What dors tolerance mean to you?

Question

The worlds philosophy is tolerate do not condemned!?
Why does the world teach us, that we must tolerate everybody's wrong doing? Did Jesus tolerate sin no! Did any of the apostles, tolerate wrong doing? They confronted the problem and told them to repent. Why are Christians so naive today? Are you really reading the word of God? They are fallowing New Age beliefs. Do you really believe that if all the Apostles were preaching this love and not condemned sin, that anybody would of killed them! We the Christians; are to be hated; by the world, and if everybody loves you guess who is not there. Jesus said if they hated Me they will also hate you. He also said in the Gospel of John the world hates Me because I keep telling them that their ways are evil.( John 7:7.) Can you tell me-- about this word tolerance? I hate it. Sure Jesus had tolerance for the sinner, but never for the sin. Can you see the where this is leading. Where is the fear of the Lord, and how is, one to repent, if all is justified by the world’s tolerance. Christians we need another John the Baptist today. The whole body of Christ is being deceived by the New Age. Why does the world keep telling us to be tolerant? And were does justice take place. Today’s thinking brains! Today we have the smartest technology but we forgot our morals, and now we stand at the brink of disaster waiting to happen. We need to obey the laws Yeshua--Jesus has given us in His Holy Word the Bible. Anna http://www.jesussalvation.org

What does tolerance mean to you

Ok everyboby is misunderstanding me. I love all kinds of freedom, except the freedom to do what is wrong in God's eyes. So yes I respect all religions. Except the one that justifies wrong behavior like raping murder and so on. We as Christians need to be the light, because The New age is telling us if you kill it's because it is in your genes, always Justifying wrong instead of dealing with the problem. We cannot keep on blaming our parents for all the wrong we do, and we must take full Responsibility for our actions when we hurt another human being

Answer 1

What does it mean to be tolerant? According to the Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary, “if you are tolerant, you allow other people to have their own attitudes or beliefs, or to behave in a particular way, even if you do not agree or approve.” What a fine quality to display! Surely we feel at ease with people who respect our beliefs and attitudes, even when these differ from their own.

Tolerance has been defined as “the disposition to be patient with the opinions or practices of others.” Do we personally have such a disposition an inclination to exercise patience and forbearance when others say or do things that are not grossly sinful but perhaps are inappropriate in word or deed?

Of course, we need to avoid being overly tolerant. For instance, terrible damage is done when religious authorities tolerate abusive priests who persistently molest boys and girls. “Treating the children as occasions of sin,” commented one reporter in Ireland, “the church authorities merely moved on the offending priest [to another location].”

Is just transferring such a man an example of proper tolerance? Hardly! Suppose a medical body allowed an irresponsible surgeon to continue operating, transferring him from one hospital to another, even though he was killing or maiming his patients. A mistaken sense of professional loyalty might produce such “tolerance.” But what about the victims whose lives were lost or adversely affected because of negligent or even criminal practices?

There is also a danger of showing too little tolerance. When Jesus was on the earth, some Jews known as Zealots wrongly sought to use the example of Phinehas in an attempt to justify their own activities. One extreme action of certain Zealots was “to mingle with crowds in Jerusalem during festivals and similar occasions and stab the objects of their displeasure unawares with daggers.”

As Christians, we would never go as far as the Zealots did in physically attacking those who displease us. But does a certain degree of intolerance lead us to attack in other ways those we disapprove of, perhaps by speaking abusively of them? If we are truly tolerant, we will not resort to the use of such hurtful speech.

Neither Jehovah God nor Jesus Christ condones badness. Soon, ‘vengeance will be brought upon those who do not know God and those who do not obey the good news.’ (2 Thessalonians 1:6-10) In his zeal for righteousness, however, Jesus never fails to reflect his heavenly Father’s patient, merciful, and loving concern for all who want to do what is right

Answer 2

Hello again Anna!

The word tolerance is defined as a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices of others that differ from one's own.

In the real world, that may be how it works. But to a Christian, who's calling or choice it is live by and bring the message.... there is a BIG difference. I will use myself as an example to explain this...

I WILL NOT GO ALONG TO GET ALONG.... meaning, if I am in the company of someone who is doing or acting in a wrong or ungodly manner, I consider myself to be just as guilty if I would permit or allow this to go on in my presence.

I would say something or perhaps make an attempt to stop whatever it is... as long as there is no danger of creating serious trouble for myself. If trouble could not be avoided, then I would simple walk away.

To allow it and remain there would be the same as agreeing and to be a part of it.

Answer 3

this is purely anger in cover. It ability you think of you're greater suited than somebody else and you have judged them, yet will submit with them. Tolerance isn't attractiveness. Accepting human beings does not advise you ought to lend a hand with the undesirable issues they do. Tolerance is luke heat. Compassion is what we ought to consistently be aiming for. Tolerance ability you have chosen to play God.

Answer 4

haha, sounds more like you have the answer and will stick with it no matter what it says. But you are definitely right. Basically what sums it up is "Hate the sin, love the sinner". Yesterday I was at church and the pastor gave a really interesting example to show us about loving the person and hating the sin. Say we see someone we love about to cross the street (which he shouldnt do cuz there's a car coming). Are we going to say "naw, u go ahead and do what u think is best"? NO! we would yell at them to stop right there or we would pull them aside. This is how it is with sin. If we see someone about to get into something that will danger their spiritual (even eternal) life, then we should do all we can to get them back on track. :-) Excellent job! (by the way, are u messianic? i saw you typed Yesha, very cool!)

Answer 5

We are to use tolerance in more ways than one. We are to tolerate the weak Christians. But we are not to tolerate immorality in our churches.....The practicing sinners that come among us are to leave if they don't repent of their sin.
In Revelation it says in the first three chapters that God held something against some of the churches because they tolerated immorality among them and God cast them out.

Answer 6

To tolerate is to put up with.This has nothing to do with Jesus or religion of any sort just a common decent value. If Jesus was intolerant why did he allow himself to be flayed in the most horrific fashion before crucifixion

Answer 7

Gosh, some people never heard of the paragraph?

This is Pascal's Wager in yet another form.

Christians sometimes proffer Pascal’s Wager (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager ) suggesting to non-believers that they should accept Jesus (John 3:16) as some sort of insurance policy against hell, just in case it turns out god really exists. The fallacy with this line of reasoning is that faith in god for some reward or to avoid punishment is not faith at all. It is a selfish act to receive something in return for a belief. The point of religious belief so that one becomes a better person, not to receive a reward or please a spiritual being.

Answer 8

Tolerance is listening respectfully to other points of view in a free, open, and civil discussion in a pluralistic society.

Contrary to popular definitions, true tolerance means ‘putting up with error’ - not ‘being accepting of all views’…It is because real differences exist between people that tolerance becomes necessary and virtuous." "True for You, But not for Me"

Answer 9

hate the sin not the sinner.
just becouse you see something as wrong doesn't mean it is. when you live in absolutes the situation is out of context only the action is considdered not the motive. absolutes causes duality and duality is not a place to abide.

Answer 10

Well, tolerance for me means, that when a foaming-at-the-mouth fundie tells me I'm going to hell for what I'm doing, thinking, or saying... I try really hard not to kick them in the head after they go down. So, I'm showing tolerance by limiting it to the ribs and major muscles.