Like, I remember going to Muslim Sunday school and one of the concepts I agreed with the MOST is when our teacher cautioned us against trying to convert every "non-believer" we saw. This was post-9/11, so part of it was probably a safety issue as well, but he said that the best way to convert anyone was to lead by example, to live a good life as a good Muslim, and if someone was interested in converting, they'd come to us and not the other way around.

What a great tenet, regardless of religion (although I agree, your instructor probably had your safety in mind when he offered it). I remember, when I went to this awful Baptist private school, we were advised--very strongly--to go out and witness to friends who were members of non-Baptist denominations, as well as to friends who weren't Christian at all. Like, for example, my best friend who was Jewish.

Looking back on it, I'm horrified and revolted by what I was asked to do. I mean, I was thirteen years old, what the hell business do I have advising anyone on their salvation, and what the hell business did my teachers have suggesting I save my best friend from her own heritage and faith? Thinking about it makes me so angry, I wish I could find my old teachers and somehow make them understand how wrong this was.