Are there any practicing christians who are tolerant?

Question

All I hear from the christian community is how bad non-believers are and how bad certain other faiths are. ie; mormons, Jehova whitnesses, muslims. This is evil and that is evil and they're the devil and bla bla bla

It would be nice to hear from ones who aren't facists for a change. What is your attitude about people outside of your religion? Could you tell your intolerant brothers and sisters whats wrong with them?

I'm agnostic and I'm leaning more and more towards Buddhism, but I come from a christian backround. Thats why I do have a tendancy to beat up on that faith more than others, because I understand it. If I had been Mormon or Muslim I would probably rag on those faiths more. Please though don't misunderstand me I fully respect the Christian faith and Christian believers. Any disagreement I have with christians or christianity is certainly not a condemnation of people who believe that way. It is simply something that doesn't work for me.

Answer 1

Anyone who is truly practicing Christianity IS tolerant. The rest are just "practicing" Christianity.

Answer 2

I recently ran across some Kirk Cameron ministry show of some nature...I couldn't help but watch for a while.
I was shocked at the methods and message they were proposing. It wasn't unlike watching some poor schlub get hi-jacked into purchasing an expensive automobile that they didn't need for a "deal of the century" that they would never actually be able to pay off. It was terrible. They were actually teaching people how to verbally hijack others by asking leading questions and limiting options for answers. It was literally full of tricks for leading and maintaining control of a conversation. I have actually been taught these same methods as guerrilla tactics for pushing and closing a sale.
If you haven't seen this show it's worth checking out...nuts!
They actually made people cry and then blamed the person’s conscience and guilt for making them feel bad...
They were urging others to do the same thing and had classes devised to instruct on the tactics...it's no wonder with messages like that kind of crap, combined with the rationalization of perceived faith, that some christians are becoming increasingly militant. Sad.

Answer 3

There are some sects that believe in only there
way is the true way.

I do not believe for instance that Jehovah’s witness is evil or demonic. When I was a child my first bible a picture bible was given to me by a Jehovah’s witness
who worked on my family's farm. This bible encouraged me to look for God and to become someone who seeks. I refuse to believe that the religion that spawn
this man is evil since it helped me to develop my spirituality.

Intolerant people are everywhere. You don't have look far to find someone who hates Muslims for instance in this country. Regardless if they are good or bad they have an opinion.

My pastor said it like this. There are two groups of people that call themselves Christian. One will go to church and will dress the part and then come home take off his church clothes and put God
in the closet. Then there are the Christians that will go to church and not ever take God off. They are open to change and are always looking to grow in new ways. They are also not afraid to examine themselves, their marriage, their kids lives, ect.

I think this second Christian the introspective one is usually the one that is tolerant. They take responsibility for there own mistakes instead of playing the blame game. They are humble and they are always helping people.

My church recently helped rebuild a home that was falling apart.
About Seven hundred people helped on this one project. Everything from hanging drywall, planting flowers, to painting the exterior and interior. Everything. Regardless I've seen God more in the two years I've been going to this large non-denominational church then in 26 years in regular sit in the front row in the Sunday best and wave to Mr. Preacher. Preacher says something that makes me feel good about everything and go home.

Christians that want to change the world and themselves are
tolerant. Seek... we're out there...

Answer 4

Jehovah's Witnesses are remarkably tolerant. They go from door-to-door to preach the Kingdom "good news" and NEVER to attack any particular religion as "evil".

A common misconception is that Jehovah's Witnesses go from door-to-door because they feel it is their duty to "tell a householder what to do". In fact, Jehovah's Witnesses would go from door-to-door even if there were no hope that anyone would change their religion, or even if no one would listen to them!

That is because Jesus Christ specifically assigned the house-to-house ministry to the Christian congregation, with no regard for specific results.

(Luke 10:1,2) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

Jehovah's Witnesses are trained to direct attention to the bible, and move on when their message is unwanted. Since each congregation in the United States tries to call at every home in its territory at least twice each year, there is strong motivation for them to move on where little interest is shown. Also, the Scriptures help the Witnesses to expect little interest from most:

(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching ...and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.

Learn more:
http://watchtower.org/e/jt/
http://jw-media.org/people/ministry.htm

Answer 5

I usually try to stay kind of middle-of-the-line.

If I speak rudely or cruelly about others, I am not in Christ's footsteps, seeing as He was extremely loving towards people who were imperfect.

If I take on a "the Christianity thing works for me" mentality, then I'm being hypocritical. The basis of Christianity is that there is one God, not many, and that Jesus is his Son. If I allow that there is one God for me, but more than one God for others, I am basically saying there's more than one God, which goes against the very basics of what I believe in. If I firmly believe that there is only one God, the only way to have complete "tolorance" would be to be dishonest in my own belief.

I believe there is one God, that Jesus is his son, that accepting the salvation of Christ is the only way to God, and that there ARE such things as right and wrong. I will say this: I do not believe there are less offensive sins than others. I'll freely admit that my sins of pride, lying, selfishness, apathy and things of that nature are no less condemning than someone else's sins of premarital sex, homosexuality, thievery, or murder. Without Christ, we're all separated from God, so it really doesn't matter what the particular offenses are (this does not mean that I think thievery or murder shouldn't be prosecuted according to the law.) However, I gotta say, when I admit my own sins, I also try to stop them, so I believe that people who commit other sins should try to stop theirs as well. Since we're all human, though, not a one of us will ever get to the point where we don't sin, but that doesn't mean we don't have to try.

I'm wondering, if I'm as intolerant with myself as I am with others, does that mean that I'm tolerant?

Answer 6

The idea of Christianity is actually intolerant in the sense that there is one true God, ergo all others are false and evil. All humans are sinners, ergo we are all evil. The difference is that when you become a Christian, you become justified by the blood of Jesus and righteousness of Christ. So, our religion teaches that human nature is in fact evil and the only way to escape that evil is to accept Christ so that His blood may cleanse us from all our sins. I'm sorry if you don't like the way some people treat you, but in the same sense, I'm not particularly fond of the way I am treated by non-Christians. We should all be much nicer to each other.

Answer 7

I find it odd that Christians get singled out when all these other groups make the exact claims. To quote Joseph Smith, God told him all the denominations were an abomination and not to join any of them. The Jehovas witnesses also think they are the only correct ones. Muslims also think you have to convert to Islam. So I wonder if your research is incomplete or your comment is stemming from your own bias. Finally learn the correct meaning of fascist and apply it properly.

Answer 8

I do my best to tolerate other people's beliefs. I don't have a problem with people believing in a higher power in a different from me.

What I do have a problem with is when other people try to force a set of beliefs or their opinion down my throat. Or try to tell me I am going to "Hell" because I don't believe the way they do. My example of this was when one of my uncles died, his own brother stood up at the funeral home and said he dead brother was going to "Hell" because the dead brother did not attend the same church that he did. What my uncle did at the funeral home was wrong on so many levels.

When I am not tolerate is when one religious group or other faith calls on the members of their group to start a "holy" war on a group who believes differently from them. Examples are the crusades, the Inquisition, the Salem witch trials, a jihad, & the Holocaust to name a few.

The overall problem is that not everyone is tolerant. People want to believe their way of believing in God is the only way and everyone else is wrong.

Answer 9

Its odd I am christian...but I get very angry with other intolerant christians. In a way I feel like accepting others and encouraging unity is more important then ramming my vision down everyones throat.

Everyone is a sinner essentially. God knows this. I heard a sermon where he said, "No matter who you are, if jesus were to come down today, you would like him." And that how I see it.

Intolerant brothers and sisters are angry and self rightous...They truly believed they are saved and the world is going to hell. Not only that they believe they know everything about god and heaven. There is a quote in the bible that says trying to interpret god is like looking through a dark glass...nobody knows the whole story just yet.

Answer 10

Yes I try to be one of those tollerant Christians and as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, we respect any other beliefs, People outside of our religion do get all the respect and tollerance they all deserve, and I personally also believe that every person fully deserves the same respect that I wish for myself, and my Christian Witness fellow believers try to do these things too Like I try to but ofcourse we are all imperfect and so we fall at times unfortunatelly! but the Bible says that we should not Judge others and that we should be at peace with all people(Romans12:18) and this is what true Christians ought to be doing! the link below is a video about JW's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q328lLFC_9Y&feature=PlayList&p=54714EBF23EFA251&index=2 this is on you tube a new

Answer 11

there's a tolerance that couldn't Holy. when we've the chance to point human beings interior the right route we ought to element. Intolerants is satans very last hour ploy to stop christian from telling he fact of the gosple and exposing the lies of different faiths. the gentle exposes the darkness. meaning precisely that that we being christians are to divulge darkness. do not mistake fact that hurts as illiberal.