Moonchild - People always put words in other people's mouths. They hear what they think they hear, read between the lines and add their own interpretations regardless of what the actual words were. You read Praise's words and heard proselytizing, etc. Perhaps this is based on history that many of us who are new here don't know. You are a plain speaker, but once something is said the speaker has little or no control over what people think was meant.

John Freeman - thank you, sir, for reading my post and for the comment. I agree with what you said, but I would like to clarify what I meant. My point was that when certain religions compel their members to go out to preach, some believe it's the preaching that matters, not the success. Whether the result is a conversion or total revulsion doesn't matter - preaching fulfills the mandate. Your soul is saved. I am not supporting that kind of approach to religion or to preaching, I am just trying to point out the problem. My question is, if you believe that your soul is at stake if you remain silent, should the possibility that you might piss someone off matter?