Why is there enough religion in the world to breed hatred, but not enough to instill tolerance?

Answer 1

This is a good question. I wonder if hatred and tolerance have anything to do with religion at all though. Religion is like a baseball bat, which was meant for hitting a ball, but if a person chooses to use that bat to murder someone, it seems plausible that it was that persons anti-social use of their own self-conversation that caused them to commit such an atrocity. We can blame all of the ills of our world on religion, or politics, or whatever, but it seems in the end that it is how each one of us uses our own memory and our ability to generate thoughts that creates hatred or tolerance.
Language is such a powerful tool that the user of it can use that very same language to convince their self that something other than what they think is the cause, or the cure, of the problem.
The truth often sounds paradoxical.
Just my opinion though.

Answer 2

Because there's enough religion in the world to breed hatred, and far too much to instill tolerance.

Answer 3

tolerance is not the problem because tolerance is not acceptance. Unitl modern reiligions can embrace the more ancient ways of spiritual acceptance of others, there will always be the need to justify one set of religious beliefs over another (notice the difference between spiritual and religious). In ancient times, an initiate of one reliion could be accepted into the temple of another religion and be allowed to sacrifice there. it was the recognition of the initiation that was important then, rather than the particular sect. Of course there were notable exceptions... just look at any war in history and religion probably had a least a little to do with the dispute.

Answer 4

Because people believe that one needs religion for tolerance. Most everyone believes that in order for goodness and tolerance to exist there needs to be religion. And not just any religion, BUT their own religion.

Thus, comes in the hatred. That hatred is that lack of tolerance toward another that has a different approach to tolerance, or a different approach to anything for that matter.

It is only until we are able to learn that we don't need religion to breed tolerance, that hatred will cease. All we need is dialogue and understanding. To be willing to listen to another person's point of view, and then not necessarily accept it, but apply it to one's own system of thought.

Answer 5

Actually, religious intolerance was only born with Monotheism. Take away monotheism, and we would be right back in the times of religious tolerance. You never heard of a war fought over Mars or Athena, right? They just didn't exist. The concept of "the ONE way" is what creates hatred and instills discord.

Answer 6

Because the more there is, the more differences there are, the more opposition there is to who is "right"...it can never instill tolerance. Even if it tried to, people would still act hateful because the differing views of others placed doubts on their own version of what is "right"...

Answer 7

Tolerance is not a hallmark of either of the two religions that are causing the vast majority of problems in today's world. Don't expect them to ever coexist peacefully.

Answer 8

Tolerance is just another word for do anything you want. Does it sound to you like that belief can coexist with any religious system whatsoever?

First of, nobodys stopping you from doing whatever you want . But be careful because there are laws and the law ain't AT ALL TOLERANT.

Answer 9

Most the major world religions do not value tolerance as an important virtue.

Answer 10

Becuase most religions are very strict that their way is the ONLY way - that's just not a view point that is conducive to tolerance.