2007-05-08 06:21:37 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
From an answer here, btw http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgCcSeqJDCHwq6VlmVpYWQLd7BR.?qid=20070508100701AADBlgb
2007-05-08 06:22:24 · update #1
Yeah, I stared at that for a while, too.
If we go with the true meanings of the words, tolerance does mean to simply "respect" and "recognize" that something exists. Loving means to embrace it, I would think.
So, if my interpretation of what she's saying is accurate, she's contradicting herself. With love, tolerance is automatic.
Now, tolerance has a connotation as well as a denotation. If we tolerate something, we put it up with because it annoys us, but it doesn't bother us enough to take action. But I still come back to her being contradictory. Because even though my boyfriend does things that annoy me, I tolerate them because I love him unconditionally.
I guess it also depends on what she meant by "truly loving." That's kind of a loaded phrase. That's the part of her saying I don't trust . . . even with all of the contradictions.
2007-05-09 07:51:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have no idea what this person actually meant, but it is an occasion for an important question, namely, what are the limits of "toleration" and when is being tolerant not a good choice to make?
It is easy (actually facile) to say, "In all things be tolerant." But of course, we quickly abandon that where our own small children are involved. How about other's small children?
Attendant to that, you will see people here write thing like "Let a child decide X." (I leave filling the in the X as an exercise to the reader). Yet, when it comes to reading, say, or a host of other activities, we set aside the child's beliefs, wants and wishes, because we know that toleration in these specific cases has the potential to lead to disaster.
HTH
Charles
2007-05-08 13:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by Charles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because "tolerance" these days doesn't mean "to put up with." It means "to count as equally valid all points of view."
Christians believe Jesus when He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6) Now, either He spoke the truth, or was lying, or was deluded beyond comprehension.
To be "tolerant" in today's worldview, we would have to agree that your differing point of view is also true. If we agreed to that, and it was false, and you end up in hell, how can we be said to be "loving," if we failed to tell the truth?
If you go to a doctor, and he discovers that you have cancer, but doesn't want to ruin your day, is he "loving" by avoiding the truth? No! He should tell you about treatment options, and begin a regimen to make you well, regardless of how the news might ruin your day.
Same with us. We tell folks that there are eternal consequences for sin, but that there is a cure. Once we do that, we've fulfilled our obligation. If you decide to get a "second opinion," that's okay with us. At least we did what we knew to be right.
2007-05-08 13:32:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
To tolerate a lie is not loving. A Christian can not tolerate an untruth in order to make others feel good.
If you have a cancer, which is more loving, for the Dr. to tell you everything is fine or tell you the truth?
2007-05-08 13:35:24 · answer #4 · answered by G3 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would we be loving if we stood back and let a 2 year old stick wet tweezers into an electrical outlet?
If you were dying would we be loving if we had information to save your life and we with held that information?
If Christians seem intolerant, it is because they are trying to keep you from peril.
2007-05-08 13:30:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If a man still prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord." When he prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall thrust him through. (Zechariah 13:3)
They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13)
Cursed be he who does the Lords work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood. (Jeremiah 48:10)
Remember kids, hate IS a Christian value.
2007-05-08 13:31:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
If one is truly loving then there should be no room for intolerance.
2007-05-08 16:23:04 · answer #7 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ack ack ack ack ack
*sputter*
Does...not...compute...
And that was prefaced with, Christianity is loving.
I would never define love that way. Probably the biggest reason I'm not a Christian.
2007-05-08 13:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm still trying to figure out thier last mantra. The famous
"love the sinner hate the sin".
2007-05-08 13:30:10 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There are no gray areas in the Bible. It's either God's way or the highway. You can't tolerate Hellbound behavior.
That's how I'd interpret it.
2007-05-08 13:25:58 · answer #10 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋