All right. Point taken. I should have said that the proselytizing was as
annoying as most Christians'.

Who are only reacting to an institutionalized policy of proselytization into
which they are indoctrinated as a regular part of their dogma.

And for which behavior Christian sects are infamous.

But I never made the claim that it applied to all Christians; you added that,
not me.

These observations do not apply to "whomever" but specifically to Christian
sects. I reject the substitution of "whomever" since my comment was specific
to Christianity (as an organized religion).

I reject the accusation of bigotry because the comment was based on experience
and observation, and because I do not apply it to all followers of Christ.

I accept the criticism for making my comment too general.

Maybe if my doorbell had not been rung, or my person accosted, so often by
these annoying proselytes I would have had no cause for complaint. I cannot
tell you how many times I have been asked if I have "accepted the Lord Jesus
Christ as my personal savior". Maybe it's because I have lived in urban areas
that I got more overwhelmed by this than you have been.

It is an observed fact that Christian sects encourage their membership to
proselytize, and that many of their followers do so. I cannot believe you seek
to imply otherwise. This behavior exists, and it annoys me.

I never claimed it was universal. That is a calumny perpetrated by those whose
feelings were tromped by my accusation. I claimed that Christians engage in
this behavior, not that all Christians do. I stand by that claim. Furthermore,
I claim that it is a distinguishing feature of Christianity, historically and
contemporaneously, to proselytize. It is an inherent part of the dogma (mental
oppression) perpetrated by many Christian sects. It is anything but bigotry;
it is a grounded assessment supportable by objective evidence.

So stop disingenuously pretending it isn't so.

If other Christians feel upset by this, then encourage the ones who give you a
bad name to stop their annoying behavior.

-- Lew

It's nearly universal amongst those sects that proselytize. Anyone who puts
money in the collection plate for a church that sports missionaries is
culpable. That is not a relatively "very small" number but nearly everyone in
those sects.

Proselytization by proxy is still proselytization. So you pay someone else to
accost me and don't do it personally? How does that excuse you?

-- Lew