Last week, Britain's Home Office denied an Iranian Christian's application for asylum, claiming the man's conversion was based on a lie and his faith was "half-hearted." Specifically, the office said the asylum-seeker's claim that he converted to Christianity because it is a peaceful religion in contrast to Islam is false, and that because Christianity is violent, the Home Office questioned the legitimacy of his conversion. In its denial letter, the Home Office cited verses from Leviticus, Exodus, Matthew, and Revelation, which supposedly endorse violence. "These examples are inconsistent with your claim that you converted to Christianity after discovering it is...