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Except in the 20th century, the Christians didn't face the prospect of genocide. Saying it's no different oversimplifies things. It is different. It would be like accepting from the Chinese the idea that Buddhism needs to be eradicated from Tibet. There is a difference between that and the Jehovah's Witness showing up on an atheist's doorstep, telling him why he should accept Jesus into his or her life.
There is a difference between disagreeing with someone and wanting to assimilate them.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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