the advertising of religion

When I was younger and still under the 'control' of my parents, myfamily and I would attend temple every Sunday from 8 in the morningto 2 in the afternoon. Later on at home around 5 o'clock there wouldbe two white middle-aged-heavy-set women with bible pamphlets at ourfront door. They would try to entice me by say, "We have a story totell you, a story about a great man who did great deeds". InitiallyI made the mistake of being very polite to these women, because Iknew that they were not getting paid to come to our doors. Howeverafter several weeks of this pattern, I was getting annoyed. Maybe itwas because I had already experienced six hours of religion and wantnothing more to do with another religion. But I was even moreannoyed because these ladies were so incredibly oblivious about myfeelings towards their views. I had already told them I wasbuddhist, my they still insisted on telling their stories. It wasalmost as if they didn't care or respect my views, and just wanted tocontinue their rants hoping to some how convert me.Now as I am older and looking back, I do not recall any attempts bymy Buddhist temple to further enhance their attendance. Those whocame to temple chose to come on their own. Which leads me to theconclusion that some religions are more subtle than others. On onehand we have Christanity which seems to shove its beliefs downpeople's throats while less aggressive religions such as Buddhismunderstand the concept of personal belief. And let me just premise bysaying that I do not think one religion is 'better' than another.But it seems to me that Christianity as a whole is rather aggressivemaybe even hostile to other religions. Case in point, whenever I amintroduced to people who are of the Christianity and the topic ofreligion comes up and I tell them that I am Buddhist, I get an oddreaction. They would look, smirk, and nod almost in a condescending,I'm-better-than-you manner. As if they are saying to themselves, "Uhhuh, yea you need to change that."