How can we heal people's intolerance of other religions?

Answer 1

By loving one another as we love ourselves. By respecting one another. By abolishing selfishness. Simple answers, yet impossible feats to accomplish. Scion, love is your forte!

Answer 2

Don't give up. Despite all the pessimism you see in these answers, healing is a good thing and it is always possible -- no matter how difficult. I think the only way that this can be done is with a great deal of patience, forgiveness, compassion and love. And I think it happens one person at a time, so on a planet with 6.6 billion people it won't happen over night.

To me, tolerance of other religions or spiritual traditions doesn't mean you give up your own beliefs or that you have to accept every little quirk or twist in someone else's. Tolerate means just that -- you accept that other people believe differently, love them anyway, and just let it go at that. You don't try and convert them and they don't try and convert you. Further, I think if you look past the faults and imperfections, the sometimes poorly informed or questionably motivated dogma, the vast majority of religious and spiritual paths have something fundamentally good at their core. These traditions have not been around for (in some cases) thousands of years for nothing. Most of them do have value.

So, let's keep it simple. Let us cultivate love and compassion, and let us love and respect others, whoever they may be.

Answer 3

I don't see why we should automatically be tolerant of any religion when they are the most intolerant, hateful organisations ever invented. I feel they should be questioned, as should any organisation, which promotes the sort of things that religions do.

I agree with those who say ban religion, then we wouldn't have a lot of the trouble as seen in todays societies.

People should worry more about helping each other rather than judging others, by their own beliefs

Answer 4

I am sure that the Devil will and is finding away.As a Christian I am saved by excepting Jesus as my Savior.To do this I needed to recognize that I was a sinner who needed a Savior.Before that I was lost.No other religion could save me.If I thought some other religion was better than the Christian religion and I could be saved through it I would be apart of it.All those who have not excepted Christ are lost and going to hell, for there is no other name where by men can be saved.I know there are those who do not like this answer so maybe some scripture might help.

"And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect:and make no mention of the name of other gods,neither let it be heard out of thy mouth."Exd.23:13

"Take heed to thyself,lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest,lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee.but ye shall destroy their altars,break their images,and cut down their groves:For thou shalt worship no other god:for the Lord ,whose name is Jealous,is a jealous God.'' Exd. 34:12-14

Today's permissiveness is tomorrows standard.We need not to be mean or unkind to others, but we should let it be known that we are Christians by word and deed.By being tolerant of false religions we only suggest that their religion is just as good as ours is and it is not.God is the only God and there is no other,Period.

Answer 5

By standing up and telling people that all forms of mysticism are antithetical to a free and reasoning mind. Unless you have repeatable facts to back up your beliefs the only thing you are doing is destroying yourself through denial and harming those around you on a downward spiral towards death. You can't have it both ways. Either this is the real world and we're living in it, or this is an illusion and we are above it. The former position embraces life while the latter embraces death (the only way out of the illusion.)

Answer 6

In some cases, you can't. Intolerance is a fundamental part of some religions. They believe that they have sole possession of the Truth and everyone else's beliefs are therefore wrong and perhaps even dangerous.

Answer 7

intolerance is not something we can heal...
i often question it's root....
psychology call it a subconscious tendency..
that we Human beings have the capacity to discriminate.
Sociology call it a defense mechanism..
for things that deviate beyond the norm are considered threats.
personally, i believe it's incurable..
most intolerance are bound by general concensus..
Majority wins.. vox populi.. the best contributions of our civilization are won with an underlying intolerance.. a fixed & stringent strategy.
so if you're more concern of healing something that will forever plague humanity,
why not pratice more vigilance, always keep on guard of your true-self from those who will try to put you down..or transform you to become one them.
& never ever lose you compassion.. never let others' harden your heart...
Remember, You can be TOUGH .. but never intolerant.
:-)

Answer 8

I recently suggested a class about world religions being part of the school curriculum, but thinking about it it would honestly only work in ideal circumstances, atheists would probably be the only ones able to teach it w/o being bias.

Maybe there should be a TV show where they do a different religion every week or something, people are controlled by TV.

Answer 9

how about the intolerance in religion thay hate the atheists and the gays that is one reason why people hate religion then the is the holy wars the world is sick of religion its past its sell by date its time it has come for people not to believe in fairy tales

Answer 10

If by tolerating another religion or religious beliefs means living in peace with that religion or person holding different beliefs; not oppressing them then I am Tolerant.

The problem is that today that is not what tolerance means. Today it means that I must respect (esteem: a feeling or attitude of admiration and deference toward somebody or something; state of being admired: the state of being admired deferentially) their religion. I must agree that their religion is Truth because they believe it (Relative truth).

That I cannot and will not do; I will not deny my God by accepting theirs.

Answer 11

HI THERE if there is one thing I learn is never speak about religions to those that do not or will not turn from theirs. It's like a knife in your heart when the subject is GOD They do not and will not turn form some wicked religions such as voodoo or a kinder one as in Christians if the question to an answer is different from another the debate will continue and the lack of understanding and communication is gone.



be well be safe god bless