In modern societies we live in relatively tolerant communities. We take pride in our ability to co-inhabit environments of contrasting values and beliefs. Where we realise that we can live together in peace and harmony, we also feel underlying tensions. We experience religious biases, prejudices and discriminations.
In my knowledge almost all religions preach tolerance towards followers of other religions; and yet every religion very decisively claims for its right of universal acceptance and permeation. Can we call this a construct of hypocrisy? And Tolerance – is it a dream yet to be full realised, or is it just an illusion that we better learn more about.
2006-08-17 00:20:47 · 11 answers · asked by Shahid 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tolerance is real value.
Prejudice and pre-conceptions are the most dangerous sentiments in any hearts. Tolerance requires us to think again before the person, the group of people, the thing we hate. With new elements brought up by prestigious people or institutions, we may realize that our previous judgement was wrong.
And even if we are still right, tolerance is one good step leading to forgiveness. Usually we want other sinful persons to be punished, but we want so much forgiveness for our sins!
Please, rethink about this. Because of our limited knowledge and our weakness, we sin in many ways, so let us forgive to justly receive forgiveness for ourselves.
Tolerance and forgiveness are not compromise; there are no laws forcing us to act like the people we have forgiven.
2006-08-17 00:50:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious tolerance means accepting the right of others to hold religious beliefs that differ from yours. This is not incompatible with believing that one's own religion is absolutely true; tolerance consists of disagreeing with someone while not hating them and not wishing them harm and not interfering with their right to practise their religion and peacefully express their beliefs to others. The idea that "tolerance" implies believing that all religions are equally true is a fallacy; all religions can be equally true only if they are all totally false, and so the insistence on this sort of "tolerance", or requiring people to keep their beliefs to themselves, is actually very intolerant, because it will not tolerate any claim of religious truth.
2006-08-17 08:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by Clive M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, you have to understand just what the word tolerance actually means before you can understand the concept.
The word "tolerance" has been high-jacked (as so many of our words have) by the social fascists of the atheist hard left and is being altered to mean something like "I'm right, you're right, everybody is "right" in their own way , blah, blah, blah................"
That is NOT and never has been the meaning of "tolerance." "Tolerate" means to put up with something WITH WHICH YOU DO NOT AGREE! It means quite simply to allow something or somebody to hold and express opinions and ideas which you personally DISAGREE WITH!
If you only allow opinions, ideas etc., with which you can agree, there is no TOLERANCE whatsoever involved.
I personally do NOT agree with the religious philosophies and teachings of the Jews, Christians or Muslims. However I defend their right to BE Jews, Christians or Muslims, to hold their various religious opinions and I repect their respective faiths. Therefore I an TOLERANT.
I really hate the militant, atheist-materialist religion and I consider it to be the single most destructive force on Earth today. I would like to round them all up (the hard-core Atheists) and stick them in camps or something. I hate them and the horrible nihilistic social evil they cause around us. And I would wipe all their vicious hatefull teachings from our schools and our culture. In this area, I am rather INTOLERANT!
See the difference?
2006-08-17 07:46:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We live in what may appear to be "relatively tolerant communities," but the underlying tensions are strong. The problem, I think, is the fear and resentment that comes from not understanding others' beliefs. I don't have to agree with everyone to respect them. But as humans, we tend to fear what we do not know. Religious tolerance is possible through education and knowledge.
2006-08-17 07:31:46 · answer #4 · answered by Redbird 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious tolerance is a real value of some religions, but you can expect that those religions will not persist in the long run. A religion NEEDS intolerance of other religions.
Any religion that teaches its followers that it is only one of many worthy religions will find that it fails to attract and retain followers over the long term. Part of how religion belief systems replicate themselves is to convince people that they are the only true answer. A couple of our long-standing religions are clearly very successful at that.
2006-08-17 07:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me, religious tolerance involves being able to see another person's point of view without tearing that person down. It's agreeing to disagree without malice.
Most religions teach that we should love one another. To me that woud involve honoring & respecting the right of others to have differing points of view.
Unfortunately, religious intolerance which include biases, prejudice & discrimination leads to hate...not love.
If we believe that "God is love," than I'd think that the only way to lead others to God is by showing people what love is. Peace, harmony & real tolerance should guide religious people when dealing with other religions. Didn't Jesus say that the only way to show your love for God is by showing your love for mankind?
I'd say it's a "dream yet to be realized."
Outwitted
He drew a circle that shut me out--
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love & I had the wit to win.
We drew a circle that took him in.
Edwin Markham
2006-08-17 07:28:34 · answer #6 · answered by ANGEL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not religions that fight. It is the politics of power that encourages the fight.
Stop fighting, stop listening to your preachers and priests, and Imams, and Ayatullahs, and Abbots, and Pundits, and Rabbis, and all of the Kind.
Use religion as a personal recreation.
Do not make it a matter of heated discussion.
Religion is a matter close to the heart, and not to the mind.
It is more like Love than like a belief.
You love your beloved. Or you believe you Love?
So if you Love you love. You do not make a public discussion about whether you really love your beloved or not.
Religion needs a deeper relationship than needed in human relationship.
2006-08-17 07:32:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good analysis. According to me YES, religion is hypocritic. It makes you strong but steals all humane virtues. Religion should never have been a basis of humans. But that is not so today.
We are all heading nowhere with religion as an objective. It's high time people got out of it. It is absolutely hypocritic of us to glorify religion.
Good work,
Good luck to you.
2006-08-17 07:26:37 · answer #8 · answered by Eternity 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know how you ar goin to take this any how my opinion is all religions are tolerant in book...but hinduism had followed it a lot as fas as i had seen...but they started loose their tolerance only after thewier separation from pakistan.... but i can still say Hinduism is more tolerant ..i'm not preaching anything...
2006-08-17 07:30:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fully agree with 'Don J'. I hope you next question is which is the REALLY most tolerant religion in PRACTISE and why?
2006-08-17 08:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋