Do those who teach tolerance,tolerant themselves?
Liberal secularists insist that tolerance is the highest virtue. But what they don't tell you what they mean by "tolerance." To them,tolerance doesn't simply involve treating those with different ideas respectfully and civilly. To them it means,affirming their ideas as valid,which Christians can't do without renouncing their own beliefs. However,they don't have such problems,since they reject the very idea of absolute truth and the law of non-contradition. He can just go on his merry way moralizing to everyone about tolerance and never having to explain the contradictions in his views.Tolerance peddlers are further exposed when you consider that they simply will not practice what they preach-at least toward those annoyingly stubburn Christians.
They are absolutely unwilling to "tolerate" the Christian premise that Jesus Christ is the way,the truth,and the life. For them to acknowledge this would necessarily refute their concept of tolerance,which holds that all ideas are equally valid.
In their infinite resourcefulness,they carve out an exception to their demand for universal tolerance when it comes to their treatment of Christians.
For example,one secularist university administrator,disciplined a conservative professor for exposing her class to literature from a Christian viewpoint,which included an article about how teachers should approach homosexuality. The administrator exclaimed,"We cannot tolerate the intolerable."
You see,it's fairly easy for these types to free themselves from their indefensable postions. They simply move the goalposts. Talk about defining truth through power!
But the Christians"s belief that theirs is the one true religion doesn't make them intolerant of others or disrespectful of their right to believe and worship how they choose. Our modern culture is woefully confused about these destinctions,and they use the Christians confidence in their own belief system to paint Christians as intolerant of others with different views. Nothing can be further from the truth.
Besides for the record,Christanity is not the only religion with exclusive truth claims. All major religions(including secular humanists)have such claims.
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PS: If you are feeling the heat, then you know what your religion has been dealing out for the last milenium .
PS: If you are feeling the heat, then you know what your religion has been dealing out for the last milenium .
You made an interesting observation regarding the importance of making clear distinctions. For often in our culture,these distintions are blurred,by our ignorance or our rush to judgement of other people. Only when we are open to truth,can we see the difference.
tolerance is like (I will put up with you) nothing wrong in that but me, acceptance that another has different view points to mine
and is right for them. But of course we are only humans with the herding instincts, intolerances, egos all that get in the way of true acceptance. The term poor mortals comes to mind.