Should all beliefs be tolerated?

[palou]

Salnax said:

palou said:

Should they however be aloud to spread the belief? That is how I would define not "tolerating" a belief. It does not mean to attack people, simply an attempt to kill off the belief itself, in the long run.

I think that a bad and/or stupid belief will ultimately die out provided that superior ideas can also be permitted, and thus compete with them. If anything, openly showing a bad idea makes it subject to more scrutiny and criticism. Besides, controlling speech without interfering with personal liberties seems like a difficult task at best.

I recognize that my opinion sounds a bit overly optimistic, but I truly believe that if one belief is better than another, it can come out ahead by default.

I could name a few examples in history where that was not the case, with devasting consequences.