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Yeah, I'm not religious anymore, but in college I led a homeless outreach team for Christian students where we'd go downtown every week to provide food and friendship to the unhoused. The single most regularly attending person was sikh. The fact that she joined even though it was a different religion (we'd pray before and after the night) spoke volumes to me, and it made me respect the religion a lot. In fact, the thought that someone like her would technically not go to heaven simply due to believing in a different religion was one of the reasons why I stopped practicing.
I've always been taught that "good" Christians convert others by being so kind and generous that others ask "what drives them to be like that?" And that's the proper way to proselytize. None of this preaching, damnation and hellfire stuff. Be a good and inspirational enough person that others will naturally be drawn to what drives you. It's a shame that the loudest voices get the most attention.