Tag: religious tolerance

The real story of religion in America’s past is an often awkward, frequently embarrassing and occasionally bloody tale that most civics books and high-school texts either paper over or shunt to the side. And much of the recent conversation about America’s ideal of religious freedom has paid lip service to this comforting tableau.

Some modern teachers have stated that all religions are one, that they are all ultimately the same and all equally good. While their view is motivated by a sincere effort to bring about religious harmony and world peace, it has led to many distortions.