There weren't any in the sense that we now have multiple religions. In his world, there were only Jews (of which he was one) and Romans, who controlled everything. (It's hard to be intolerant of the people who rule you.) The Jews considered the Romans "unbelievers". All Jews abhorred what they considered "idol" worship. So, no, Jesus was not tolerant of other religions. He was not even particularly tolerant of his own.
2006-09-22 06:05:03
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answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7
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As a roman citizen he was obliged too. Rome did not discriminate against any religion as long as it gave the emperor a place of deity within it. When jesus said he is a son of god he was not deifying himself as much as he was humanizing all people. As for other religions, since he started the jewish sect that would later become ,after he passed, cristianityI do not believe he would have been intolerable of other religions,as all are based on faith. Anyway, he said let those without sin cast the first stone. He never casted a stone.
Also, the idea of tolerance is that it is a threshold for which one can not go any further. He never said their was a prerequisite to join his congregation. It was only the later church after his passing that developed the canon and edicts that are culturally connected to the church which deems itself the representative of jesus's teachings.
Differentiate between jesus and the church. The church arose after jesus was killed on the cross. So, jesus was never a pontiff or clergyman of the cloth. But, he was the first christian.
2006-09-22 13:15:53
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answered by Monsignor Klaatu 2
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Of course there were other religions! Jesus was a rabbi living in Israel as a minority in the Roman Empire.
He was more concerned with cleaning up the Temple and gettting Jews to do his thing more and their thing less, he didn't really deal with other religions. He didn't intend to start his own either. That happened about 100 years later.
2006-09-22 13:07:07
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answered by trinitybelwoodspark 3
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There were definately other Religions, and I believe Jesus said,
I am the way, the truth, and the light. No man comes to the Father execpt by Me.
2006-09-22 13:08:01
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answered by concerned c 1
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It depends on how you define tolerate. You could be "tolerant" of another religion, but still believe it is not the path to salvation..
2006-09-22 13:06:43
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answered by Byakuya 7
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no.
remember the incident at the temple where he found them selling animal offerrings. he got violent and cleaned the place out, such was his righteous indignation at anyone practising less than pure worship and respect for the temple.
considering that he founded christianity, he pretty much overruled the law judaism.
but he never tried to enforce this through wars and on that count he was more tolerant than muhammad.
2006-09-22 13:16:57
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answered by stj 4
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If you mean allow them to continue when he could have destroyed them, YES he did. He spoke against them and plainly said "No man comes to the father but by me." But he did allow those who chose to ignore him to continue on their ways.
2006-09-22 13:06:54
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answered by Anonymous
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I don't think he even was religious himself, look at what he said and did to the pharisees and saducees. I think he was spiritual.
2006-09-23 00:04:29
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answered by Rose C 2
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Ask him
2006-09-22 13:09:01
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answered by bob 2
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prpbably
2006-09-22 13:05:29
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answered by sleepwalker69 6
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