Muslims converting to other religouns?

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Re: Muslims converting to other religouns?

@PaKpatriot1

a)So my question is, when you hear that you prophet had 500 jews put to death for betraying him,

b)and when your hear that he said things like I would burn alive anyone who doesnt want to pray,

c)Or doesnt it make you wonder why a loving god would want anyone, even an adulteress to die by stoning, which is perhaps among the most brutal and barbaric of all executions?

a) Deserting your position in war is a capital offence, as is treason, and the treasonous desertion by those Jewish men of their defensive positions during the siege of Medina nearly lost the war and certainly cost the lives of too many good men. Execution was a fitting punishment.

Indeed, if these Jews were serving in the US Military, under the US Uniform Code of Military Justice they too would have been liable to the death penalty for desertion in the face of the enemy.

b) The fact that he didn’t burn alive people who didn’t pray clearly demonstrates that this was allegorical and intended to simply demonstrate how serious a matter praying was. Indeed, the word he himself used was “would”.

c) A brutal punishment is fit for adultery, which is a terrible crime against society for it undermines the bedrock of society… marriage. A truly terrible punishment is needed to make people truly fearful of committing such a heinous crime. By the way - the punishments is for adulterers as well as adulteresses. No difference in gender.

All 3 of the points raised actually strengthen an reinforce my faith in Islam is a religion that faces up to practical truths and realities rather than wishi-washiness.