It's okay to have a belief, but it's not okay to push a belief

I walk down the path to Walgreens to buy poster board for a project for my Performance Physiology class. It is chilly outside, and I pull my sweatshirt over me and shiver. Just a few more yards and I’m there, I think to myself.
Out of nowhere, I hear a voice say, “Jesus just wanted me to give you this message…” I look to my right and see a man biking across from me. He is pedaling slowly to match the speed I am walking at.
Oh great, I bet this is one of those weird solicitations, I think.
“How do you feel about Jesus?” he asks.
WHY is this guy talking to me? I am screaming internally. “Um, he’s great. Love him- Jesus is awesome,” I say just to get the guy to leave me alone.
“Oh really?” he is genuinely surprised. I can tell he wasn’t expecting this to come out from some Indian teenager’s mouth.
“Are you a Christian?” he asks.
“Nope.”
“Muslim?”
“Nope.” I could keep him guessing, but instead, I just say, “I’m Hindu.”
“Oh… interesting,” he says, putting much emphasis on the “interesting”.
“Well, anyway, there’s this website- www.mormon.org that you should check out sometimes and maybe think about your other options.” I know what he means by “options”, but I don’t want to get into any further conversation with this man.
“Thanks, but no thanks,” I say, walking more briskly every second.
“Okay, thanks for your time,” he says and bikes away.
If I could have talked to this man for a few more minutes, we could have had some deep, philosophical discussion about religion and our views on the world. But that’s not what I wanted that day. What I wanted was for him to respect my religious views and whomever else’s he was on the way to tell to convert to Mormonism. I believe that he has a right to be Mormon and I have a right to be Hindu, but it is not okay for him to tell others to “check out” Mormonism in the same way it’s not okay for me to tell people to “check out” Hinduism.
Every time I walk that path now, I am nervous I will see that man again. Now I’ve realized, though, that I’ll know exactly what to say to him.