[theBuckwheat]

Islam "invites" the unbeliever to accept it. After this "invitation" (I use the word in quotes because the west does not consider it polite to invite at the point of a sword), then Islam presents the unbeliever with Three Choices: convert, submit or die.

This choice presents the secular person with a conundrum: if there really is no God, then it doesn't matter what he does. He can "convert", so as to make the death threat go away. But if God really exists, and if God promises that all men will face a judgment to determine their fate for eternity, then his choice is the most important of his entire life.

So, in a way that nobody could anticipate, Islam is forcing the issue of whether or not there is a God, and whether or not life's choices matter to that God, right into the face of the secular west.

Convert, submit or die. Die now or die for eternity. Attention Secularists: God begs you to choose life (John 3:16).

[From One - Many]

So, in a way that nobody could anticipate, Islam is forcing the issue of whether or not there is a God, and whether or not life's choices matter to that God, right into the face of the secular west

islam doesn't worship the God I know, islam worships the devil.

[SlowBoat407]

At the risk of compromising my conservative credentials, I tend to adhere to some components of a Jungian Shadow approach, where as individuals, the part of ourselves that we've repressed come back at us as our worst nightmares until we accept it again. If you look at how this country has turned its back on spirituality, repressed it, then islam is our Shadow, our repressed spiritual life knocking hard on our door.

In the individual Shadow model, once we re-integrate the part of ourselves we left behind, the Shadow loses its "dark side" (yes, this idea was co-opted for Star Wars).

Just a quick overview. Fire away.