(October 17, 2012 at 4:35 pm)John V Wrote: If that's the important part of the question - punishments for apostasy - why ask it specifically of Christians? It's equally applicable to atheists. I have to imagine that there are a statistically insignificant number of Muslims in these countries who are so drawn to atheism that they risk so much.
Why would we need to ask ourselves? Atheism is not a 'calling' the way Christianity is, and no honest atheist would ever claim that culture is not a hugely important factor. Most of us would readily admit that, if we had been born in Pakistan or Iran, the majority of us would be Muslim, because there is far less leeway for any alternative in those places.
