I don't disagree, but unfortunately once you try to use religion as a club to shame others with, you become the poster child for what is wrong with many so called religious folks in this country.  Not all and not even a majority, but enough that it gives those who are religious and polite a bad name, just by association.  I'm not Christian, and I can't tell you how many times I have been prodded by so called religious folks about how I will be going to hell if I don't embrace Jesus.  I generally just ignore those fools, kind of like how I ignore the idiots with the bullhorns screaming about how you must repent.  For the life of me, I can't figure out how a message of repent or burn in hell is a compelling message to get converts, especially if the message is screamed at me through a bullhorn.