Hi, "meself" - I think the point is realizing that it's healthy to have a number of perspectives, and none of them is necessarily wrong. That's something we all have to constantly remind ourselves about. Too often, we go through life thinking that "different" must be "wrong."

Both sides of the discussion have learned tolerance over the last 500 years.

The differences between the Catholic and Protestant churches are viewed differently in the U.S. and Europe. While there's no state religion in the U.S., the Catholics have felt like a minority for most of U.S. history. Catholics were targeted by the Ku Klux Klan and the Know-Nothings and other groups.

I'm sure it's the Protestants who felt like a minority in much of Europe.

-Joe-