OK then why are the incidents of religious hate crimes going up. Reporting criteria has not changed. Its not just overt hate crimes either. Incidents like banning sharia is a good example, or the continual refrain about the war on religion/christmas etc. Or the efforts to get creatinism in the public schools. Those last two whines are classic. Thing is that the intolerance is increasing and not just a minority.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:28 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:345315 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
