Even though many of the original letterers of America were religiously persecuted and they fled here, why do so many people still treat other religious followers the way they were treated so long ago? Why does it still exist in the USA?
Just looking for open opinions not judgments.
2006-07-12 19:05:01 · 11 answers · asked by ladyviciousblade 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
sorry it should be settlers; not letterers
2006-07-12 19:11:05 · update #1
It is not new. Do you think because those that came here because of religious intolerance were any better than those they left. They turned around and acted the very same way. Quakers in Massachusetts Bay Colony were treated horribly. They were jailed and publicly humiliated. Roger Williams was banished (1636) from Massachusetts Bay Colony because of his beliefs in of separation of church and state. Many who were suffering from religious intolerance then moved to Providence Plantation, now the state of Rhode Island, to escape the intolerance. Most of my ancestors that were from Rhode Island were persecuted Quakers.
In a lot of ways not much has changed and that is sad. You'd think that in almost 400 years we would have grown enough to see that everyone should be allowed to practice their beliefs in peace. Prejudices that are deeply ingrained in our history are hard to break.
http://www.worldspirituality.org/persecution-quakers.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island
http://www.rogerwilliams.org/biography.htm
2006-07-12 19:56:26 · answer #1 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the problem here is with the popular story and our nation's actual founding. You see, the Pilgrims/ Puritans did come to the New World to escape religious persecution. However, when they arrived, they did not practice religious tolerance. The State of Rhode Island was founded by a man, Roger Williams, who was booted out of Massachusetts Bay Colony for being unwilling to accept the religious ideas of the government. There were others as well. So, in some sense, the beginnings of the USA were born out of religious intolerance, rather than religious freedom. With that being said, it should be of little surprise that America is still plagued by said intolerance.
2006-07-12 19:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by Blake the Baptist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally, I don't see religious intolerance in the USA. I think it is fabricated and exaggerated. Are there individual people who, for whatever reason, hurt other people because of religion or race or sex? Yah, absolutely. But that is a far cry from labeling our nation as intolerant. People who say that have a completely twisted perspective on intolerance. If you want to see religious intolerance, walk down the street in Saudi Arabia with a cross and your bible proudly displayed. You'll find out real quick what intolerance really means.
Simply take a look in your communities and you will see synagogs next to churches next to mosques, all co-existing peacefully in the same community. We have so many different forms of religion in this country, yet we all live in peace and co-exist just fine.
America is unique in the world. Never forget that. There are those who have an interest in driving a wedge between cultures, faiths, sexes, races, and ages in this country. It helps sell products and get people elected...
2006-07-12 22:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to start, the middle a while did no longer start up till after the autumn of the Roman Empire and non secular intolerance as a results of fact the reason being only a partial explanation for the autumn. As to intolerance at present in u . s ., you're ultimate. Christians for some reason have desperate to pronounce that this could be a Christian u . s .. The founding fathers had the choice point of view. for this reason the 1st modification to the form. do only no longer decrease your self to their point and be greater accepting. remember Jesus replaced into persecuted interior the initiating, yet he additionally refused to diminish himself to their point and replaced into greater accepting.
2016-12-10 05:54:52 · answer #4 · answered by haden 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why people can't just treat others the way they want to be treated. Have you tried soliciting boy/girl scout cookies at a Jehovah's Witness residence? Yeah, not so friendly after all.
2006-07-12 19:12:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Y'know the "religious intolerance" going on here in the good old US of A is NOTHING compared to what is going on in other countries... people are being killed for their faith.
2006-07-12 20:17:20 · answer #6 · answered by Paul McDonald 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its mainly just human nature. Everbody thinks that they know whats best, or thinks that they KNOW that their religion is the correct one...and they try to convince others and then get mad becasue nobody listens to them.
I'm not all that sure, but maybe that is at least one factor...there are probably several others.
Good question!
2006-07-12 19:14:16 · answer #7 · answered by skillet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we forget about the atrocities throughout history they tend to repeat themselves.
2006-07-12 19:12:04 · answer #8 · answered by laetusatheos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they don't understand God nor Jesus. They continue to sin with their ways of knowing RIGHT AND WRONG.
2006-07-12 19:15:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why did you see any one beheaded in United States cause he is a Muslim, Christian, Jew, or any other religion
I saw a Christian Filipino beat to Death in Saudi cause they just found a Bible in his home!!
2006-07-12 19:10:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋