I visited several temples in India where I was warmly welcomed with smiles and greetings. Being half Irish half Scottish, I obviously fail to be Hindu. I respected their worshipping, and they were glad to have me view 1000 year old temples while they prayed.

Welcome to Cook County Illinois....Evanston, as I recall and just a few hundred yards away is Lake Michigan.....Some Bahai speak Esperanto in hopes of promoting world unity/peace.... Many Bahai encourage and marry inter-racially to unite a single human race.....I've never met an aggressive Bahai and they are nothing like Jehovah Witnesses or fundie xians who demand belief with hell threats behind their heaven bribes.....none the less, Bahai pretend all religions are from the same single source "creator"....though that is obviously false, they have their own calendar of 19 days of 19 months each....dating from the days when their "messenger' survived a first firing squad as they have his bullet ridden cloak ....Muslims generally don't like challenges to Mohammedan dictates nor liberalizing voices to a violent faith called ISLAM....I recall the marble was more pinkish than yellow in this photograph....there is a Bahai radio station in Charleston, S Carolina AND SOME people know Seals & Crofts are famous top 40 singers with several hit records are Bahai believers against abortion, war and protecting the environment/hummingbirds

That looks remarkably like the temple in Evanston, Ill. There are many religions, faiths, beliefs, ways of life, whatever, that welcome visitors from other faiths without trying to convince you to join. I've also run into to those who are suspicious or make attempts for 'convert' you. I can appreciate the architecture and art (and quiet or coolness).

That's pretty cool =)

Yup. Dharma center here. Everyone welcome. It's 100% reception, 0% projection: all questions warmly received and addressed with full respect, dignity, and humility; nothing is forced or solicited. You have to move yourself into that space--there's no pushing or pulling. Any encouragement toward the path--while certainly very friendly--is gentle, measured, and commences only in response to obvious readiness cues. Everyone's happy to share, but only if you reach for it first.

I lived in the Chicago area for a number of years and I used to love visiting the Baha'i temple in Wilmette, Illinois (a northern suburb) It was a beautiful building and one could always feel welcome regardless.

I recently attended a Greek Orthodox fund raiser and I was favorably impressed with the people I met as well as with their cultural traditions as presented.

I think religious proselytizing is most prominent among Protestant groups. I used to be very defensive about being confronted, but now I think that was only because I was insecure in my path. People promote all sorts of political, social, and religious causes, and if we have an emotional reaction it is only because of our own untrue thoughts IMO.

Proselytizing is primarily a Christian thing.

I have travel all over the country and have visited many temples, churches and other gathering places of many different faiths all of them were kind and gracious. Never pushing their beliefs.

The Parliament of World Religions recognizes Atheism as a tradition and includes it in the interfaith dialogue at their conferences. I will be attending that in November in Toronto.

Sure, at the local Library.

Good art is good art, good architecture is good architecture, good music is good music, good people are good people. regardless if religious or not.
It makes no difference to me what inspires them to create it.
JMHO.
That looks beautiful btw.

There's a similarly stunning one on the Northern beaches of Sydney, and I had a correspondingly pleasant interaction with the people there.

Can’t say I have, but I just have to say that is a lovely building. Where is it? Glad you had a lovely peaceful day there.

Beautiful. My friend is a monotheistic Hindu, who knew. I find great joy in watching Buddhist monks create sand paintings.

It does appear peaceful, and it's probably a good thing they didn't thrust anything into you.

Sorry, it's very late, and I just watched the Robin Williams and Johnathon Winters video that KKGator posted.