text: I had the pleasure of working in the health field where diversity was just a given. I've got friends who, although full Canadian citizens, are Sikh, Hindu, Muslim (Sunni, Ismaili and Shiite), Jewish, and everything in between. None of them has ever tried to convert me or even get me interested in their beliefs, other than explain to me what the background was to some religious holiday when they seemed to be celebrating some event. Some Christians (and only a minority, but a vocal one), on the other hand, have hounded me about my religion (more accurately, my lack of religious beliefs) and some of them have hounded me so much that I finally had to tell them to stop pestering me. I'm just saying...