Why can't people accept others religions and beliefs?

Answer 1

The short answer is: because their own religion tells them not to.

You look at all three of the Abrahamic religions, and you'll see they all clearly state: once you've told other people about your own religion, those people have three choices:

1.) Convert,
2.) Accept second-class-citizen status and pay tribute to your church,
or
3.) Be put to death.

Is it any wonder that "holy ground" is actually such a breeding ground for hatred and intolerance?

Answer 2

People some people are too blinded by their own religion and it's ideas that they can't see the truth even it jumped up and bit them. They get that "Our way or the highway" attitude on religion that they go out of their way to make problems for people of other faiths. Your question is one I have pondered many times. The world would be a much better place if people would just open up their minds and accept that there are other religions besides their own on this world. I learned to respect and accept other religions years ago, when I went in search of the one that was right for me.

Have a great day.

Answer 3

Usually it has to do with how someone was raised. If they were raised in a closed environment where everything and everyone in their surroundings gave them a narrow-minded view of the world, when they meet other people, they have nothing but their own background to compare to. Its a sad world we live in sometimes, but it can be just that simple. Some people get a notion in their head and are so stubborn that they refuse to listen to the outside possibility that there may be more than one way of looking at things or that their views are just flat out wrong. My parents raised me to be a open-minded person... to take everyone at face value. But even still, we all have our hangups and prejudices, usually from lack of exposure. Years and years ago, we had wars over religion and beliefs. Thousands of people died over beliefs. But like Chris Rock said in Dogma, nobody ever died over an idea. You can't change the world in one day. Just remember to keep an open mind to new things, people and experiences. Pass that on to your family and children (if and when you have them). That's the best place to start.

Answer 4

Different reasons. Sometimes lack of interest in different beliefs,. Also, ignorance. But most of the time the people who dont accept others is that those are in conflict or caus trouble with the actual beliefs they have. How can a Christian believe and deny Christ for instance?, how can someone who is atheist admit God?, but people change, and beliefs can change with experience and time.

It is important to notice that tolerance is respect, but doesn't mean that someone who tolerates is going to follow or to admit that belief, so one main value people should have in society is tolerance even if they dont admit other's they have to admit there is a right to respect and to know there is freedom inside cultures.

Answer 5

Because everyone knows they are right and that the others are wrong and it is there duty to change them. So much so that wars are fought and people are killed and little children killed and all over some dumb thing that is like I believe that God is 3 persons in one Father, son and holy ghost. "trinity"
NO you have to die! it is Father and he has a first born son and the holy spirit is a power. So now I have to kill you.
You think that is stretching it a little bit?
think again!
Just 300 years ago on the church steps this man stated to another man that he didn't believe the trinity,. Or else he wasn't certain that Jesus wasn't from what he read a separate being.
The man took out his sword and promptly cut off his head and killed his family. Just read it on the history site. Not sure about the date but I am sure about what happened. Everyone agreed he did the right thing to nip it in the bud. So people in that time we afraid to voice any opinion that didn't agree with the churches view. Some are still that radical today.
Everyone else is going to hell but them and they lie, steal, commit adultery and fight to the death to have the 10 commandments on the court house lawn.

Answer 6

Depends what you mean by "accept".
If you mean tolerate, be respectful, recognize tghe right of people to think differently, yes, we should be accepting. If it means recognizing that another religion might be right, well, if you believe something, there is no way that you can believe that something diametrically opposed can also be true.
It's as if I proposed a religion of intolerance, saying I should do away with anybody that disagreed with me: that being part of my hypothetical religion. Well, as you believe in tolerance, you wouldn't be able to "accept" the belief that I was putting forward, would you? (In fact in such a case, there would be no reason to "accept" it even under the definition of simple tolerance).
We do need to learn to speak civilly and respectfully to one another. But we can't pretend to accept something that we strongly disagree with.
For instance, I'm an evangelical Christian that believes that I am accepted by God freely, because He payed the price; that God loves me unconditionally. Now someone comes along with another religion, wither another brand of Christianity, or something else, and tries to teach me that God's love is conditional, that for God to accept me I have to earn my way. I could not accept that. I could accept the fact that someone believed that, but I could not at all accept his belief. In fact, I would do everything I could to dissuade him from his belief, as long as he permitted me to talk to him about it. Because I believe it is so important to his well-being.
EDIT:
Soleil Noir is way out in left field about the 3 Abfahamic religions. I can't "accept" that, it's slander.

Answer 7

I can accept belief in God but I can't accept religious institutions, clericalism and misguided dogmas which is why I'm never going to accept that religion has any place or value in the modern world.

Answer 8

People can't accept other religious belifes because that might mean that they might be wrong when it comes to their own religion, and when it comes down to it almost all religion preaches the same thing, to live a good life and faith. I'm not really sure why people have a hard time accepting other religions especially when they are all so simmilar.

Answer 9

Usually because of fear. Ignorance and fear go hand in hand, and whenever we come across something that we don't understand or know nothing about, usually it frightens us in some way. Knowledge is power! One point I would like to make here is that I do not accept or not accept people on the basis of their religious beliefs ( or lack of ) I do, however, retain the right to disagree with them about it! :)

Answer 10

Because religion is a highly competitive business in disguise. "Don't drink Coke, drink Pepsi". Don't have their beliefs, have ours. Religion violence is never generated by the followers, it's always the leaders who get the gullible followers to do their dirty work. The more followers the more power and the bigger the collection basket.