Tolerance of Beliefs

So, I know I talk about tolerance of other people a lot, but now, I want to kind of shift gears on the same subject, and talk about religious tolerance, or tolerance of other beliefs.

One of the most important things I can say here is that if you don't know how the person will react to what you say, don't say it at all. This is important, especially when you are talking about touchy subjects like religion with a religiously diverse group of people. An example of this was during History class, we are talking about religion. We have covered Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam so far. And there are plenty of people who fall all of religions listed above in my class. So, our teacher was lecture us and then he made a comment about how "Christianity was basically a religion centered on Mary getting pregnant and not wantign to tell her parents so she said it was God" with a completely serious look on his face.

This offended plenty of people in our class, and it was not okay when he dismissed it with a smirk before moving on to the next topic of conversation.

Not only the Christians were offended by this comment, but many other people were too. They thought that he had kind of stepped over a line that was not meant to be crossed. Maybe if he were just joking, it would be more accepted by our class, even though plenty of poeple would still be rather upset. However, he didn't even make an effort to apologize to the people that he had offended.with that comment. It has made plenty of people lose a lot of respect for him.

So, do you have any stories about people who are intolerant to your faith, or another faith?