What does Matthew 10:34 say? Which things are forbidden according to Christianity? Can you describe the sacraments?

If these questions seem hard – even unanswerable – to you, you’re lucky not to be a Christian asylum seeker in Sweden.

Since many years back, the Swedish Migration Board tries to differentiate between “real” converts from Islam to Christianity that risk persecution in their countries of origin, and “fake” ones who only seek a cheap way to gain asylum, by asking various questions.

Sweden being a very secular country, most officials who come up with these questions are not Christians themselves. Furthermore, they don’t have much knowledge about Christianity – even though they might think so themselves. (more…)