Blazing Saddles said:
LisaC said:
Blazing Saddles said:
Tolerance means that all Christians should stop preaching hate. In other words, shut up and allow the rest of the world to stomp on you.
I don't think he meant that we preach hate. I think he meant that it was time for Christians to step away from our God and follow his. The next part of our conversation moved into how if I really listened to the Muslim faith, I would follow it. When I told him that I couldn't be a part of any religion that didn't believe in Jesus, he told me that was why Christians are not "tolerant." At that point, I had to tell him that I had tolerated as much of him as I could so it was time for me to walk away...
So tell me - if we are unwilling to compromise our faith and values, does that mean we lack "tolerance" for those that are willing to do so?
Then why isn't he tolerant of yours? Islam is the most intolerant religion on earth. You're killed if you do anything other than mohammed and allah. I wonder if he is going to be able to "tolerate" the heat in hell?
Because he doesen't see that he has to be tolerant of mine - he only sees that Christianity is the predominant religion in the U.S. and that WE need to step aside and be tolerant of him. I guess in his opinion that it doesn't have to be a two-way street.
This has really had me burning some brain cells. I've always thought that I was a tolerant person when it came to religious beliefs, but now I'm wondering if I might have a little superiority complex because I know where I'm going and what I believe. And, I'm sometimes impatient with people who aren't at the same place, even in their own faith (if you believe it, own it). It leaves me asking if this is similar to those who were around during the times of segregation and civil rights - they all had to put some of their beliefs aside and allow (tolerate) people that were different from them to step up and show that they were equal. Is this the same situation?