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The religious ideas also make their impact by crossing the boundaries
of their origin (or dominance) to far off places. Religious faith of
economically and militarily strong race (or nation) tries to dominate the
weak and the underdeveloped. The mode of penetration and
percolation of religious ideas may be through missionary activities, or
through persecution by the sword and the pen. Tactful, but definite,
attempts may also be made to derogate the native religious beliefs
and customs, and to eulogize the religion of the strong. Thus, customs
and rituals, religious faiths and traditions, art and literature, all find
free flow from dominant culture to economically weaker one. The
resistance of the native people is chiefly through the strength of their
own religious principles and traditions. Militarily the native may not
fight back, but the religion of the land might be capable of keeping its
head afloat if its level of growth, faith in scriptural tradition, and history
are strong.