The Importance Of Faith In America

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I believe in an America that in overabundant “with freedom, faith, and hope.” Faith means a lot to the people around me in my everyday life and to myself.
America is a place where you can practice your religion without the worry of being persecuted for it. There are people that are in these religions like Christians, Jews, and Catholics. Religions like these aren’t able to be practiced in other countries, but our great country allows all of them. I believe in God and in Jesus and it is great to know that I never have to worry about being killed for my faith. In other countries if you are a certain religion you might be executed for it, but in America you won’t have to worry about being killed for you faith.
Our country allows people from

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