Raj1037 asked this question on 2/21/2000:

I was wondering.. what exactly goes through the minds of religious people when they feel the need to force their majority religion upon all minorities within the nation? The posting of the 10 commandments, christian prayer in schools, christian creationism in schools.. and so forth, would all would discriminate against everyone who is non-christian (25-35% of the nation).

Do they not realize this is directly imposing their beliefs onto others? How would they feel if Islamics were to force the Koran, Islamic teachings, and Islamic prayer onto them? What if they were taught Hindu creationism? How about if they had to walk past idols from other religions everyday at school?

Are these things just completely out of their minds? I personally am an atheist, and I can't believe these people want to make the same mistakes the catholics did in England a few hundred years ago. This nation was founded and had such a large colonial population because they were trying to escape religious persecution. Have they completely forgotten that?

pharoahmoan gave this response on 2/29/2000:

It seems to me that the majority of society always has that gut instinct that they have to be right about everythig. if you believe something differently, then you are, of course, wrong, and are going to their version of Hell.

I am Pagan and I see this stuff happening all of the time. I believe that this is one of the cases that misinterprets the term "majority rules." They feel if a lot of society views religion and the world the way that they do, that they are right and every body else is wrong. They are taught to forget the past and to move to a "better future." What they forget is the fact that it is only their interpretation of a better future.

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