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4/13/2013 12:17:20 AM
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How tolerant are you of other religions?
Obligatory blog post: [spoiler]I was in the car with my mother the other day, and we had somehow found ourselves on the topic of God. I don't recall all the specifics, but long story short, at one point she said "Atheists shouldn't even exist, it's just wrong." When I didn't immediately agree with her and instead defended an Atheist's right to simply form their own beliefs, she semi-freaked out and asked if I was Atheist in the most judgmental tone :/ I replied no, but I am a closet Atheist IRL.[/spoiler]
I consider myself to be pretty tolerant of other people's beliefs ^^ After all, they're just that; beliefs. There's really no right or wrong answer, it's all a matter of opinion. I find it really saddening that there exist extremists within some religions, though, and it's kind of hard to be tolerant of those people specifically. As long as you're tolerant of me, I'll be tolerant of you :P
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Great question, and this is something I still struggle with. I think we should by default tolerate everyone we can until provided evidence they hold immoral fundamentalist beliefs. For example I do not tolerate anti gay bigoted Christians, Jews who practise traditional circumcision, or Muslims who believe in the implementation in practical versions of sharia law. Tolerance of intolerance is something I simply do not believe in because some beliefs do not deserve to be tolerated, they only deserve to be heard (because I believe in absolute freedom of expression). Unfortunately today fundamentalist religion has become so intolerant that there is a large force or evangelical Christians and fundamentalist Islamists that must not be tolerated IMO.
