[문 15～문 17] The United States is a country founded by people persecuted for their religious beliefs, and religious freedom is guaranteed by the Constitution. Until the mid-nineteenth century, most immigrants were Protestants of various kinds, but beginning with the Irish and continuing with Southern Europeans, especially Italians, large numbers of Catholics arrived, as well as Greek-Orthodox believers and Jews. Many of the Protestants had come to ___________ a liberal interpretation of the Bible, compatible with Darwinism theories of the evolution of mankind from less advanced species. However, many Protestant sects, such as the Pentecostals and Jehovah's Witnesses, refused to acknowledge the findings of modern science and wanted a return to what they thought were essentials of Christian belief, the Fundamentals.Among these are the acceptance of the teachings of the Bible concerning the Creation, as well as the virgin birth of Jesus and his bodily resurrection. The largest numbers of Fundamentalists are residents of Southern and Western states, the so-called BibleBelt.In some of these states, the teaching of evolutionary biology in schools is prohibited.