What are the DISADVANTAGES of living in a spiritually pluralistic society?

Answer 1

The emotionally unsophisticated don't know how to handle it. Instead of seeing diversity as an asset, something that allows humans to consider possibilities that never would have occurred to those of an isolated group living without that diversity, they see it as a stumbling block. They feel comfort only in conformity, preferring to look at the world as black and white. You either know the truth and stand by it, or you're an agent of Satan.

Short answer: it requires tolerance and an effort to understand differences, something some people are loath to do.

Answer 2

The disadvantages of living in a spritually pluralistic society lie not in the diversity of the society, but in the hearts of closed minded, narrow people who need to have everyone in their corner, and are willing to do any nasty thing to anyone that doesn't see things the way they do. For the fulfillment of a herd mentallity that they need in order to feel "right". And these people show up in *all* the different religious groups, somewhere along the line. They do not represent the religions they belong to, the only thing they truly represent is lack of character on thier part. They are more concerned with building a cult of personality around themselves, or thier concept of God, for thier own vanity, than with spriritual fulfillment, enlightenment, or at-one-ment, and are generally the ones that want to divide all the groups with an us/them attitude, instead of looking for what all of us share in common, and embracing and learning from the differences.

Answer 3

Because we form the same society it is quite easy to assume that we ARE the same. And so people speak from an erroneously assumed common position and get upset when their world views turn out to conflict.

There's also all that vying for influence and position amongst the evangelical faiths.

But I think that's better than societies where there is only one acceptable spirituality and there's no scope for discussion at all.
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Answer 4

Sweet question dude. I the only answer I can come up with is that many children get taught Faith in the form of Facts. It has its advantages as well.

Answer 5

dogmatic misunderstandings between religions but lack of choice would be a far greater disadvantage.

Answer 6

More than one way for people to go nuts.

Answer 7

we have to have people wake us up selling their church magazines and selling their church cookies or whatever...

but but but
i do like to buy their raffle tickets...better odds then the state lottery ..but they never let the non catholics kids like me win..so says my dear old mother..LOL..how do they know i am not a catholic..???do they throw my tickets away?

Answer 8

people are always trying to push there religion and belief system on you, of course 100% of those people have always been christian for me atleast.

Answer 9

advantage is beign normal disadvantage is % is very less

Answer 10

As I said in your previous question, loss of unity.