> My perspective is that most religions have been spread primarily by violence and these violent interactions explain the overall picture of religion in the wor

> My perspective is that most religions have been spread primarily by violence and these violent interactions explain the overall picture of religion in the world today Please note that originally Christianity spread in a peer-to-peer way until the Roman empire picked it up. Even after then a lot of people have spread Christianity not by forcing people but by presenting it as a better option. Personally I try to avoid forcing my views unto people ("many people who try to become fishers of men end up like scarecrows"). Instead I try to make an example and if anyone like what they see they are free to ask.