There are no easy answers. On a more personal level, it seems clear to me that each individual must worship in the way that helps him or her to best approach God, however He may be perceived. The holy city of New Jerusalem does have twelve different gates, after all. We are not all expected to follow the same path to eternal happiness, as much as we may think that ours is the best and only way. Variety in worship of the Lord from the variety of good in different societies is not harmful, but beneficial, for the perfection of heaven is therefrom.
Mere mortals seem to have a much harder time with the concept.
Karen Hyatt lives in Maryland and teaches literature and kindergarten at her church school, where she feels very much at home. Enter the Culture Clash Comment on this article or Start your own discussion on religion Related Sites Margaret Talbot wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine about Christian fundamentalists who are retreating to their own homes to educate and raise their children. But it's hard creating a world apart when the secular world keeps knocking. From The Economist , One Nation, Fairly Divisible, Under God - a look at the culture and political gap in the United States. The Pew Research Center for People and the Press conducted a poll on religion and politics.