Western Abrahamic Religions Tend to Proselytize

[Igel]

9. That might be a recent feature.

Buddhism spread rather widely. At some point, somebody did the spreading.

Later, it mostly retreated from some areas it had spread to. Something moved in.

Now, some faiths are linked to blood and ethnicity. Judaism, for instance, which tends for the most part to have a kind of fence not just around the Torah but around the ethnicity. Hinduism may (v. supra) be spread to wealthy Westerners, but a lot of the spread is due to huckersterism and a demand perceived on the basis of demonstrated interest (as opposed to "nobody's spread the gospel in this area, so there's obviously a demand!&quot .

Even a lot of Islam spread not so much by saying, "Come with us and you'll be saved" but "come with us and your word will count as much as ours in court, you won't be taken into slavery, and you can hold a job in the government, be educated, and even own land!" It's the kind of proselytizing that the Catholic Church did as it gained power and wanted to oppress the heathen for their own good.