Originally posted by: TheSessler
I don't want to really offend anyone here, but of all the people I know, the atheists are the ones that are most tolerant of other people's beliefs regarding their organized religion association.
All of the "religous" people I know are always the ones telling other people that their way of thinking is wrong and they will "go to hell" or what have you unless they repent and follow the way they see fit according to whatever text they follow.
I don't want to really offend anyone here, but of all the people I know, the atheists are the ones that are most tolerant of other people's beliefs regarding their organized religion association.
All of the "religous" people I know are always the ones telling other people that their way of thinking is wrong and they will "go to hell" or what have you unless they repent and follow the way they see fit according to whatever text they follow.
With the same caveat about not offending anyone: I find it ironic that those who claim to be the most tolerant are usually the ones who cannot tolerate non-leftist points of view. For example, anyone who doesn't support abortion on demand, gay marriage, gun control, unlimited entitlement programs and a complete surrender of national sovereignty to the UN is called a bigot, ultra-conservative religious nut.
Am I a Christian? Yes. Do I believe certain practices are wrong based on my own understanding of morality? Yes. Does that make me intolerant? No. There's a biiiiiig difference between tolerance and acceptance. I refuse to accept certain things as being right because someone may call me intolerant.