At first I studied the Buddha in order to become a better Christian

[MADem]

10. Oh, sure!

People were much more coy about how they dealt with the differences, though. I don't know if their way of handling it was better, but it was certainly less overtly rude! That said, a lot of little kids were probably left the dire and horrible unspoken "knowledge" that their pals of different faiths were going to have trouble as a consequence of belonging to the "wrong" club!

I think, aside from ecumenical efforts by priests, ministers, rabbis, etc., media has helped a lot to change attitudes and foster understanding, too. Religion is woven into everything from dramatic presentations on TV and movies to comedies. When people are able to see the people from other religions practicing their faith, it becomes less strange to them.

Even today, though, Sunday morning is still the "segregated hour" though that paradigm is slowly being challenged. There are more multi-racial/multi-cultural churches today, but there are still a lot of places that are still rather homogenized!