I'm sad too. That came to mind for me when I first read the thread.
Did you ever hear the story about the Church in Russia? The Russian soldiers went into the full Church with their rifles pointed and one ask "Those who are not Christian can leave." A few trickled out of the Church thinking that the soldiers were going to kill the Christians.
After they left, the soldiers put their rifles down and said "Good. We wanted to make sure everyone was of our faith here."