why are people so conciencous about different religions and races?
410097
you kind of answered your own question. people are born into it so they believe it because they are fed it from birth.
1074943
Because there are still idiot people on this planet. People that can't see beyond skin color or religion. \n\nAlso it is convenient for some groups to have an enemy to target. Good guys vs bad guys kinda thing.
21807
Because people want other people to be like them. If everyone was the same then we would have another issue there in itself. Everyone is diverse. Just people don't realize that. We all come from different backgrounds no matter what color, sex, religion, race. We all have grown up in different ways.Someon might have grown up on a farm and someone else in the city, that is diversity. People are just too scared to want anything else or afraid on who or what they might meet, when in reality the person who is next to you could be your best friend instead they want to hide and not learn anything new.
475708
Huh? Religions have always come down to personal preference...and familial and community pressure...so what's your point? I'm missing something here.
759518
When it comes to religion, a lot of people are unable to accept anything aside from what they were raised to believe or have come to believe.  They believe that their way is the right way, and everything else is just bunk.
389835
Because we are not about judging others beliefs and religions. We even pratice alot of other religions not just one. I also believe that god, he/she is way too big, he/she is in about every religion there is, maybe different intents and different paths.. but all really leads to same god/goddess's. I dont believe in "evil" or a right or wrong way to anyones path. Everything we do and everything we learn is definetly a lesson being learned and taught in most religions and beliefs. I dont believe in judging anyone because god, he/she does not judge anyone, we do enough of that ourselves.
1177219
because, people cannot understand eachother.  anything different is perceived to be evil, and anything evil is obviously bad.  What the world needs is some education on different religions.  If we all learned about each other, we wouldn't be so afraid of one another.
902338
It is in the human's nature to fear what they don't understand. It is lack of exposure to differences and an ignorant attitude that create fear. Religions can foster this ignorance, yes.
1068450
ethnocentric is not the word you want here. ethnocentric means "Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.". A religion is not the same as race (in most cases). By definition, a religion is a way of life, and since it  claims to be the correct way to understand a person's relation with God (and in the case of some religions with society), it is normal that people belonging to one religion believe that everybody else is wronge. Personally, when I judge the tolerance in a certain religion, I look at how it treats people belonging to other religions. Does it encourage its followers to kill people of other religions? Does it prohibit its members from interacting with people of other religions?etc
1036624
different levels of knowledge breeds diversity = conflict?\n\nmaybe god wanted his creations to follow a set of imperatives and hence live harmonious lives
1182618
The problem with this is that not everyone follows the same religion, so what one may believe or follow can be completely different from that of another.\n\nSometimes people get so irate over general questions like this because they will defend their religion to the end, which is quite fine by me. However, everyone is entitled to their own opinion/beliefs but they must also respect those of others.
69195
Non-muslmims (i.e. western countries) do this because they percieve the world through ethnocentric eyes, as does every culture around the world.  What seems different and wrong to one culture is the way of life and a central part of core values to another.  The unfortunate aspect is that many people do not realize that their view on life is not the one and only way, having been taught their whole life that their own culture is the only one that is right, therefore they don't respect any culture or person who may have different views.  It's sad that this exists but unfortunatley this is human nature.
908427
race, religion, culture
337156
People even have very different thoughts of what God is like. This can cause problems.\n\nMost Christians believe God is the Holy Trinity, three persons in one.\n\nJews and Moslems do not recognize this plurality. Some Moslems even think Christians are polytheistic.\n\nSome people including most agnostics believe God started the whole thing and now stands back and watches. Most Christians, Jews, and Moslems believe God is active in our world.\n\nSome people are so enthusiastic about God that these and other issues are big important things and cannot accept another person believing differently.
355611
Some races are more successful than others.  Basically due to their attitude to life in general.  \n\nRace and religion tends to be quite related.  A certain race are associated with a certain religion. So religion plays a great factor too. \n\nFor example, the Middle Eastern and the Arabic Race, the indigenous Malays, the Pakistanis are predominantly Muslims.  The Chinese predominantly Buddhists, the Indians predominantly Hindus, the European mostly Christians.\n\nTake a look at countries that have a concentration of these different races, and look at their economy, the state of their countries, etc.  Some religion hold their people back and they live in the modern world as it is today, but bound by their ancient religious practice.  This produce some group of very confused and ironic people.  These countries are usually quite backward.\n\nThe Arabic world is the Middle East, the Anglo Saxons the Americans with parts Black dominated,and the Chinese Asia.\n\nYes, race and religion do shape society and its progress. thinking, its ability to blend and to integrate.
314473
I personally do not do not think God wants us to keep to or own color or race, after all we are all Gods children! I believe god is more concerned with the spiritual than the physical. What bothers me is when the children of mixed races get the brunt of racism or that they may be torn to decide what race they belong to and therefore feel ostracized by both. This is so sad.
155418
Every religion differs from the other,so everyone see this in a diffrent point of view...