In your opinion, does christianity teach intolerance?

Question

Christianity teaches about love for one's fellow human being but how can that not be contradicted by the fact that if he or she is a non-believer, they will be damned for eternity in the afterlife?

Answer 1

Christ taught love and compassion.

Organized relgion teaches intollerance.

See the difference?

Answer 2

John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

As far as being the only way to God, Christianity is very intolerent. There is only one way, that is through Jesus.

However, consider Romans 10:12:
"For whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”

That is all inclusive. It is a free gift to anyone, no matter what they have done. But the gift must be accepted.

If you call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, you will be immediately justified before God. You will still have the same habits and life, but as you "renew your mind daily" by reading God's word, you will begin to see those old habits fade away. This is called sanctification, and occurs throughout your entire life. Now, if you are following man-made rules and pretending that those rules are sanctification, then you are in for a miserable life. Becoming like Christ is accomplished through a repentant spirit and a daily renewing of your mind through His word.

Answer 3

liberally: I'm a Christian and I AGREE with YOU !!! Religion teaches burning in a "hell" for eternity; whereas, Christianity teaches love for both, God and mankind. This definitely is a paradox ... isn't it ? The problem is with the doctrine of those embracing dysfunctional religion ... they have some bad theology to contend with. When you do your OWN research into what the Holy Bible REALLY says, you will find - that to common and popular "religious" belief, there are plenty of errors based on assumption !!! I personally, found in my own research that "hell" is a MIStranslation of the Greek word "hades" ( the New Testament of the Holy Bible was originally, written in the Greek language). "Hades" means, either, "a hole" or "grave" - NOT an ever-burning "hell" fire !!! Science teaches us that any combustible item does eventually break down into carbon and does not "burn forever" ! God is in the saving business !!!

Answer 4

I really like this question. I'm a Christian and I've been really asking a lot lately since I left my husband for domestic violence and was kicked out by my church for it. I don't hold God responsible for that because we have free will and we can choose to do good or to do evil. I believe if a person continually chooses a life of destruction and evil then I guess their "end" is known. However, for those who seek God, I do think that there is a wonderful reward for that. I believe that Jesus died to redeem us from the fall of man (many people ask, "why are we all punished for Adam's fall? I don't think we are. I think all Adam did was introduce sin into the world and from then on, people chose to sin rather than not to). Divine justice says that a price has to be paid for the destruction that has been caused by Adam's choice (and all our choices since) - people look at the world and call this unfair, but I think it's perfectly fair to say there is a HUGE price for this...and Jesus paid it. Now, it's up to us - not to live perfect lives and reject each other when we fall...that would completely negate Christ's offering...but it's up to us to choose whether we want to ACCEPT His sacrifice or if we want to pay the price OURSELVES for our sin. So...in some ways - because the price that Jesus paid (the redemption of billions of lives that were ALL marred by sin) was SO astronomical, it's understandable that people would say following only Him is important. Where I think it goes wrong is to forget that His price came with HUGE grace. Not to mean you can JUST go ahead and sin all you want without consequences...but to realize that failure is going to happen and not to throw each other out for that. The only time we're supposed to "part company" with anyone is if they are deliberately and consistently harmful to others without repentance. Does Christianity in the Western Church preach intolerance - absolutely in many cases...it's sad. However...be aware - GOD does not preach that...it's a cool thing to learn the difference.

Answer 5

Christianity does not teach intolerance. Think of it this way he has given you a chance to make changes if you don't there is a consequence which is hell. Just like most parent do with there children. You always have a choice.

Answer 6

The only thing Christians are suppose to never tolerate is sin! Be careful here, however, because I did not say that the Christian should never tolerate the sinner. :)

So, yes! Christians are intolerant of sin. Everything else, by the grace of God they are able to tolerate.

The irony of this newly established, false religion called, "Tolerance" is that the very people who preach tolerance are usually unable to tolerate the Christian's freedom to follow Christ's teachings.

Answer 7

In some ways, intolerance shows up best, but in other ways, tolerance is emphasized in Christianity. It depends on the individual Christian, and since I'm not Christian, I won't start making bad assumptions about them. Christianity is just another group of believers. They want to believe in stuff like that, fine.

Answer 8

Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Would you tell someone on their way to a place that you had just escaped from how to escape from it too, because you care about others?

Answer 9

Christianity teaches intolerance of willful sin, and to say that a non-believer is not going to heaven is nothing but a fact. We are not going to alter God's word just to make you sleep better.

Answer 10

There's a lot of double speak in the Christian rhetoric. They claim to be about love and tolerance, but that's certainly not the case, since they're spending so much time and resources scrambling to make sure gay people don't have the right to marry. I wouldn't call pushing your religious convictions into law of the land tolerant at all. and anyone who does so should be ashamed.

Answer 11

i think a strong belief in any religion closes peoples minds rather than makes them intorent as such.. if someone firmly believes in one religion they arent going to open their eyes to the possibility of anything that contradicts it, which i think is sad, as we must always question our beliefs if we are ever to learn anything new.

i mean think back 1000 years..everybody firmly believed that the world was flat and only when someone challenged this did anything new get discovered. scientists always challenge theories.. if they were rigid and close minded, no progress would ever be made.

as an example, everyone that seems certain unbelievers will go to hell must also be close minded, just as those who once thought the world was flat, because without any kind of actual proof that this happens (and there is none whatsoever) we must be openminded to the many other possibilities, and not ridigly stick to one belief which in reality has no more chance of being correct as any other.