Convert to Islam, or die.

I'd say that if it really came down to it, I wouldn't convert. Sure, I'd probably be dead, but like han89 said, they're essentially preaching a perverted form of Islam, which I have no respect for (I do respect Muslims in general though, just not the ones who preach, breathe, sleep, and eat hatred for anyone who isn't following the same exact guidelines they are).

Also, suppose you convert, but they don't let you go back to your home? What if they made you stick around in a Muslim community, to see if you're really serious about "converting"? It wasn't brought up very much in this topic, but suppose that happened? Would you still convert?

Even though I don't always act it, I consider myself a Christian, and during a "test" like that, I won't deny Jesus (because I really believe what Jesus said about denying Him before men, and in turn He would deny you before God and the angels).

The way I looked at this thread, it'd be like a KKK member forcing you to convert to Christianity (yes, I know, white supremacists are much more complex, but then again, so are Islamic terrorists, so I'm keeping it simple). I just couldn't in good conscience do that, nor would I force my beliefs upon someone else under threat of death.

I think the problem with organized religion in general is that although they preach that you should live in this way, not everyone who's in that faith practices it. And unfortunately only the bad stuff usually gets remembered, so people bash them for that stuff.

Assuming I didn't answer the way I did above, threatening to kill me wouldn't really make me convert anyway. If anything, I'd be more resistant to it (particularly if I've heard nothing but bad stuff). On the other hand, if they showed me the good aspects of Islam, and letting me live among them to see how Islam would benefit me and others, then I'd probably be more likely to consider it.

I think that's one of the problems nowadays, people try to force their beliefs onto others, but then either don't practice what they preach, or just tell me I'm going to hell because I don't believe in so-and-so. Heck, most of my life I was anti-religion as well, and was wondering why anyone even bothered believing in that stuff. Then I read the Bible for myself, and began to see the stuff that goes on in there, and although there are some discrepancies, just the stuff I read was enough to convince me that being a Christian would be worth it for me. Strangely enough, a lot of this stuff that interested me, no Christians ever bothered to tell me about it (such as how people will often do good deeds simply to be seen and praised for it. But Jesus explained that if you do it in relative secret, God would see it and reward you for it).

Sorry for the long post, figured I'll post something hopefully worth reading

How ya doing, buddy?