Religious Intolerance In America

There were initially two to ten million natives in the United States prior to European contact. Those numbers dwindled down drastically in the years that Europeans came and started colonizing. The Europeans came to explore the New World in search of land, spices, gold, God and glory. Among these colonists were the Spanish and they colonized most of the southwest of the United States. Evidence of their settlements can still be seen today in the missions scattered across the land. These missions were started with the purpose of converting the Native Americans to Christianity. Now, imagine living your entire life with a particular set of beliefs, based on your ancestors and culture, and a group of foreigners come and proclaim that your views are all wrong and that you must follow their beliefs for the salvation of your soul. This is exactly what the Spanish did to the Natives. The relationship between the two parties were strained and rife with tension due to the conversion of the natives and the constant abuse doled out by the Spanish. This subsequently led to the disintegration of native life and culture.

In his book, The Religious Beliefs of America’s Founders, Gregg Frazer attempts to break apart the debate going on today about whether or not the founding fathers were Christian. In the preface of the book, Frazer states, “I want to force extremists on the Left and Right to make a case for their vision… this book is an attempt to allow [the Founders] to defend themselves through the written record of their words.” In his book, Frazer makes arguments that eight of the most prominent Founders were not Christian or Deist, but rather they were “theistic rationalists,” a term that he uses countless times throughout the text. Frazer examines the eight key Founders as well as important theologians and ministers of the time. He defends theistic

    Religious conscience in America has evolved considerably since the first settlers emigrated here from Europe. Primary settlements were established by Puritans and Pilgrims who believed "their errand into the wilderness [America] was above all else a religious errand, and all institutions - town meeting, school, church, family, law-must faithfully reflect that fact" (Gaustad 61). However, as colonies grew, dissenters emerged to challenge Puritan authority; indeed, many of them left the church to join untraditional religious sects such as "the Ranters, the Seekers, the Quakers, the Antinomians, and the Familists" (Westbrook 26). Debates over softening the stance on tolerance in

Religions and its followers have been persecuted, both legally and hypothetically, for its beliefs and practices throughout history. While there are numerous examples of religious persecution around the world, here, in the United States the legal persecution of Native Americans for their use of peyote has been one of the most distinct. Another historical event, in the United States, was the legal discrimination against Mormons, in specific The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. While both cases have been historical, they have had very different outcomes from each other.

and fund a religion. The original settlers in America were looking for religious freedom, in particular they were trying to get away from the state sponsored religion being practiced in England at the time. The Anglican church was the “church of England” and bishops were appointed by the King of England (Heyrman 2017). If you didn’t belong to the official religion of the country, you were an outcast. A lot of these outcast were the people who originally settled the United States, they wanted to get away from state sponsored religion. However, once in America they started the same system of government supporting a favored religion. Instead of one national religion, individual states supported different churches. According to Shmoop (2017): “Congregationalism

Throughout history people have been intolerant, some examples of this are the Holocaust, Japanese Internment Camps, and slavery in the US. The Holocaust is the definition of intolerance, over 6 million Jews were killed simply

Even though, George W. Bush had become, like some of his great predecessors, the voice of inspiration and hope for freedom not only in America, but in all over the world, he had received many critics for his religious contribution on American politics. In the light of this quotation, Noll shows that the second victory of President Bush was somehow astonishing when we noticed the crucial role of the white evangelical Protestants plays in his second term. Additionally, this quotation shows that if there were no evangelicals’ support, the President would not win the election, it also; strengthens the value of religion and its place in the American political life.

The founding of religion gave birth to quite a few contentions between separate groups, raising moral dialectics. These moral bickers from religion fueled groups to spread their specific beliefs or ideals. For example, in the year 1769 Spanish Missionaries, led by Junipero Serra, attempted to christianize those Native Americans who habited California. The missionaries accumulated thousands of semi-nomadic Indians to strong missions which taught ideas like horticulture. Missionaries fiercely shoved the idea of christianity down the throats of the natives, yet they did so with retaliation. It was common for the natives to violently rebel against the religious influences pushing into their private, peaceful lives. Also, French-Catholic Missionaries called Jesuits, attempted to "save" Native Americans and convert them into Christianity. Jesuits went as far as to try and convert Native Americans even though they were rebellious to the point of violence, like the Native Americans in California. A majority of the Jesuits' attempts failed because copious amounts of the conversions were not permanent. In the small world of politics and religion, philosopher John Locke emphasized the separation

One major part of the first amendment is the freedom of religion and it's impact on America. The freedom of religion allows people to choose what God or gods to believe in. It also gives people the right to not believe. This right ensures that citizens can posses religious material, gather in places of worship, and live their life according to their beliefs as long as their beliefs do not go against the laws. All over America and other regions, religious tolerance opened a door to new religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and different branches of Christianity. This freedom impacted the U.S. by giving people new ideas and ways of life. Most people in the U.S. incorporate religion in their daily lives

Fellow students and promonate leader. I am a devout Christian teen, and I want to talk about the religious freedom in America. Although I am a Christian, I speak for all religious groups when I say this speech. In today’s world from listening to the news, it appears that the freedom of religion is in jeopardy. Freedom seems to be slipping through the fingers of many Americans. Religion is not just overlooked nowadays, but used as a tool to discriminate others. To first understand my points, you must acknowledge the proper history of America.

When looking at the history of Christianity, a common occurrence that is found is persecution. Christians have been persecuted throughout the history of Christianity, and it is something that still happens today. While Christian persecution in the United States is not much of a concern, persecution throughout the world is still a major problem. Muslim nations and communist nations still openly persecute Christians. The persecution of Christians around the world is unjust and needs to be stopped.

I am certainly on the side, where i believe religious diversity and religious influence is not good for united states as a nation. I clearly believe that if one nation wants to be in union and synchronized with one another they should believe in one thing. I believe that religion can not be used in politics in general. As we all know there are many forms of religions in the world such as christianity, islam, judaism, buddhism, and etc. I am not stating that everyone in the united states should be believe in christ and become a christian or believe in allah and become muslim but to all believe that church and state should not influence each other. I believe that if we all can agree that church and state should not affect each other that we would

Intolerance is everywhere. It always has been and it always will be. Never will there be a world where everyone agrees, where everyone has the same thoughts. We were made to be different and think differently, but sometimes our actions go a little too far to protect our beliefs and what we think is right, and sometimes certain things need to be done.

The religions around the world are practiced in America such as Christianity,Islam,Jewish,etc and this country still remains one of the most religious nations in the world today.Population also usually can be participates in organized religious practice while others can choose to engage in a private spirituality.Besides that,religion can be describes as spiritual belief in, worship of, or obedience to a God and considered to be divine or to have control of human destiny.I believe the percentages in American people that believe in God still be higher in 50 years ahead,but the religious practicing probably will decreasing.It has many factors such as age, race, gender, economic class, and other demographic factors that can affect American

“American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us,” by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell, and “America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity,” by Robert Wuthnow, give different thoughts to religion and politics in the United States. Putnam and Campbell utilize the concepts of shocks and aftershocks to highlight religious changes in the United States. On the other hand, Wuthnow uses observations to focus on the encounters of religious diversity in the United States. Wuthnow compares American Christianity with other popular religions in America and how Christianity has affected the perception of religion. Putnam and Campbell’s “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us” is a more persuasive assessment of American religion and politics.