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Question

do you feel a christian can become complacence with too much tolerance?
define you meaning of tolerance....please

Answer 1

i think the bigger danger is acceptance rather than tolerating.

Answer 2

Why should Christians be Tolerant? Tolerance breeds contempt! The least Tolerant people I have known are people who are clueless about Christianity, but want to tell us how Christians are supposed to behave. I have no intention of being "Tolerant". I will simply speak the truth, and if someone is offended by the truth, too bad!

Answer 3

Tolerance, as the world defines it--an accepting, encouraging, and even embracing of a variety of lifestyles and choices, regardless of their acceptability to God--is not a Biblical value.

The Bible teaches something much more complex and sophisticated--active, sacrificial love. We are told to love people. Sometimes loving means confronting sin--not tolerating it and letting the person wallow. Since our ultimate goal is to point people toward true life--we do them no favors if we simply look the other way and ignore sinful behavior. But if we demonstrate hostility, judgment, and a lack of love to those lost in sin--we do them no favors either.

Answer 4

I am not sure what exactly you mean by your question.
I do, however, feel that the word "tolerance" is grossly misused and because many Christians are not fully educated in the word, and are often intimidated by worldly knowledge (with with a little research can often be found faulty) they fall under the deception of tolerance.
Christians are not called to be a tolerant people. Tolerant in the sense that we accept, validate, and approve of something or someone.
The world would say, 'if we are not tolerant of homosexuality, then we must hate homosexuals' That is false logic and unfortunately many Christians are now begining to question God's standards and accept homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle.
Jesus said, love the sinner, pray for the sinner, but never are we to tolerate, put up with, accept as good, sinful behavior.

The world would say, (taking the scripture out of context, by the way) 'thou shalt not judge, thou shalt tolerate and embrace diversity (I am specifically speaking of diversity of sinful behavior- not race, nationality or color) - Jesus never said not to judge- He said to be careful of the attitude and motive in your heart when you do judge- we have to judge behavior- God gave us a standard of right and wrong, but because Christians are no longer educated in this standard, but are educated in words misused to convey a false sence of peace, we have become complacent in regards to god's ways, what is right and true and good and can longer lift up the standard of righteousness we have been given in Christ Jesus.
We are to love people, love our neighbors as ourselves, but we are never to be tolerant- we are never to say 'okay' to sin in ourselves or in others!

Answer 5

We ought to follow the example of Christ. He was both intolerant and tolerant. Being either one or the other in all cases is never good. It ought to depend on the circumstances...and upon what perfect love would do in those circumstances.

(Certainly the word of God is intolerant toward false religions and false gods, for example....though at the same time not commanding that we force anyone to believe)

Answer 6

Try reading "True Truth". He says that you MUST be tolerant while still believing in absolutes.

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Answer 7

Tolerence is putting up with things that you find distasteful.

Answer 8

tolerance is putting up with atrocity's at home yet keeping the finger of the nuke button

Answer 9

Follow Jesus example never retaliate always respectful and learn to love your enemy, and leave everything in Jehovah's hand.

Hebrew 10:30 For we know him that said: “Vengeance is mine; I will recompense”; and again: “Jehovah will judge his people.”

Answer 10

i think that christians are suppose to be tolerant