Would the world be a better place if everybody were more tolerant of one another?

Question

what if everybody were educated about eachother's beliefs? how about if everybody were more tolerant towards one another's religion or non religion? what if people weren't so intolerant and biased towards one another? would any of this make a difference at all or would it still be the same damn things just about something totally different instead? what are your thoughts on this matter i'm truly interested in what everybody has to say.

Answer 1

My honest opinion...yes. I went to a private, religious university and attended several credit hours of my own religious courses, but to graduate I was expected to take three different world religion courses. They were some of the most interesting courses.

Did I change my mind? no. Did I become more ferverent in my own religion? To some extent. I definitely became more understanding to others who chose to attend the same university although not belonging to the same church.

It makes me think twice before I make a comment about someone else's religious or cultural beliefs and I don't feel ignorant during discussions of religions. However, this is personal experience.

Answer 2

Unfortunately many belief systems are not so content to co-exist so freely, they feel challenged when other systems have more adherents than themselves. Many of these groups will attack other groups with misinformation, lies or propaganda.

This is quite sad it makes me think that many of these people must not be so confident in there own beliefs or these actions should not occur. Unfortunately most people can’t see that the path from birth→death→rebirth, is much like traveling from one city to another. Not everybody needs to, or wants to take the same path, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Lets’ just work towards a brighter future, and hope that enough people learn enough along the journey that we eventually as a race, reach the destination. Because the lessons learnt from the journey are far more important than the destination.

Clint.

Answer 3

I am very tolerant of other people and their beliefs, even if I don't agree with them. I am a Christian. Yep, I said it. I am a Christian! I am used to people blasting me, criticising my faith, telling me I'm stupid or uneducated, and I am a Jesus Freak or a lunatic. I am used to others saying that I am judgmental or right-wing, or that I am a religious fanatic. Fact is, I don't shove my beliefs down anyone's throats. When asked about my beliefs, I will gladly state them. Other than that, I try to live my life by the example of Christ. I don't agree with other religions, but I show love and acceptance to those who practice them. I am proud that we live in a country where there is religious freedom. I just find it very interesting that people are so quick to judge Christians as all the things I mentioned above, yet they can't practice the same tolerance toward us for our beliefs that they claim we are not giving to others. There are some bad apples in every faith. Yes, there are Christians who give the name of Christ a bad name by their judgmental, hypocritical attitude. To lump all of us together however, and say we are all these bad things, is to show extreme prejudice and intolerance in an age where we are all trying to be tolerant of one another.

I appreciate your question. I agree - this world would be a MUCH better place if we were more tolerant of one another.

Answer 4

The world would be a much better place if all people applied what Jesus of Nazareth called the second greatest commandment: to love your neighbor as yourself. I mean, if people actually did that with the neighbors (every human is our neighbor), that would make such an appreciable difference.

Although millions of true Christians actually put this in action, the world, generally speaking, is far too greedy and far too selfish to do that.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 5

There is no doubt the world would be a better place. The problem is with ideologies that claim all others are wrong, or even evil. How can you respect a religion that you believe is the work of the devil?

Answer 6

that is a loaded question. that's no longer worth of an answer, because you already want to settle on your history tips that could verify that the question to have any relevance. many human beings do no longer settle for the tips that you're taking with none interest. (That being, the life of God and devil.) - at the same time as I actually have a concept in God, that's no longer really the God as Judeo-Christianity portrays him.

Answer 7

Ofcourse! But unfortunately people tend be bigotted and violent. There are people around the world killing in the name of God. There things we NEED to criticise and mock because thats the only way to reform religions/ beliefs to be tolerant and respect human rights. We should be able to disagree and we want without resorting to violence.

Answer 8

I think its human nature to assume that people with other religious beliefs are stupid or misled. I don't think that education will change this. If anything it would be worse because people would constantly be trying to prove something to the other side.

Answer 9

No, because then we'd be tolerating evil, which would only encourage it. The world will only be a better place when those who obey His Word are kept and the wicked and evil of this world are destroyed.

Answer 10

Yes.