<p>“Why is it people don’t get upset when these groups express an “interest in converting others” or make an “attempt to recruit others,” while at the same time they get so blown away when a Christian attempts to do the same thing.”</p>
<p>They do. I know because when I first became a vegetarian, I was guilty of being over-eager. I wanted to spread the word! I made it into a religion and I went around trying to convert people! I was awful!</p>
<p>I was 21 years old. A friend told me how pushy I was, and I was appalled. I did NOT want to be like that! So I quit doing that.</p>
<p>See, anyone being pushy will turn people off. Of course there are many environmentalists, animal rights activists, political activists, etc who are guilty of the same thing as the Christians. Anything can be made into a religion.</p>
<p>There is a crucial difference with the environmentalists, though. They are trying to save the whole planet, not just one person’s soul. If people don’t wake up to the reality of global warming, ALL of us are affected. In other words, it is understandable that they are being a bit more pushy, because another person choosing to remain ignorant directly affects others in this case, as opposed to a person’s choosing a different religion affects only that person.</p>