Define religious bigotry?

Answer 1

A bigot (Bigotry) is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles or identities differing from their own. The origin of the word in English dates back to at least 1598, via Middle French, and started with the sense of religious hypocrite, especially a woman.

Bigot is often used as a pejorative term against a person who is obstinately devoted to their prejudices even when these views are challenged or proven to be false. Forms of bigotry may have a related ideology or world views.

The exact origin of the term is unknown, but may have come from the German bei and gott, or the English by God. William Camden wrote that the Normans were first called bigots, when their Duke Rollo, who receiving Gisla, daughter of King Charles, in marriage, and with her the investiture of the dukedom, refused to kiss the king's foot in token of subjection, unless the king would hold it out for that purpose. And being urged to it by those present, Rollo answered hastily, "No by God", whereupon the King turning about, called him bigot; which name passed from him to his people . This is likely fictional, however, as Gisla is unknown in Frankish sources. It is true that the French used the term bigot as an abuse for the Normans.

The 12th century Anglo-Norman author Wace claimed that bigot was an insult that the French used against the Normans, but it is unclear whether it entered the English language via this route.

According to Egon Friedell, "bigot" is of the same root as "visigoth". In Vulgar Latin the initial v transformed into b (phenomenon today encountered in Iberian languages, such as Spanish language and Portuguese language; visi had truncated into bi in Vulgar Latin (phenomenon common in French and Portuguese). Certainly the Visigoths did behave in a manner which might have given birth to the expression; they were very race-conscious and intolerant; they loathed Roman civilization which they saw as effete and degenerated; they professed Arianism while their subjects were Catholics, they enforced very strict anti-Jewish laws in Spain, and they treated their Roman subjects as their inferiors and gave the birth to expression "blue-blooded" because of their fairer skin (where veins were more translucent and bluish than that of their Roman subjects). The Spanish word bigote means a beard style silmilar to that alleged to Visigoths. Since both Normans and Goths were Germanic peoples, the Franks as a Romance nation might well have referred the Normans as "Visigoths" with the expression bigot. This claim is also supported by the fact that the word bigoth for Visigoths appear in Medieval Latin language.

Babara Walker in her book "Womens Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets" claims the term was coined by German Pagans in reference to the intolerant Catholic missionaries and priests by the term "bei gott" or bigot. As "be got" was a term commonly used by the priests and missionaries. The Catholic priests and missionaries who first converted were, according to her, notoriously close minded and intolerant of all other religions. History doesn't necessarily support this view, see St. Boniface. According to Walker, they saw them also as hypocritical in that they claimed Jesus Christ the "Prince of Peace" and went about converting people through tortorous means, and murdered those who would not accept Jesus Christ the "Prince of Peace" as lord and savior. This explanation is not likely to be true, however, as German bei is not pronounced with hard i as in English "bee", but as English "bye", and would have produced a word not unlike byegot or baigot. Likewise, the history does not support Walker's view, as the Germans and Franks adopted Christianity fairly peacefully in the Dark Ages.

Answer 2

That is when a person hates another person because they have a different religion.
God tells us to love everyone, but we dont have to love their beliefs.If all walked in love, and allowed others to believe their own beliefs, there would be no hatred and need of war. Religious bigotry is bad, and leads to ruin. And, when one believes they must kill when someone believes differently, this is when war begins. Religious bigotry should stop. As even God allows everyone the precious free gift of choice.

Answer 3

Bigotry of any kind seems to stem from the same source. Sociologists early in the 20th century developed the theory of the authoritarian personality. An authoritarian personality has strong feelings of inadequacy, dependency, and hostility, particularly toward those in authority, even though they may be in a position of authority. Because of these feelings of worthlessness, they tend to displace this anger and hate towards themselves onto another group. The bigot is simply transferring their own sense of low self esteem and their own self hatred to another racial, cultural, or religious group. The bigot will stereotype, lie, about and persecute that group no matter what the truth. They will even go so far as to accuse the persecuted of being the persecutor or fabricate instances of persecution.

Answer 4

Fanatacism as a rule ends up in bigotry, however don't need to I understand many individuals who're enthusiasts for a even as, but will also be fanatically reasonable in the direction of different individuals and their beleif. Bigotry is while the enthusiast loses grip on truth and adopts a role that forestalls themselves from seeing or listening to reality that they desire to restrict. But why simplest Theists? Many none Theists fall into each brackets!

Answer 5

All human beings get pushed around and put down. Which
gives them bad feelings about themselves. Then the EGO
overcompensates and creates FALSE Prides.
Sexism, racism, nationalism, and religious intolerance are
FALSE Prides.
They are just excuses many use to cover up the REAL
problems within themselves. Nevertheless, these False
Prides can be manipultaed by those who seek POWER
and CONTROL. Using the masses to do their dirty work.
Evil is a POWERFUL enemy. For to defeat it, we must
face the potential for evil in ourselves.

Answer 6

I'm assuming that refers to people who are very ....how you say 'ethnocentric' about their religion, where since they are so devoted and so 'christianlike' as they say, it gives them the right to judge others, or flaunt their christian aura. It's the whole 'i'm better than you are' outlook, where since they think they're are right and faithful to their religion, moreso than others, they believe they can't be wrong, or they use it for their own self-righteousness...there IT IS..that's the word.....sheesh..took a whole paragraph to try n explain it.
Best analagoy is rich people to poor people...what do rich people do? Indulge in rich mansions, and cars, and collections, and show it off to people, or on the news, stuff like that....and then nobody except RICH or prestigious people are allowed at their parties, or they only commune with their own 'rich' kind......least that's how i define it.

Answer 7

A religious bigot believes 'they'have the only true waY,and every other religion is the spawn of the devil,or against whatever they believe.

Answer 8

Bigotry:


big‧ot‧ry /ˈbɪgətri/

–noun, plural -ries.


1.stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
2.the actions, beliefs, prejudices, etc., of a bigot.


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Religious:

re‧li‧gious [ri-lij-uhs]

–adjective
1.of, pertaining to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
2.imbued with or exhibiting religion; pious; devout; godly: a religious man.
3.scrupulously faithful; conscientious: religious care.
4.pertaining to or connected with a monastic or religious order.
5.appropriate to religion or to sacred rites or observances.
–noun
6.a member of a religious order, congregation, etc.; a monk, friar, or nun.
7.the religious, devout or religious persons: Each year, thousands of the religious make pilgrimages to the shrine.



Now you know.

Answer 9

Religious bigotry is doing something because you want to do it but using religion as your reason for doing it. e,g, "I am going to kill you, not because I hate you for no reason, but because my religion has commanded me to kill any non-believers"