Is Christianity Intolerant?

[thesorgo]

Even as "intolerant" as some proclaim Christianity to be, Christianity still has the most tolerant, understanding and selfless followers in the world.

I disagree... We Pastafarians have the honor of being able to claim that we have never started a holy war. If you look at the ranks of any hate group, you'll see that the christians far outnumber any Pastafarians. Pastafarians appear to win hands-down.

[Grungekid]

Even as "intolerant" as some proclaim Christianity to be, Christianity still has the most tolerant, understanding and selfless followers in the world.

I disagree... We Pastafarians have the honor of being able to claim that we have never started a holy war. If you look at the ranks of any hate group, you'll see that the christians far outnumber any Pastafarians. Pastafarians appear to win hands-down.

That's because Pastafarians are all hypothetical.

[Guest]

Even as "intolerant" as some proclaim Christianity to be, Christianity still has the most tolerant, understanding and selfless followers in the world.

I disagree... We pastafarians ..... never started a holy war..... If you look at the ranks of any hate group.... The Christians far outnumber any pastafarians

Food Fight! Fool Fight!

No Of Course Not.....

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Revelation 20:4

It's Not Your Fault Oh No, No........

He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Matthew 12:30

More Meat Balls Please!

Holy War

In Holy War I Suspect You Are Or Soon Will Be Right As Far As Total Body Count Is - JESUS IS LORD

And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.

And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

Ezekiel 39:17-22

However Not All Warriors Are Holy Unto The LORD And Some Even Try To Poison The Minds Of Little Ones In The Classrooms Of America

Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

Psalms 74:18-23

Unholy Warriors Passing Lies Off As Truth And Waging Unholy War Upon The Followers Of The Holy ONE Of Israel, Yeshua HaMashiach

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

2 Corinthians 4:4

These Self-Labeled Folk Of Peace Who Celebrate Sin And Fable

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

James 1:14-15

Working To Shame The Words Of Jesus The Christ

Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Matthew 8:38

With Glee Desiring Death

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Proverbs 8:36

And Scorning Life

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

While Enjoying God's Pasta

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Revelation 4:11

As They Mock His Atonement Even The Blood Shed For The Remission Of Sin

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

Romans 5:10-11

Never Daring To Give The Living God Any Credit For Anything But Still Asking "More Meat Balls Please!"

See Jesus And Believe And Be Blessed Beloved Of The KING

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Numbers 6:24-27

Love, Your Brother Joe

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16

[Oh Hamburgers!]

I think that the issue about tolerance or intolerance is the nature of the word. Being intolerant comes with a negative stigma and seems synonymous to bigotry. When sin is concerned, I understand where Christians should be intolerant, when put in the context of treating sin as "ok".

But there are other ways where intolerance is a bad thing, and tolerance is certainly a much better idea. When dealing with cultural differences, we should be tolerant. When dealing with different races and ethnicities we should be tolerant. When dealing with sinners, we should be tolerant.

So when dealing with sin itself I agree that Christians should be intolerant, but when dealing with sinners and people with different backgrounds we should definitely be tolerant.

[glorywatch]

OhHamburgers, well said.

[Guest]

So when dealing with sin itself I agree that Christians should be intolerant, but when dealing with sinners and people with different backgrounds we should definitely be tolerant.

All Men Are Sons Of Adam And All Woman Are Daughters Of Eve

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Genesis 2:21-23

All Were Loved To The Uttermost By Their Creator

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

And All Will Be Judged

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Romans 14:10-12

All Without Jesus

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Matthew 7:14

Will Fail

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 3:17-18

Hosanna We Pray Hosanna To The KING

Be Blessed Beloved

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Numbers 6:24-27

Love, Joe

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16

[Grungekid]

OhHamburgers, well said.

I also think this, as well.

[Rhonda Lou]

I did not realize that Jesus was "'ntolerant of ignorance' in Matthew 5. I simply thought he was telling others the beginning of the sermon on the mount.

"Intolerant" is a strong word and has an extremely bad reputation in the world today. Jesus is the only way to heaven, and no other name in heaven saves. I am stubborn on that point and nobody can ever convince me of anything else. I tell others that also because I want them to be saved. This makes me inflexible. I would not use the word "intolerant" however, because I try to respect other persons. I may express my opinion, but I try to allow them their also. I pray for them since only God can save. Saving comes by hearing the word of God, so I also try to get His word out there, but the rest is up to God and the other person. To me, intolerance infers that we should have absolutely nothing to do with anybody who disagrees with us -- we can't "tolerate" them in our presence. Though in marriage, we should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, Paul says in 1 Corinthians 5:8-11 from the KJV, since my eyesight is atrocious, and I have a giant print of this version: "Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators; yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man THAT IS CALLED A BROTHER be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or extoritioner; with such on one no not to eat."

The idea is that we ARE supposed to eat with sinners in the world (how else would or even COULD they hear the gospel), but if one claims to be a brother (a Christian) and has no conviction of his sin, that person we should not be around. Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners all of the time. He also ate with Pharisees, but as is correct in the original post to this thread -- Jesus is VERY intolerant of hypocricy, and saves his harshest criticism for hypocrites

[Rhonda Lou]

I did not realize that Jesus was "'ntolerant of ignorance' in Matthew 5. I simply thought he was telling others the beginning of the sermon on the mount.

"Intolerant" is a strong word and has an extremely bad reputation in the world today. Jesus is the only way to heaven, and no other name in heaven saves. I am stubborn on that point and nobody can ever convince me of anything else. I tell others that also because I want them to be saved. This makes me inflexible. I would not use the word "intolerant" however, because I try to respect other persons. I may express my opinion, but I try to allow them their also. I pray for them since only God can save. Saving comes by hearing the word of God, so I also try to get His word out there, but the rest is up to God and the other person. To me, intolerance infers that we should have absolutely nothing to do with anybody who disagrees with us -- we can't "tolerate" them in our presence. Though in marriage, we should not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, Paul says in 1 Corinthians 5:8-11 from the KJV, since my eyesight is atrocious, and I have a giant print of this version: "Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators; yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man THAT IS CALLED A BROTHER be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or extoritioner; with such on one no not to eat."

The idea is that we ARE supposed to eat with sinners in the world (how else would or even COULD they hear the gospel), but if one claims to be a brother (a Christian) and has no conviction of his sin, that person we should not be around. Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners all of the time. He also ate with Pharisees, but as is correct in the original post to this thread -- Jesus is VERY intolerant of hypocricy, and saves his harshest criticism for hypocrite and those who lacked faith.

I understand that the original post-er was using "intolerance" as the form of the word used today, and was stating that Jesus is the only way to heaven, and that would not change for him or her -- or for me, either. Though the rest of the world (the secular world) would call me intolerant because of this stubborn belief of mine, I believe that since I respect others, I am not intolerant. I don't honestly believe the original post'er is intolerant , according to the secular version of the word, either. But stating their views with the word "intolerance" -- does it run the risk of needlessly alienating others? I guess that's my question.

I agree with those in this thread who try to balance their convictions with genuine concern for the welfare of others, especially their spiritual welfare.

Edited June 14, 2008 by Rhonda Lou

[Near]

Christianity is pretty tolerant compared to other religions.

We are tolerant because we do not kill people just because they are infidels, or because they do not believe in our religion. We do not kill hundreds of innocent people in the name of our God, we do not get angry and start murderous rampages everytime someone posts a picture of God or Jesus Christ on a wall or in a comic book.

Jesus was pretty tolerant from my perspective, and from what I have read. Sure, it seems pretty intolerant to a lot of people who do not approve of us, but in general I would never blow myself up for the sake of God. He gave me my life - so why waste it?