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It’s So Ridiculous…

Nowadays, toleration can mean many different things. Toleration can mean respecting ones beliefs or throwing caution to the wind and disrespecting every religion equally. Religion has led to many of the greatest debates that our country has ever seen. Remember when our country was debating over whether we should change the Pledge of Allegiance just because it used the word “God”? Why? The Pledge of Allegiance is not a prayer to an omnipotent being. It is a pledge to the country that you live in, that you will stay loyal to your country. And if you don’t like it….don’t say it! There was also a bit of controversy surrounding the prophet Muhammed after Comedy Central refused to air an image of him citing “In light of recent world events, we feel we made the right decision”. However, later on in the South Park episode, Jesus and George W. Bush were seen defecating on the American flag.

So what is the solution? People should not pick and choose which religions can be picked on and which ones should not. It is not fair to those who strictly enjoy a good joke at the expense of of someone’s beliefs. Granted, as long as the joke is not specifically and consistently hating on a single religion. There seems to be a growing rift nowadays between people who have become increasingly sensitive and those who have grown increasingly apathetic towards the debate. Bill Maher seems to have the apathetic side covered in his movie: Religulous