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Why, I Wondered, Is There Such Hostility To One Faith In This Hindu Culture That Believes All Roads Lead To Heaven? They Should Be The Most Tolerant Of All. What Is It About The Judeo-christian Message That Makes It So Offensive? Ironically, The Indians May Understand The Heart Of The Gospel - That Christ Is King, With All That Portends - Better Than Many In The 'christian' West.

Hostility To Religion Is Having An Effect. In 1963, The Number Of Americans Who Said That They Believed The Bible Is Literally True Was 65%. Today, The Number Has Dropped To 32%.

The Average College Graduate's Proficient Literacy In English [the Ability To Read Lengthy, Complex Texts And Draw Complicated Inferences] Has Declined From 40 Percent In 1992 To 31 Percent Ten Years Later.

We Americans Think We Enjoy Self-government. We Have All The Trappings Of Self-government, Like Elections. But In Reality, We Have Gradually Lost Many Of Our Rights To Govern Ourselves. We Have The Form Of Self-government, But Only Some Of The Substance. We Are, In A Sense, A Nation Run By A Handful Of Judges Who Often Enforce, Not The Law, But Their Personal Opinions.

In Our Day, You Can Mock Religion In Public And Even Get Funds For Doing It. But You Can't Show Respect For Religion In Public - Or You Risk Being Hauled Into Court.