Convertism

[freshnesschronic]

Today I picked up my Hindu Indian friend from a job interview at the train station. She has been sick recently, and was just in a bad mood. She saw a new church on the corner and started complaining about it, how Christians are annoying trying to convert every peoples they encounter. I was not offended, as I am Christian but not religious at all but it was interesting...

Thinking back to history, many denominations of Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism try to convert people all the time. Forcefully too!

Me personally, I especially noticed the teenage recruiting phase in high school...I was almost apart of that, but I did it mostly for the social atmosphere. But even in college at University of Illinois I had not been a fan of those guitar strumming "Praise Jesus" student organizations...just plain culty and forceful...I lost friends who got absorbed in those groups.

I know Islam is the fastest growing religion (I think) but yeah...why do Christians convert, convert, convert and somewhat impose religion on other peoples? Mostly their conquered in the past, but in new mediums today still.

just sayin!