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Well, I'll throw my 2 cents into it....
When I was a younger child growing up, my parents were pretty much Baptist, cause both of them were raised Baptist. They had this little period where they studied with the Jehovah's Witnesses, but that's about it. As a child, I would go to church and Sunday school and all that, but I was very confused. A lot of the things that I was taught did not make any sense to me.
When I was about 9 or 10, I went to church camp. At this place, they tried to put the Holy Ghost into me and to get me to speak in tongues, but I just couldn't do it. I felt stupid because I didn't feel all these things that everyone said I should feel.
When I was about 11, I think, was when my father started studying Islam. And I got into it from him. My whole family started studying both the Quran and the Bible, and going to the masjid (mosque) and to church. But for me, when I opened that Quran, I knew that Islam was the religion for me. It was Allah speaking to my heart and bringing my beliefs and faith in line with certain practices. My whole family has been Muslim since 1995, and it has been an experience. I've had Christians tell me I'm going to hell, cause I don't believe in Jesus (yeah, that's real Christian-like). I personally believe that everyone's relationship with Allah (or God or whatever you call him) is personal, and I would never push my beliefs on anyone else. But overall, I am very happy that I converted to Islam.
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