What does it say about a person's or group's faith if they advocate tolerance of other beliefs (or disbelief)?

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What does it mean when they have strong beliefs, but call for dialogue and inclusion in society of differing creeds and practices?

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Answer 1

It says they are open-minded.

Answer 2

To a certain extent, belief really is like a stop sign for the mind. But it's a stop sign where there is never going to be any cross traffic. Some people obediently stop, some slow down before continuing, and others just blow right through. Belief implies lack of evidence. Once there is evidence, there is no longer a need for belief. Some of us take this a step further and construct a whole framework based on this. But it's not that the people who do this don't acknowledge the existence of anything that might contradict it, they do acknowledge them. It's just that they fit these contradictory things into their framework, often contorting their system quite a bit, something they can't see.

Answer 3

Tolerance of someone else's beliefs (or disbeliefs) has nothing to do with faith. Tolerance is a character trait that we would all do well to cultivate.....it should be one of our "strong beliefs". Everyone has a right to believe as they wish, and that means there will be "differing creeds and practices". And just because we have "strong beliefs" doesn't mean we are necessarily right, so "dialogue" is one way of "testing the waters" to see if there may be something we've overlooked or misinterpreted. It's a helpful tool to learning.....and we can all learn something from each other.

Answer 4

I have strong faith in my Gods, however as a polytheist my religion ALLOWS for other people to have OTHER gods than mine.....

That is one of the reasons that I can call for dialogue and inclusion, as my religion already allows for that inclusion. This is for this reason that the Romans (who borrowed a great deal from the Classical Greeks) were able to not only tolerate the religious practices of others but also to incorperated some of those practices into Religio Romanum....

Answer 5

I think it shows that they're realistic about how the world is, and also secure enough in their own religion that they don't spend time worrying how much other people conform to it.

Sometimes the nature of the religion itself has a lot to do with it. My religion, for example, explicitly takes the stand that it's not for everybody. So I'd think that would make adherants like myself, at least on average, more tolerant than those whose religion teaches "This is absolutely vital for everybody to follow, or something nasty will happen to them."

Answer 6

It means they are trying to be reasonable. It probably also means that their beliefs rely heavily on personal responsibility. That is, if we dialog and you do not present a rational accounting of what you believe, it is still your responsibility to act with good moral judgment. You really don't have to believe in any particular religion to know right from wrong in general: compassion, honor, generosity, courage, kindness, self-respect, honesty. These are all things that we can agree upon no matter what our religion.

Answer 7

Jesus and The Holy Spirit have ZERO tolerance for false teachings about their God. ANY teachings that keep people from coming to a knowledge of the truth are unacceptable. Jesus was not tolerant of religious or superstitious nonsense.

Answer 8

They are part of the Great Apostasy.The One World Religion[and Government] promotes religious syncretism.It is New Age to the core.

Answer 9

It indicates they understand a greater truth.

Answer 10

It says they're secure enough in their beliefs not to be intimated by others'.