to follow the religion of his forefathers blindly, without question and without doubt. In their own minds and beliefs they are also on the right path.