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Podcast: PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash
Episode: 153 Religion
Description: It's fair to say America was founded on religion. Early settlers didn't come here for opportunity so much as to escape oppression, often religious oppression. The liberty they were lusting after was the liberty to believe crazy stuff without being persecuted by those who thought everyone should believe some other crazy stuff. It's also fair to say that this was the seed from which America's liberty focus grew whereas it wilted & died in the rest of the world.
Tolerance of different religions makes Americans less judgmental but it also makes them more accepting of mysticism in place...