Faith is something each person has just for them. It's based on more than a simple stance. It's based on more that who we associate with, the area we live in, what we read, what we see, what we are told. It's more than all of that. It's an individual belief based on each person's life, education, life experiences, and personal preferences. We should understand that every ones beliefs are sacred. It's something personal and privileged. Instead of disclaiming their beliefs, why can't we at least show tolerance toward them. Excepting the fact that they have different beliefs is not the same as excepting their beliefs as our on. We can understand and learn from each other without having the same beliefs or losing our own identity. When we question someones beliefs, we give other people the right to question our beliefs. And no one likes that. I think that the idea of different beliefs isn't the problem today. It is the abrasive way people try to force their beliefs on everybody else. "I am right and you are wrong, unless you believe what I do". It's always going to end up in a fight. It's always going to end up with people being mad and feeling oppressed.
Even when we discuss our beliefs, sometimes we can be abrupt, belittling, and argumentative. We can be strong and abrasive in just the simple explanation of what we believe. We can make our beliefs sound so set in stone and so morally right, that we can make people that don't have similar beliefs feel judged. We can make them feel that to believe any other way is ignorant and immoral. It's such an easy thing to belittle someone.
Simply put, we are different. We will always be different. That is something that makes us who we are. We should embrace our differences instead of fighting about them. Through out history, we've had wars about our differences. Maybe it's time to stop this unrealistic stance that we need to all believe the same beliefs. Hell, since the start, we have had one belief the same, that we are always right and anyone that doesn't think like we do, is wrong. See we can agree, now we just need to adjust it a little.
Tolerance - The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
I really need to follow this too. I am not above being intolerant. Sometimes my mouth gets away from me and I say things I really don't mean. I may not like it when someone tells me I'm intolerant but a short time later, I will see that I was wrong. I may not like it at the time but I almost always see that I was wrong later. I guess it's a small step in the right direction but I got along way to go to be the person I should be. Someday.........maybe.
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