Convert to Islam. See if you like it. If you do, then great!
If it's not what you'd hoped, and decide to revert or change to another belief, you cannot. Such one-way doors, backed by violence and murder, are proof enough that 'Religious and freedom are two words that can never be conjoined when you are talking about Islam.' Unless, of course, there's a negative placed somewhere between them.
Gee, I notice how regularly it is enforced in America. I know a couple of folks that converted from Islam. Their relatives gave them a hard time about it, but I've known former Amish folks that got rougher treatment.
Your argument is entirely and completely valid in third world theocratic hell-holes. Not so much here. Granted, there are fairly rare incidents of mostly immigrants from said third world hell-holes doing completely screwed up things. Honor killings, female mutilation, etc. It's not entirely an Islamic thing, it's a third world hell-hole thing.
Christians believe in turning the other cheek.
Muslims believe in beheading you.
Obviously liberals are making a courageous, moral choice here.
True, I will admit, no Christian has ever tried to behead me. Kill me, sure. But not behead. Then again, I did see some of the corpses yanked out of a few mass graves that would beheading look positively humane and quite civil. Nothing like wiring someone up with steel cable, throwing them in a ditch, and burying them alive. Sometimes with a bit of mutilation, rape, castration, etc first, just to spice things up, sometimes not. Hey, Christians get bored too.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Muslims don't do evil things. Believe me, I know they are capable of some impressive feats of evilness. But trying to pretend that all Christians follow their religion's words on "peace" and "turning the other cheek" is entertaining, but not accurate.
This.
Oh, and why is it liberals want to appease Muslims so bad? They're willing to piss all over Christians....but the Muslims must be appeased at all costs?
Not saying you're wrong, you're not. But Christians aren't exactly being oppressed in this country. I can't drive an hour in any direction and not see a dozen churches. All tax exempt, and more or less free to say whatever the hell they want. I see Bibles for sale in virtually all bookshops and most book sections of big box stores. Hell, virtually ANY hotel room I visit has a bible in it, provided by Gideon. Where's the hardcore oppression? Sure, I'd never contest that they're more than happy to piss off Christians at any possible moment.
Though I've had more than a few rant and rave to the point of near foaming at the mouth about how stores saying "Happy Holidays" is on par with Roman pagans feeding Christians to the lions. They tend to get pretty upset when you sigh and lament "Good times, good times".
(Just to clarify and a disclaimer, I do not want to force all Christians to fight wildlife with their bare hands for entertainment purposes. Just some specific ones for reasons mainly having nothing to do with their religion.)
Again, respectfully speaking, as a non-Christian and non-Muslim, I laugh whenever I see both sides making the SAME EXACT arguments. It's absolutely hysterical. It's almost as funny as watching liberal and conservative statists making the SAME EXACT arguments, just about different subjects. Some of you guys have no idea how much you sound like my fellow Democrats. It's awesome, it really is.