"It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others religions as we would have them respect our own, a study of the world's religions is a sacred duty"
quote from Mohandas K Ghandi.
No matter your faith, or in my case, no faith, if you try to understand others you will find it easy to tolerate their beliefs.
Do you agree??
2007-09-21 23:24:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me and I'll understand. ~~~Saying.
2007-09-21 23:35:59 · answer #1 · answered by firelight 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I browse this category, but never post. Too much bile, venom, hatred, etc. from ALL sides. I almost spit up a pancreas when I saw your question. A rational voice in the din.
Yes, I agree.
Unfortunately, with a few exceptions, it seems most answerers can't let go of their dogmas long enough to think about your question before answering. TOLERANCE is independant of agreement, acceptance, condoning, etc.
If some of these people could put aside their righteous indignation for a moment, they might be able to see past the word "Respect" (since it seems to be an issue), and read THROUGH the words.
By the way, although it wont deflect the thumbs down, I am not a "believer"
2007-09-21 23:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Martin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yyyeess bbbuuttt. Its not going to happen Andy.
Gandhi was a man living in a world that was not good enough for him.
This is really a rather naive view. But then Gandhi had the ability to understand the world but respond to it in a straightforward obvious way with childlike innocent and simplicity.
Sadly the whole is not like this. The difference between what we SHOULD be doing and what we ARE doing is a huge gulf.
2007-09-21 23:39:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Islam prophecise of very final messiah or mehdi will come to earth on judgment day and could shed all lack of understanding ,in spite of the undeniable fact that i don't think in this trash yet nevertheless i've got faith that if that is going to ensue maximum Muslim (quite followers of Zakir naik or Salafi islam) would be despatched to the hell.
2016-10-19 09:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn and understand others yes, respect them as people absolutely, accept their beliefs or practices that are proven false, no.
Matt. 7: 13-14 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
2007-09-21 23:33:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes! people have got to learn the difference between tolerating someone else's belief and agreeing with it...i don't have to agree with anyone's faith or belief system or opinion in order to be tolerant of them and respect them...i just have to recognize that i can't make others agree with mine, and remember that everyone has the right to believe what they will
2007-09-21 23:33:34 · answer #6 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ghandi was correct. Your assumption that such a study will make it easy for us to tolerate others' beliefs is not. Perhaps you are mixing up 'tolerance' with 'understanding'? The two are not necessarily connected!
Sympathetic study of the scriptures of the world will increase knowledge of them, the religions and their adherents. Knowledge is essential to understanding beliefs and practices arising from those beliefs. However, if I study Hinduism, and learn about the barbaric practice of suttee (a widow being burned to death on top of her husband's funeral pyre) no amount of knowledge about the practice will make me tolerate it! Likewise with learning about religious practices that involve mutilation (usually of females). Any kind of barbaric practice carried out in the name of religion and going on today cannot be tolerated.
Also to be exposed as dangerous are subtle deceptions that bind people to systems of belief that are ruining their lives. I do not mean straightforward beliefs - I mean warped 'evidence' and explanations, or control mechanisms put in place by religious leaders, including sanctions that make adherents frightened to rock the boat. Knowledge is required to find such things out and to expose them, in love, for the benefit of those being duped. Intolerance of evil is no bad thing, my friend!
2007-09-21 23:52:07 · answer #7 · answered by Annsan_In_Him 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes I agree. To tolerate their beliefs we are to learn of their religion, to respect them and not to question them. But when is this going to stop? When are people going to want to know the truth, rather than making up all this crap?
No body cares about the truth anymore, it's all hush hush, don't question them, but if we can't question them, how will we ever know?!
(sorry bout my rambling!)
2007-09-21 23:31:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The more I learn about people's superstitions, the more I see how silly they are, and impossible for me to respect. I tolerate people because I respect liberty, and the Constitution, and the right to believe whatever you want to believe. But there's no way I can respect the silly ideas themselves.
2007-09-21 23:31:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you, but I also think that there is truth and we have to expose wrong arguments. I am highly supportive of tolerance and knowledge, but it has not to be taken as a panacea for all evils.
2007-09-21 23:50:32 · answer #10 · answered by remy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
No matter our faith (or any other difference for that matter)
we are all unique individuals, we are all human beings and we should be treated as such.
We should learn to appreciate difference.
2007-09-21 23:29:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋