Care to tell me how?

Submitted by Noah Wilk (United States), Jan 9, 2007 at 21:28

Sam J. wrote:

"Peacefully convert all Muslims in the West to peaceful religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity.

There is absolutely NO other way to solve this problem.

So let us quit wasting valuable time on theoretical discussions, and form a non profit organisation whose sole purpose is to convert the poor Muslim souls.

If a few like minded individuals agree with me, I am ready to get to work on this today !!!"

So that's the one and only way, huh? Would you like to share with us exactly how you're going to manage to pull off that miracle? I say "miracle" because that's literally what it would take. You do know, for example, that proselytizing in many Islamic countries is punishable by imprisonment or even death? You do know that other religions are banned in most Islamic countries, don't you? You do realize that it's a crime punishable by death to convert from Islam to other religions, don't you?

So pray tell, how exactly are you going to peacefully convert all these Muslims when you can't even bring a Bible into Saudi Arabia for example? Where conversion to Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism results in a death sentence. Where those who even attempt to proselytize are persecuted.

I'd love to hear a detailed plan for how you think this miraculous peaceful conversion can be accomplished, given the realities of Islamic countries. This should prove interesting.

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