Bill,
Your position as I understand it is that people should be free to believe what they will. However, a significant part of some religions is that their adherents should proselytize. Many evangelical Christians, nearly all fundamentalist Christians, and many Moslems, feel that they are not doing their religious duties unless they are trying to convert others. Hence, they use every Forum (or in Herb's world, this forum) to preach their beliefs.
Other religions (notably the more eastern religions like the Hindus and the Buddhists) and some Christian factions focus less on proselytizing, and are willing to accept other religions more easily. They would tend to believe the way you do about accepting religions.
What do you do when you are allowing somebody to believe what they will, and what they believe is that you should be converted?
Alex
Your position as I understand it is that people should be free to believe what they will. However, a significant part of some religions is that their adherents should proselytize. Many evangelical Christians, nearly all fundamentalist Christians, and many Moslems, feel that they are not doing their religious duties unless they are trying to convert others. Hence, they use every Forum (or in Herb's world, this forum) to preach their beliefs.
Other religions (notably the more eastern religions like the Hindus and the Buddhists) and some Christian factions focus less on proselytizing, and are willing to accept other religions more easily. They would tend to believe the way you do about accepting religions.
What do you do when you are allowing somebody to believe what they will, and what they believe is that you should be converted?
Alex