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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

This is an interesting article about tolerance, in case you missed it..

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/08/hajj.tolerance/index.html

> John C. Green, a senior fellow in religion and American politics at
> the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, said he was startled by some
> of the findings.
>
> Other studies have suggested that deeply religious people tend to be
> more tolerant than average in some ways, but not in others.
>
> "Higher levels of religious observance tend to make people more
> tolerant of different religions," Green said. Religious people also
> tend to be more accepting of other ethnic groups, he said.




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