[damasa]

Few questions about this post. First, why is this a challenge to just undergraduates? To me this insinuates the fact that you are calling undergraduates, in a sense, uneducated about other religions and cultures. This should be an open challenge to all, no age group, there are many in this world, of all ages that need to learn and compare religions, cultures, etc. Hatred is in the world, no matter what anyone does about it. Hatred for someone, something, someplace will always exist in someone in the world. To change that may further anger that person. Although, I do not agree with the hatred that some hold towards others, and I denounce it totally, they are entitled to their opinion. good or bad, it's still their opinion. We may not all agree with it, but hey, that's life. So now...on to the next one, what if a person isn't religious at all? How can they compare their unreligious self to those of other religions. We are in a new time, not everyone is held to a certain religion, and that is also their view and/or opinion on religion and life. I was at a time religious, but being in college, I have come to realize many things, I will leave my opinions to myself, but I don't really feel like learning any religions at this point in time. Also, this isn't a matter based solely on religion. This deals with much much more, we are talking major politics, major cultural differences, major conflicts because of these. It isn't held to religion alone, there is a much greater span to deal with.

That's all I really have to say, not being harsh, I just want to make a bigger picture on the situation, and shed light on some of those that may not have had the light shed on them in the starting of this thread.