United States is a land of religious pluralism. Protestants, Catholic, and other Christian groups have by and large laid the foundation for a society that includes Mormons, Muslims, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, Hindus, Wiccans, and countless other faiths.
Religious fundamentalists (those who believe that their version of their faith has a monopoly on virtue) are increasing both in their numbers and in their influence. Just as Islamic fundamentalists, a tiny fringe of the world's billion-plus Muslims, are increasing in their numbers and influence around the world, Christian fundamentalists are threatening to end the equality of faiths in this country. People of faith, quite understandably, view their religion as the best possible path. But when they begin to view it as the only possible path, taking it to the extreme of using their political, military, or physical power to punish those who believe differently, it threatens everyone.
Labels: 221st century issues, effect
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