Religion and Philosophy Assignment I believe that society should tolerate all kinds of religious groups. Religious tolerance is a growing social movement in America. It seems that tolerance of various religious groups is a necessity if we are all going to get along. We need to be tolerant of those who have different religious beliefs. We should not hate and persecute someone because of his or her faith. Another example to me, is the concept of the "melting pot," in the United States which referred to the fact that many different nationalities and ethnic groups supposedly "melted together" to become Americans. I experience this concept almost every day. For me it occurs more frequently at work. My co-workers are Haitians, Semolians, Philippians, etc. Personally, I seem to adapt well with differences. I am three unique ethnicities, African American, German, and Japanese, so being able to understand other people’s lifestyles is very natural to me since I have the experience of my own. In my opinion, differences between religions are more important. The United States is very uniform when it is compared to other countries. We try to speak the same language, have similarity in the school system, and the government is the same for everyone in the United States. Why have the same religion? By having varying religious groups, it honors each group of religion as valuable and unique. It also shows appreciation by being distinct and valuable. I feel people of various religions can be united by viewing common goals. For example, like I said I work with people who have various backgrounds and religious views. We all have the same goal by helping, comforting, supporting, focusing on assisting people in maintaining health, avoiding or minimizing disease and disability, and restoring wellness.
Religion does not maintain that one group is superior to another.