Alysia,
Yes, you have to treat people with all the love possible and no, I would never try to force my beliefs on someone else. I try to stay out of religious or political debates because you are never going to change someone's beliefs. It is just a waste of time.
It took me a number of years to finally get all that out of my system. I guess that is why I questioned all this stuff for a long time - OBE's, Afterlife, etc. I continually questioned even when I was journeying.
After getting burned by Christianity I kind of adopted that old Who song, "We Won't Get Fooled Again."
Dan
P.S. But then a few years later we get a method acting teacher and the old control starts again. That's another long story.