Is tolerance intolerant?

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Interesting.  Kinda sounds like the Wiccan Rede.

I don't adhere to any crazy religious or atheistic hocus pocus, but I think there are certain concepts we can all agree on.

UGGGGG, If you dig deep enough into multiple religions, it does not matter, humans are all arguing the same thing.

"I am good. I am moral"

Wiccan, Muslim, Rasta, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian....... It does not change the fact that every nation on the face of the planet has both hospitals and prisons. 

One book that should be far more widely read as far as skeptics is "The New Atheism" by Victor Stinger. In later chapters he compares multiple religions worldwide showing the idea of "goodness" is claimed by all. And that is not a false statement. Every religion in the world has apologists who point to writings and holy people as proof that that sect is the seat of morality of our species.

I'd agree that there are good people in every religion. I simply disagree that it is the religion making humans good, but our species evolution that makes us capable of such.

There is no magic to our species. If one is to admit there are good in every bunch, and nuts in every bunch, then that says to me our behaviors are not in mythology but in nature, both good and bad.

I don't think it's good to assume one thing.  Religion can be beneficial or detrimental.  It just depends on the context someone interprets it.  More times than not, someone on the outside is complaining because someone practiced out of context.  Same with atheism.  Some people can believe it helps them focus on the natural world and what they feel is real.  Then you can get people that go over the top and annoy everybody that doesn't think like them. Regardless, it's better to find common ground and apply compassion for one another.  Not this "my belief can beat up your belief" arguing that goes round-n-round.