> The Catholic and Christian tradition recognizes the need to evangelize, but not the legitimacy of coercion. Nice ideas, but they are not reflected in actual

> The Catholic and Christian tradition recognizes the need to evangelize, but not the legitimacy of coercion. Nice ideas, but they are not reflected in actual actions taken by Christians over the course of history (same goes for most religions and related ideas). Theorycrafting about >1000 year old stories didn't help the Cathars or the Sephardim much, and it isn't going to help anyone in any real religious conflict nowadays either.