Doing all this research on racism with Native Americans, I noticed some things which are the same that I personally have gone through. I was thinking that since I am a white male, I can't really relate to the racism that anybody goes through. But racism is just a type of prejudice and I realized that I do go suffer from a type of prejudice, religious. I am a christian. I have been made fun of this for a while, been made fun of for believing in God. When the United States were newly founded, Majority of the people belived in God. Nowadays, it seems like not many people do. Although something like 3/4s of Americans say that they are Christian or Catholic or a religion closely related, only about 1/4 of my friends strive to follow their religious guidelines.
Another similiarity is that my religion is dying out. It is written that the world will eventually turn 'bad,' for lack of a better term. That is when armegedon will happen. So, my religon was the main thing in the history of the USA; but today, it seems to almost not exist. The way people act has changed, and it seems like morals are almost disappearing from so many people. But times have changed and although I dislike this change, I have to learn to adapt. I am from a seamingly minority now, which makes it hard to stay this way. Which unlike Native Americans, I can changed my religion, but I do not want to. I want to stay faithful to this religion, not become weak and give in. Since I believe this is the right religion.
Everyone has morals. I don't think that will ever go away. And there are plenty of people who are religious but I do agree it is dying out, but not to the point where religion will be forgotten anytime soon. People are a lot more liberal today, form their own opinions and live by them. In the past, it was pretty unheard of, rare, or unthinkable for people to not have a religion. I commend you for having this belief and stick by it. Logic seems to sway others the other way sometimes.
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