Religious Tolerance

[JohnDG]

What are you feelings on religious tolerance and how far will you go to push for people being able to express their beliefs?

Even before I became a Christian, I was always big on religious tolerance even creating a Facebook group years ago. But I think I started to ignore other religions after I became Christian (fasting for Ramadan was the last step before), but maybe that was because I found what I was seeking.

When I think of religious freedom, I first think of the Hindus mostly because I never personally liked the Eastern religions and because of them being oppressed by other religions groups. When I think of the freedom of public prayer, the Moslems come first to mind because the way they have to pray (as for me, I can just pray without anyone ever knowing...they may just assume I am just resting my head in my hands...it's why when other Christians complain about a supposed lack of freedom for public prayer, I just ignore them) needs to be protected.

Now when I mentioned religious tolerance, someone much more liberal than myself mentioned on my Facebook page I should have made it religious acceptance....I did not respond, but I do not believe in acceptance of beliefs. I am not going to start praying to a Hindu goddess.

Religious tolerance is quite easy (it just calls for acting like a human being), but accepting beliefs you don't hold to be true is too much to ask.

It is religious acceptance if you accept that somebody has a different belief than you. Doesn't hurt to learn from other's also, kids do it all the time you should try. I'm an atheist that attends lots of different religious prayers and teachings. I learn, I accept, but that doesn't mean I have to change.