2006-12-09 00:12:09 · 24 answers · asked by . 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
(I was recently offended by a member of the religion I used to belong to, she said that a true religious person would not befriend Witches and Hindus... I hate to disagree with her!)
2006-12-09 00:15:28 · update #1
by the way I am a muslim
2006-12-09 00:24:32 · update #2
Yes I do. Unfortunately we in our society tend to focus on the intolerant religious people, and the good works of the faithful go unnoticed.
I will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
2006-12-09 00:14:52 · answer #1 · answered by Satan Lord of Flames 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Religious tolerance unfortunately is often executed in the church/temple/mosque etc. If the religious leader of an individuals place preaches intolerance, hate, and confinement of a specific group to the rest of the world.. i.e our religion against the rest of the world..then the people who listen to him take that hate to the outside world and spread it.
I think that people all have the ability to be tolerant and loving towards other people. Because even if we are not capable of understanding another person's ways in religion we are capable of respect.
People of different religions shouldn't persectue others or hate and feel the need to spread it. We are all humanbeings and we should try to learn and disperse ourselves among each other and have educated religious conversations.. This was once a reality..it can happen again.
2006-12-09 00:26:02 · answer #2 · answered by GreyRainbow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they have. But I must say that in the religions that say that people go to hell for believing in the wrong religion or no religion (Christianity and Islam) there is a logical problem with this. How can you be truly tolerant and loving to others if you believe your just God will send them to hell forever? But then again there are also differences between the people. I know that there are Christians and Muslims who are tolerant and who are good to others, so I can't say that they don't have the ability.
2006-12-09 00:18:58 · answer #3 · answered by Elly 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That's a very interesting question.
I think more than anything it would depend on the persons religion, and what that religions core beliefs are.
The core belief of Christianity is purportedly 'love one another'... this by definition implies tolerance.
I have know Christian (Catholic Marianists) were who quite tolerant of others beliefs.
However that is extremely rare.
People tend to actually know very little about their own religion. People tend to be intolerant of those who are different.
And some religious leaders, and some religions themselves, are intrinsically intolerant of others and preach such.
Its unfortunate, but its largely the result a combination of monotheism dominating modern religions (if one is right the others by definition are wrong...) and intolerance being preached by so many religious figures today.
Just my .01
-dh
2006-12-09 00:20:53 · answer #4 · answered by delicateharmony 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it depends on which religion you're speaking of. Most "truly religious" people wouldn't avoid friendship with anyone.
I have to point out to you, grouping all "religious people" together or making sweeping statements about them isn't in line with being tolerant either.
I know that not all religious people are tolerant or loving, but those individuals don't represent every single religious person. God loves us all. We're called to love one another and Him, that includes those that aren't as tolerant or loving as we are trying to be.
God Bless and Merry Christmas
2006-12-09 00:20:57 · answer #5 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dont let one persons opinion irritate you. There is always someone out there in any religion that thinks thiers is the only way. Most religions are tolerant and loving. Its the extremists point of view that makes religion look bad, not the religion itself.
2006-12-09 00:19:19 · answer #6 · answered by ob10830 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
there is a philosophy that u are facing here called mingling with the unholy. some religions have the belief that by being in the presence of others who do not subsribe their own belief system, can cause them to fall away from their own beliefs.. and this really is true, it is called "by beholding we become changed." so don't hold it against them.. in order to preserve their own purity they will stay away from some types of belief systems. by the way u r very brave to be a muslima nd not know or subsribe to this. some in your faith die for this philosophy. may ALLAH bless you
2006-12-09 00:38:27 · answer #7 · answered by spotlite 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religions are used by fanatics to inflate their ego.
Spirituality is the next step beyond religions, where hate will vanish alongwith narrow-mindedness.
religion helps in the transition between animal-human and divine-human
(yr new id and foto is good dear mu...)
2006-12-09 03:59:40 · answer #8 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, a lot of people don't understand the verse "suffer not a witch to live", they think it means they can't even be a friend to someone who is a "witch".
Don't be too judgemental on your church friends, they really are trying to live by their faith, they are simply misguided on what that verse means.
2006-12-09 00:19:40 · answer #9 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am. I think we have to understand that tolerance does not mean to embrace things we do not agree with. It simply means to deal with it in a reasonably non hostile fashion. For instance I have many friends who are different faiths and many who are homosexuals. My beliefs do not coincide with theirs obviously, however we agree to dismiss those things in the other and look for the other factors we have in common. I figure I do enough sinning on my own to not be able to point a finger at anybody and condemn them to hell. However, I can look at the activities that all of us do and see the sin for what it is, including my own.
2006-12-09 00:17:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋