because each position has a level of power and those with greater power are what the final decisions made, but over time this has been changing according to the needs of the government, since for decision making with greater magnitude, You have to ask for opinions in the field to see if you agree with the law or decisions that are taken, since in the field there are representatives of the different states so your opinion is important since these decisions are applied at the level national and apply through majority vote
When the Europeans first arrived to North America and meet the Powhatan Indians,they thought their religion was not correct. So during those years of discovering America some forced the Indians to have Christianity as their religion.
Buddhism actually originated in India so it goes against something like Doisom in china + the religion side of it is very different yet share some traits like meditation.