I am a very loving and tolerant person. Every service person gets a smile and a thank you. Every waiter a tip. Every person gets respect from me, automatically, unless I have strong reason to believe they are already intolerant or hateful of me.
Then I become someone else....i let my protective male superman come out. I hate Islam and tell people everyday why I hate it, but for those who neatly want to put me into a neat little dichotomy of "hater" vs "PC nimrod" let me try to play neo here and rip you out of the PC matrix.
Life isnt that simple. Life isnt made up of "good" v "evil"...in fact, the idiots that think this way, are not much different than Muslims.
The difference then becomes "how actionable" this religious label of hate becomes. I am the heathen to the Christian, so i will go to hell...but they wont send me there....where the Muslims will, with there own hand.
Am I "evil"? If you knew me, you would trust me without question. I hate racists and love diversity.
2006-06-19 17:58:33 · 14 answers · asked by international_man_in_budapest 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Still wanna fit me in a neat little box?
2006-06-19 17:59:03 · update #1
Yours is a rather intolerant rhetorical question. Tolerance needs to be consistent. However, we need to protect ourselves from physical harm and what we all recognize as criminal behavior. I prefer to permit people to express themselves openly and freely. The terrorists lost the battle of ideas and ideals and had to resort to violence.
Playground bully's do the same thing. When that happens, we call the authorities to protect our rights.
2006-06-19 18:03:34 · answer #1 · answered by valcus43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi International Man;
I am a Christian and I wouldn't label you a heathen. If anything, I see you as an unbeliever. As for tolerance, it would be idiotic to tolerate anything that is evil. I would say you had wisdom enough to know to shun that which is hateful and intolerant. You are very perceptive in making this distinction.
Please do not judge Christ and Christianity by all who call themselves Christians. Many who profess to be Christian (follwers of the LORD Jesus Christ) are far from Him. Those who love the LORD hate what the LORD hates. And I can confidently say that the LORD hates the hateful, Jew-hating, Christian-hating, murderous insanity of Islam. Though He loves the people (Christ died for the wicked). You are perfectly right to abhor and shun this awful religion called Islam. Not all Muslims are terrorists, but pretty much all terrorists are Muslim.
2006-06-19 18:18:53 · answer #2 · answered by Shalom Yerushalayim 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can we hate one another? If people could only realize that we all come from the same source, it would be impossible to hate. If you could look in to the eyes of a Muslim child, would they look any different from the eyes of a Christian or a Jew? I believe that there is no religion....there is just God - our energy/life force...We are all just energy, as is the world we live in, the air we breathe. Everything...we are all (every single thing) comprised of the same matter when you break it all down into tiny cells/atoms/nuclei. And we all go back to our source, which is God, Jehovah, Yahweh, Alla...whatever you call him/her. We are all ONE. God is like an octopus, with billions of tentcles, outstreached, and at the end of each tentacle is a pinpoint of light/energy and thats us....you, me, muslim, jew....
2006-06-19 18:09:46 · answer #3 · answered by taraleighsg 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They have a category for you already:
pompous ***.
It's not about nice.
Or the simple retaliation you practice:
"unless I have strong reason to believe they are already intolerant or hateful of me. Then I become someone else..."
It's about ANYBODY'S rebellion against a holy God who already paid your ticket to heaven regardless of your ethics. Knowing humans, God made the way possible without our so-called good works.... the ticket named Jesus Christ, the One. For All. For ever. Get It.
2006-06-19 18:13:45 · answer #4 · answered by g d in dallas 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't say that you are evil, I would simply say that you want to feel smart and nice by being kind to some people(a noble endeavor) and so when someone is intolerant you become angry because they are not as good as you. It is difficult to notice to others because it is shaded by the intolerance of the target.
2006-06-19 18:05:11 · answer #5 · answered by hitako47 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The true hate cult is christianity. Do you never think that perhaps muslims are fighting back because they are sick to the back teeth of christianity interfering and stamping out their culture ?
2006-06-20 06:55:46 · answer #6 · answered by debisioux 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't want to put you in a box. You believe what you want, and you have the right to that. It is not my place or anyone elses to judge you. And anyone should be able to not listen it they choose. That is their right. Respect everyone, that makes you a better person.
2006-06-19 18:05:21 · answer #7 · answered by mopargrapeape 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No matter what religion... Islam... Christian... Jew... and etc... There will be what we called good or bad followers, my dear..
I love your style, respect others and I hope they would respect you.
2006-06-19 18:04:13 · answer #8 · answered by yusdz 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
...um, "I hate racists and love diversity". But you are extremely hateful to all Muslims? That sound kinda racist to me.
2006-06-19 18:05:19 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christians don't hate anyone, we just want everyone to be saved.
2006-06-19 18:03:57 · answer #10 · answered by qtee 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋