Jesus Camp
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I'm not sure who wrote the law, or in what free country it's enforced, that people can't share their faith with one another. As long as everyone's being civil about it, there's no harm being done by a Hindu discussing their faith with a Christian, or a Jew discussing their faith with a Muslim, etc. etc. People should be able to agree or respectfully disagree with one another, even when each person in a conversation is staking claims of absolute truth that are mutually exclusive.
In my experience, it's usually (1) irreligious people, (2) people who are nominal adherents of a faith they don't really practice, or (3) people who are violent fundamentalists who want others to keep their faith private. I think what it comes down to is this: people find the notion of absolute truth abhorrent and arrogant. Most people do not like being told that they can't believe whatever they want and expect everything to turn out golden. I know in my own experience, I used to hate being told that Jesus is "the way, truth, and life."