I'm sure those things can and do happen. People are people even as they had that problem at the beginning.
But I'm not sure about "religion by proselytizing. Unless I misunderstand the definition, how does one fulfill:
Mark 16:15 And he said unto
them,
Go ye
into all the world, and preach
the gospel to every creature.
Acts 1:8 But ye
shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.