Misconceptions

I do not talk about my religion often, because I feel that it is my business and I do not want anyone condemning me for my beliefs. While I try to do this, I also find it very hard to sit idly by when people outright attack my religion (or anyone else's for that matter) when they seem to know nothing about the religion itself. How can someone honestly try to convert someone when they do not know anything about the religion of the person they are trying to convert. There are many religions that teach that you are supposed to convert people to your path as part of your worship. While my religion is not like this, I do respect that others are. [However I do not condone the killing of innocent people just because they do not believe in your particular path and that is something many religions are guilty of.] Those that are trying to convert people need to learn that there is a right way and a wrong way to do this. A Christian is not going to convince a Wiccan that their religion is wrong by telling them that they worship Satan and they are going to Hell for it. One, major reason for this is both Satan and Hell are Christian beliefs and a Wiccan does not believe in them. Two, scare tactics rarely work on any adult worth their weight in salt. Scaring someone into something only works on grade school children. Finally three, if you spout nonsense to a person that you know all about their religion based on what your religion teaches you are just showing everyone your ignorance.
I may not go out and attack a particular religion, but that does not mean that I agree with said religion. I may not openly practice my Pagan religion in front of everyone (because like I said it is between me and my creator) but that does not mean I don't love my religion and feel that it is best for me. There are reasons that I am Pagan, but I have not always been Pagan. I was raised a Christian, but I found myself in a crisis of faith I guess you would call it and ended up studying many religions before I found one that I felt was right for me. I did not just skim over other religions or choose to be Pagan because it was"trendy" amongst teens. I studied other religions in depth including other denominations of Christianity (because I was raised Baptist). I finally chose Pagan (which I know is a very broad term that can mean many different things) because I felt it was right for me. I did not choose it to spite anyone or try to convert everyone I saw. I chose it for me.
Many people of other religions try to convert people without knowing facts, telling people they are flat out wrong, or outright scare tactics. Can you not sit down and have a healthy debate with someone without resorting to all of that?
While I may not walk your particular path, that does not mean that you can tell me that I am wrong or worse. If you want to get down to the nitty gritty, I can probably tell you just as much about your religion as you can spout of yourself and you may even learn a few things in the process. I guess what I am trying to say is don't try and spout of things to me because I might just spout some things back at you that while they will be true you will not want to hear them. So if you do not agree with me about my religion that is fine. If you can have a healthy debate even better because I love healthy debate and we both might actually learn something. If you are going to resort to name calling, and so on and so forth just don't even bother with me