Missionary proselytization has been an integral part of the two main prophetic religions, Christianity and Islam, since early on in the formation of each. It is precisely the reason they are the two largest religions in the world.
It is also one of the darkest and most sinister aspects of religion and one of the main reasons so many people have a negative view of anything to do with religion.
The basis and justification for proselytization is an extremely narrow minded and arrogant assumption:
"My religion is the only right one, I have the only truth, all other religions are wrong, and it is my duty to get others to think and believe like me."
This belief has been used by Christians and Muslims for more than a millennium to justify the seduction, coercion, torture, and even murder of countless individuals in trying to get them to convert.
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