It is certainly socially inacceptable to be intolerant, at least toward minorities, in our culture. Is this a fascination with the politically correct or an urge to do good? Is this good?
2007-01-24 12:31:51 · 23 answers · asked by Heloise 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tolerance means to accept anything a person does. Love means to accept a person regardless of what he does. Love is the greatest virtue.
2007-01-24 12:36:16 · answer #1 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, tolerance is a sin. For instance if I tolerate pedophilia, I am sinning, I'm not being virtuous. That's a obvious one, I know. But it shows that tolerance cannot be considered to be an absolute virtue.
Also, if all we did was go around tolerating each other we would not last long.
Love is the greatest virtue. That goes farther than tolerance. Tolerance accepts your existence. Love takes a certain amount of responsibility, willingly, for your existence. Tolerance avoids sending you away. Love reaches out to you.
Tolerance is sometimes misplaced, as in my early example. Love will treat the person well, even though it does not tolerate the person's actions at times.
2007-01-24 12:39:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say no. Well, loving your neighbor as yourself is the 2nd greatest commandment (Jesus said) and that could be construed as tolerance. But the greatest is loving the Lord with %100 of youself- heart, soul, mind, strength.
But i agree that tolerance is SO super important! We aren't good enough to judge people! We're so much like them that its not right.
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Wow! i think everybody else has a much better description of tolerance than i! i was thinking of acceptance, or whatever the absence of judging is.
But i meant the same thing.
2007-01-24 12:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus_Freak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tolerance shows great virtue, it represents who you are and you have a kind heart and understanding. But if it is used in a corrupted way as in for example; tolerance to kill or such, that is misleading. Everything has good and bad side for each act of virtue and ambitions.
2007-01-24 12:37:27 · answer #4 · answered by Nanakai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first, you must define tolerance. tolerance does not equal acceptance. in a thesaurus, you'll find tolerance means "to put up with". just about everyone is tolerant, so as to good and bad it has always been good. To truly be intolerant is to (for example) see an asian man and kill him because he is asian. For a less extreme measure, have a homosexual couple enter your store and instantly kick them out.
2007-01-24 12:37:46 · answer #5 · answered by Droppinshock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think in some ways tolerance has become a catchphrase for everything.Why should you tolerate something that is absolutely against your beliefs or morals.I do not advocate violence or derogatory statements about things you do not believe in. However you do not have to be tolerant of them either.
2007-01-24 12:41:57 · answer #6 · answered by unbelievable 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being tolerant is certainly not a virtue. being tolerant means looking the other way when you know morally something is sinful.Jesus was not condoning lifestyles and sinful nature he was teaching us how we should live but he didn't do it in a judgmental way.
2007-01-24 12:39:31 · answer #7 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The greatest is love
1corinthians13:13
and the way the King James Version says "charity"
charity is love given and recieved with no strings attatched undeserved and unmerited love
can you love someone who doesn't seem to "deserve" it?
Love=Charity is the greatest virtue
2007-01-24 12:37:19 · answer #8 · answered by Da_Bears70 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A certain amount of tolerance would seem necessary for people to live together peacefully in diversity. How much tolerance is too much? How little is too little?
2007-01-24 12:38:05 · answer #9 · answered by sonOman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's socially acceptable to hate the muslims, which deeply disturbs me, as most americans are christians.
Hate and christianity do not belong in the same sentence.
2007-01-24 12:37:16 · answer #10 · answered by Ambiguity 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋