Pope: Gayness as dangerous as the rainforest being destroyed.

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The_vagabond7 said:

I'm an atheist with nothing against belief, only bigotry. Comrade Toyva's is the kind of faith that I can respect. A very educated, reasonable fellow that isn't claiming everybody but his denomination are enemies of god, and will be killed in Armageddon/burned for eternity/be curb stomped by bigots.

Often times people of faith think atheists don't like or don't respect people of faith, when most of the time (can't speak for everybody obviously) that's not the case, it's a disdain for willful ignorance, prejudice, and the attitude that I can't be wrong, everybody but my group is a heathen that must suffer unless they comply with my standards. But there are certainly plenty of people of faith that don't fit that group.

 

 I object to this view. Because some religions are considered very tolerant, others are not - and this is because it's built into their nature. Comrade Toyva happens to belong to a religion, judaism, that doesn't have mission on it's agenda (same with buddhism), and that's a big reason why they are seen as more "tolerant" and respectful towards non-believers or other denominations. While for example in christianity it's simply built into the faith to interfere into other peoples beliefs - God have ordered the christian to spread the message and to inform people about the consequences. So one could say that some degree of intolerance, violation of other peoples integrity - in this case to question peoples personal faith - is sanctioned by the religion of christianity. And if you are a sincere follower of this faith, you just have to accept it.

What I'm trying to say is that a respectful attitude on a personal level isn't the only factor, there's also the factor of the nature of the religion (or philosofy, world view, political ideology etc). Some religions are outgoing, some are more introvert. And it kinda sucks if people aren't aware of this.