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World views play a role in most religious intolerance. This section of the paper will discuss some mind sets or attitudes that can cause or lead to religious intolerance as well as different ways religious intolerance can be seen.
Mind sets, or attitudes that can cause or lead to religious intolerance could be fear of others and lack of doubt. The fear of what other individuals will think of one by practicing or believing in a religion could be an example of why an individual does not form his or her own religious beliefs. This fear of being different from others plays a key role in religious intolerance. Religious intolerance can be seen in many different ways in the United States.
In the United States religious intolerance often takes place under the cover of the constitutional separation of church and state. This causes the courts to outlaw religious practices such as mentioning Jesus or praying at the opening of sporting events. These constitutional laws are often used by Atheists in their legal attacks against public displays of religious items. Removing religious beliefs or practices from public events or public displays could be the start of a much higher practice of religious intolerance in today's society. For years it was accepted in society to publicly display religious beliefs and practices. Those public displays were making a statement, for every public display; there were also private …show more content…
I personally do not believe in the practice of cults but for the individuals in a cult they are practicing their religious beliefs and practices. As part of America an individual has the right to practice such beliefs as he or she chooses to do so. This approach looks at religious intolerance from another point of view. The first part of this reading I mostly referred to those not wanting to allow most common or traditional religious practices or beliefs in public. This second approach takes the stance from a person that has more common or traditional religious practices not wanting those of cults or satanic type sanctions to publicly display their beliefs or …show more content…
Science is knowledge reduced to a system; the facts pertaining to any department of mind or matter in their due connections; skills resulting from training. Science seems to question everything no matter the subject; religion does not escape the scrutiny of science. Science discovers what is and how it works and why it works. How it began or why it has evolved. For many years now science has been investigating religions. For example, stories in the Bible. In Israel there was a city that Jesus would heal people in a sacred pool and when he would do this the water turned into blood. The pool that the sick man had been in for thirty eight ye ars, was tired and Scientist found out that in the tunnels were the watered flowed; they found red clay throughout many of the tunnels. Thus, proving that the blood may not have blood but it was actually clay. Another Bible story states that there was fine wine in the beginning of the wedding, but later ran very low Jesus was the one to asked for drinking water, he turned this water into
Mind sets, or attitudes that can cause or lead to religious intolerance could be fear of others and lack of doubt. The fear of what other individuals will think of one by practicing or believing in a religion could be an example of why an individual does not form his or her own religious beliefs. This fear of being different from others plays a key role in religious intolerance. Religious intolerance can be seen in many different ways in the United States.
In the United States religious intolerance often takes place under the cover of the constitutional separation of church and state. This causes the courts to outlaw religious practices such as mentioning Jesus or praying at the opening of sporting events. These constitutional laws are often used by Atheists in their legal attacks against public displays of religious items. Removing religious beliefs or practices from public events or public displays could be the start of a much higher practice of religious intolerance in today's society. For years it was accepted in society to publicly display religious beliefs and practices. Those public displays were making a statement, for every public display; there were also private …show more content…
I personally do not believe in the practice of cults but for the individuals in a cult they are practicing their religious beliefs and practices. As part of America an individual has the right to practice such beliefs as he or she chooses to do so. This approach looks at religious intolerance from another point of view. The first part of this reading I mostly referred to those not wanting to allow most common or traditional religious practices or beliefs in public. This second approach takes the stance from a person that has more common or traditional religious practices not wanting those of cults or satanic type sanctions to publicly display their beliefs or …show more content…
Science is knowledge reduced to a system; the facts pertaining to any department of mind or matter in their due connections; skills resulting from training. Science seems to question everything no matter the subject; religion does not escape the scrutiny of science. Science discovers what is and how it works and why it works. How it began or why it has evolved. For many years now science has been investigating religions. For example, stories in the Bible. In Israel there was a city that Jesus would heal people in a sacred pool and when he would do this the water turned into blood. The pool that the sick man had been in for thirty eight ye ars, was tired and Scientist found out that in the tunnels were the watered flowed; they found red clay throughout many of the tunnels. Thus, proving that the blood may not have blood but it was actually clay. Another Bible story states that there was fine wine in the beginning of the wedding, but later ran very low Jesus was the one to asked for drinking water, he turned this water into