''There is no compulsion in deciding to follow any religion or there shouldn't be. Some countries use religion in politics, you born Muslim you cannot change. See how that's turning out in some countries with the teenagers.''
It is not about 'compulsion' It is the process of cognition and belief formation that determines what is being believed or rejected. Cultural conditioning, life experiences, desires, fears, hopes, all playing a part in how you view the world and what you believe about it.
But nothing you have said justifies the attitude toward non believers that's described in both the Gospels and Quran, eternal damnation the penalty for something so trivial.
