American Religious Diversity

This assignment helped me understand and achieve the educational goals of the university by helping me realize the ignorance that existed towards anyone who was different. Many use texts to degrade others beliefs and to better their beliefs. This is wrong and in reading these articles I now have a greater knowledge of this and will always try to see both sides of a situation equally. This assignment was important for a better understanding of American religious diversity because it demonstrated the biased that exists and how diversity can lead to issues regarding religion.
In The Clash of Civilization, Huntington explains how he is afraid for the future of America because of the diversity in the civilizations of the world. He explains how …show more content…
They are very religious and feel strongly about their faith and beliefs which was a good thing to see because they did not back down from their beliefs. The Catholic Church believes that “other religion’s rituals may assume preparation for the Gospel, and to open one’s heart for God, but it depends on superstitions or other errors.” This means that they believe that other religions rituals are not sacraments and it will not lead them to salvation. This to me seems very biased, they just want to be right and they do not want anyone else’s religion to be right. The Catholic Church sees its relationship with the truth and with God as one whole. “the truth, which is Christ, imposes itself as an all-embracing authority.” This shows how their relationship with the truth and with God is all through the church and through their sacraments. The Catholic Church think that they are superior to other religions because they believe that they have a direct connection with God through Jesus Crist. They follow all of the instructions that were left to them by God, such as baptism and taking communion. They follow the example of Apostle Paul and they believe that their church will lead them all to salvation. I believe that most of their arguments and points are meaningful such as the following Apostle Paul and the instructions left to them by God. They make sense in their beliefs, but the points that I found weak were the ones where they believe that only their rituals will lead them to salvation. This point to me was biased and unfair to other religions who may not believe in salvation or the afterlife. My personal view on this matter is that everyone thinks that they are right and that it’s okay. I believe that everyone has a right to believe whatever they think is right, but that this should not make them ignorant of other religions. I believe that the kind of rationale found in this