One line in the section that stood out to me was "Every individual holds a set of values or beliefs about the way the world and human behavior should be(not necessarily the way things are)." I know I have my own idea how the world should be based on my experiences and what I have been taught. I believe everyone should get along and not care care about what beliefs or ideas that other people have. But based on history and the present that is not true.
I am raised Catholic and went to private school all my life. I do not believe that the catholic views are the best for everyone but some people my disagree. I believe that it is over these views that religions fight one another. This can be seen back in the 1300-1400's with the Christians fighting the Muslims. And can be seen today with the different kinds of Islam fighting each other saying that this one is better than that one.
People judge each other based on their religion. ie. if you are Muslim your are bad. Aversion of this can be seen during WWII when it was Japanese not Muslims that were seen as evil.
Religion has fueled wars and started conflicts in the past and will continue to do so in the future.
Questions
1. How can we get people to look past ones religion and see the person?
2. How has religion affected your decisions and judgement?
I like the quotation from the text you used. I agree that its important we take into account people's differing worldview when interacting with them in order to reduce tensions. As someone who is non-religious it's very easy to examine religious tensions and think that they are frivolous, but it is important to be sensitive to these differing views.
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