How is insisting that everybody is really worshipping the same god more tolerant than saying that they ?

Question

might not be? Isn't it assuming a particular view of the spiritual world and dismissing every other one?

Answer 1

It is more tolerant in a generalised way, but it tends not to be noticed that it is specifically denying the unique truth of any particular religion.



The intolerance, or the conviction of superiority, sneaks in in a back-handed way.



I've never actually tested one of these "all paths" believers by inviting them to a Saturday barbecue where I'm sacrificing my first-born to Moloch, but as a "thought experiment"..?

Answer 2

It is more toleratnt because it admits that all religions have validity, rather than insisting that only MY way is right, and everyone else is going to Hell.



My personal opinion is that there are three different concepts of Deity.



1. Gods who act just like humans, but with more power. (Zeus, Hera, Iuppiter, Iuno, etc.)

2. Same as #1, but they include a moral message.

(Yahweh, Jesus, Mithras)

3. A completely unhuman God, not god #1 or #2, at all, but rather the power of love. (Read 'The Cloud of Unknowing.' Also, read Zenna Henderson's stories about The People.)



You really can't lump deities of these three types all together into one.

Answer 3

Well, tolerance isn't my goal when I'm deciding what to believe. I can claim that as my view without reference to tolerance. Having that view makes me no more or less tolerant than anyone else.



Tolerance is the ability to accept that others to have their own views without the need to convince them that mine is somehow better.



Note: Everyone thinks that their view is the most correct one. If they didn't think so, they wouldn't hold that as their view.

Answer 4

I think the most tolerant thing to say is that religion is an individual and personal experience, and each is equally valid to the individuals who believe or don't believe in whatever they choose to.



To claim that we are all praying to the same God, singular, is insulting since most religions out there are polytheistic in one shape form or another.

Answer 5

It's not. Just like most people don't have a good reason they are following a particular religion. If they have something happen to them, they grab whatever religion is known or available instead of looking at other possibilities.

Answer 6

There is on One God and all religions point in that very direction.You have to realise your Self to know the Truth.

Answer 7

Guess I would rather be intolerant like Christ.

I'm not pretending your God is my God just to make you feel good.

Answer 8

Yes, it is - you can not worship more than one God at the same time. I believe that there is only one true God and that is Jesus Christ (the trinity [the Father, the Son {Jesus}, and the Holy Spirit])



you can not worship both God and money (mans made up Gods)

Answer 9

That view simply recognizes the limitations of human bred theology. It is faulty. More on my bio.

Answer 10

its more tolerant because its a step toward accepting all religions as equal its a step towards it in a backwards way but still a positive step

Answer 11

Leading question.



generally speaking, those who believe that all paths lead to God, do not "insist".



Generally speaking it's the other side who "insists" that they are absolutely right and everyone is absolutely wrong, as ridiculous as that stance is.

Answer 12

Well, it can be seen as more tolerant if you take out key words. Try it that way.



For instance. It is more tolerant if I say "We both really like the same kind of music" than if I say "I like the only true kind of music and you like the wrong kind of music."



Do you see?

Answer 13

First of all, it isn't true. Secondly, people are afraid of being called bigots and intolerant for, frankly, stating what the bible says. Jesus told the Jews of the day "if you have not the Son, you have not the Father". Say that to a Jewish person today, who rejects Christ as the Messiah, and you'll get called names. Well....so did He.

Answer 14

it isnt and it isnt right....allah isnt the Trinity. Buddha is stone..

Answer 15

It might be helpful to lump them all together, for the purpose of mass treatment for delusion.

Answer 16

huh?