On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > I was referring to specific groups like the puritans or early mormons. > Those groups practiced a brand of religious intolerance that tried to > get it enshrined in the law. That strain of religiosity is far too > prevalent here. The recent firebombing of a mosque under construction > in Tennessee is a good example. The strain of deism and tolerance that > Jefferson and many of the other founders followed has mostly died out > in the US. > I disagree Larry. In the daily lives of the VAST majority of Americans across this country, religions get along just fine. Yes, there are fundamentalists and evangelicals who unfortunately have the means to get their intolerance messages to the masses. As such, it can be easy to assume that what you stated is true...that these idiots somehow outnumber the moderates...but I just don't think that is true. For every rare act of terrorism like the mosque bombing you cited, I could cite hundreds of thousands of interactions each day by people of different faiths that are completely civil and respectful. Religious tolerance is not dead in America.....but it does need defending. Every day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345314 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
