It's a war out there, people!

We are insulated in the US. It has been said that Americans are very religious people, but I doubt it. I think we are very spiritual people. We look for G-d in our daily lives. We gain inspiration from the belief that by doing the American thing we are walking in some way with G-d. There is a feeling of kinship between those of multiple religions in America as we work together to make this world a better place through better goods and services, scientific and artistic advances, better camaderie among all peoples, and a better quality of life for everyone.

That is not how it really is out there. We are living in an oasis in a religious warzone. Like Rick in his cafe in Casablanca, we just want to sit on the sidelines and let it play out around us. Every now and then, one of the combatants comes into our area and tries to win our sympathy and support or tries to scare or intimidate us.

Discouraged with the current state of Islam, many people are now being converted to Christianity.

http://www.blessedquietness.com/alhaj/append-19.htm

So many people are converting to Islam from Christianity and Judaism that they have their own websites.

http://www.islamfortoday.com/converts.htm

http://www.themuslimwoman.com/WhySoManyWomenConverting.htm

http://www.jews-for-allah.org/

This trend frightens the religious, who seek to punish or kill those who convert.

http://www.azadiradio.org/en/news/2006/03/17B27179-5FE6-4381-A819-E04908362FD9.ASP

http://www.domini.org/openbook/pal20030729.htm

http://www.dhimmi.com/NearEast.html

Interestingly, all these cases of punishment for conversion are concerning converts from Islam. DocBrain could not find any non-Biblical examples of punishment for conversion from Judaism. Punishment for conversion from Christianity gave no pertinent google results.

So, there is a war. The traitors and deserters from Islam are being imprisoned and killed, while other religions, in the name of ecumenicalism, just let the deserters go on their merry way. Turning the other cheek may be the way to heaven, but DocBrain would like to delay that trip for awhile.

If a religion is a based upon beliefs and if a religion cannot stand without freedom of choice to believe otherwise, is it really a religion?

One rabbi stated that it is easier for a sighted man to go blind than for a blind man to see. DocBrain agrees.