Do you have religious tolerance?

Question

Do you respect the religious paths of others with out interfering or do you believe that your way is "THE" way and you will try to change any opinions that do not match up with yours?

I'm not violent "an in it harm none, do thy will" merry meet, blessed be everything comes in three

Answer 1

Yes I believe any belief system is valid to the one walking it. It is not for me to interfere with that. I respect others and hope to get it in return. I may not always agree with an opinion presented to me but I always respect the right in which it was given.

Answer 2

I WAS tolerant for a very long time but got fed up being told I was on the wrong path, a child of the devil etc etc etc. I got fed up and as a result have no tolerance for christianity at all. I got hate mail for stating I am Pagan on here from xians, yet Muslims have never bothered me with their views.
I do not try to tell people that Paganism is the only way. I'd never be that arrogant.

Answer 3

For the most part, yes, I am very tolerant of all religions.

Obviously, if someone asks me my opinion on something, I am going to tell them truthfully how I feel, and if I can make them see things my way, then that's even better. But I can't get angry with someone for not changing their views for me if I won't change mine for them.

All that said, I remain tolerant as long as others are tolerant to me. If people are arguing and insulting others, and just generally acting obnoxious, I'm not going to sit back and take it; I'm going to tell them how I really feel. And if someone is being obnoxiously stupid, I'm going to tell them why they're being that way. If you have a belief, keep it to yourself if you're prepared to have other people tell you why they disagree. That's my opinion.

Answer 4

Intolerance is thus intrinsic to every creed. Once a person believes—really believes—that certain ideas can lead to eternal happiness, or to its antithesis, he cannot tolerate the possibility that the people he loves might be led astray by the blandishments of unbelievers. Certainty about the next life is simply incompatible with tolerance in this one.

This world is simply ablaze with bad ideas. There are still places where people are put to death for imaginary crimes—like blasphemy—and where the totality of a child's education consists of his learning to recite from an ancient book of religious fiction. There are countries where women are denied almost every human liberty, except the liberty to breed. And yet, these same societies are quickly acquiring terrifying arsenals of advanced weaponry. If we cannot inspire the developing world, and the Muslim world in particular, to pursue ends that are compatible with a global civilization, then a dark future awaits all of us.

Religious violence is still with us because our religions are intrinsically hostile to one another. Where they appear otherwise, it is because secular knowledge and secular interests are restraining the most lethal improprieties of faith. It is time we acknowledged that no real foundation exists within the canons of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any of our other faiths for religious tolerance and religious diversity. If religious war is ever to become unthinkable for us, in the way that slavery and cannibalism seem poised to, it will be a matter of our having dispensed with the dogma of faith. If our tribalism is ever to give way to an extended moral identity, our religious beliefs can no longer be sheltered from the tides of genuine inquiry and genuine criticism. It is time we realized that to presume knowledge where one has only pious hope is a species of evil. Wherever conviction grows in inverse proportion to its justification, we have lost the very basis of human cooperation. Where we have reasons for what we believe, we have no need of faith; where we have no reasons, we have lost both our connection to the world and to one another. People who harbor strong convictions without evidence belong at the margins of our societies, not in our halls of power. The only thing we should respect in a person's faith is his desire for a better life in this world; we need never have respected his certainty that one awaits him in the next.

We are bound to one another. The fact that our ethical intuitions must, in some way, supervene upon our biology does not make ethical truths reducible to biological ones. We are the final judges of what is good, just as we remain the final judges of what is logical. And on neither front has our conversation with one another reached an end. There need be no scheme of rewards and punishments transcending this life to justify our moral intuitions or to render them effective in guiding our behavior in the world. The only angels we need invoke are those of our better nature: reason, honesty, and love. The only demons we must fear are those that lurk inside every human mind: ignorance, hatred, greed, and faith, which is surely the devil's masterpiece.

Answer 5

I do, my friends almost all attend some church or the other. Actually, at times I wish I had faith that someone else is going to handle all my problems for me, but I just can't swallow that myself. If it makes you happy it tickles me pink. A lot of Christan's tend to be combative and arbitrary in their dealing with people of other ideals, and different sects of Christianity, however. And when they say something stupid or mean I do respond, ha, I have a mail box full of hate mail from Christians, how's that for turning the other cheek.

Answer 6

I have religious tolerance because i was never brought up by saying that my religion was better than another or i should be this religion and not this religion. this has led me to believe that any religion should be tolerated and never put down or say that it is a "wrong" religion. every religion has its own unique beliefs. and these lead to arguments i usually tend to stay away it however if my religion is slandered or untrue things are assumed i will definitely argue for my religion.

Answer 7

The only religious idea I can't stand is the Mormon faith because it just seems so... stupid to me. Other religions, well, they can come and go and I won't care. I believe that there is a special, unique path of salvation for everyone, they just have to find it.

Answer 8

Removing a stone that would hurt someone on the walk path is a charity.

One may be able to be around a thief, but this doesn't mean one has to agree with what they do.

Answer 9

No. I'm not tolerant of anyone's religion. I believe it is there civil right to practice their religion, but I am under no obligation to not pretend the fairy tales people believe aren't patently ridiculous.

Answer 10

Sure. There are infact "religions" which are built on religious tolerance like Buddhism!