Timeline for Christian Toleration
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| Feb 5, 2015 at 0:08 | comment | added | user3961 | I think tolerance in general is a relatively new idea, and not a Christian one (the word heretic should give you feelings of intolerance). The concept that fundamentally different people and their contrasting beliefs can coexist in the same nation, city, or even house, is surely no older than a few centuries (at least in western culture). | |
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| Oct 29, 2013 at 14:18 | vote | accept | The Freemason | ||
| Oct 24, 2013 at 9:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackChristian/status/393310170010636289 | ||
| Oct 23, 2013 at 13:08 | answer | added | Steve | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 2:28 | comment | added | pterandon | I think some of the objection to the exclusivity of Christianity comes from folks who view themselves as decent people trying to be good (vs. Romans 3). Hell becomes incredibly unjust idea. But it's ultimately fault of poor Christian preaching. | |
| Oct 23, 2013 at 0:17 | answer | added | HelloWorld | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 19:04 | answer | added | Mawia | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 18:17 | answer | added | Ryan Frame | timeline score: 7 | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 18:12 | answer | added | Narnian | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 18:06 | comment | added | The Freemason | @Mawia, if you consider Christianity tolerant in any regard, please answer and define your scope to towards other religions or denominations. "Christianity is tolerant because Catholicism and Protestantism has stopped blowing themselves up and have joined hands as they realize they are worshiping the same God." This is my last comment on this question, it either stands and is answered or not | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 18:02 | comment | added | Mawia | Is this question about tolerance towards other religions or to other Christian denominations? | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 18:01 | comment | added | James T | And also, Christians classify certain things as "sin" but these days often do not insist that they should result in civil punishment. One could also look at denominational perspectives on excommunication, disfellowshipping, ordination standards, and so on, as to whether certain things (while admitted as bad) still do not disqualify one from membership in a Christian community. | |
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| Oct 22, 2013 at 17:57 | comment | added | James T | I am surprised at the objections here - the basic idea of the question seems reasonable. I don't see a sense here that Christianity does or should "tolerate" everything, but only that Christianity has in the past supported such things as the separation of church and state, open debate, lack of legal sanction on heterodoxy, etc. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 17:44 | comment | added | The Freemason | WHY AM I DEFENDING THIS QUESTION? Or even, why is this question being scrutinized? Christianity in the US has the preconceived and even promoted attribute of toleration. I am asking for an example of this. This isn't a bad question, if you call yourself tolerant, explain it. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 17:42 | history | edited | The Freemason | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 22, 2013 at 17:36 | comment | added | Mawia | Might work, but who knows who is the most tolerant? We are not that smart to answer such questions (I mean myself, others are smart). :) | |
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| Oct 22, 2013 at 17:32 | comment | added | The Freemason | @Mawia, I'm willing to change the question such that I ask which denomination is most tolerant with examples if that would help. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 17:18 | comment | added | Mawia | The degree of tolerance varies in different denominations. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 17:06 | comment | added | Flimzy | There are many examples of Christianity being intollerant. Read the 10 commandments for an easy list of 10 things about which Christianity is not tolerant. | |
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| Oct 22, 2013 at 16:57 | comment | added | The Freemason | @Flimzy, that would be a plausible answer - "Christianity isn't tolerant." With some examples and quotes from the bible. This may be the correct answer, however I'm hoping to find the opposite of that. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 16:55 | comment | added | Flimzy | That "Christianity is tolerant," I believe is a false premise. Although if you clarify what YOU mean by "tolerant," it may clear that up. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 16:55 | comment | added | The Freemason | I have removed loving since loving is hard to define. This is a genuine question, no false premises on my part - however the author of the list does have false premises. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 16:54 | comment | added | Flimzy | I don't think that question can be answered, because I don't think Christianity is "tolerant" (according to the most common modern usage of that word). | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 16:53 | comment | added | Flimzy | Specifically: Christianity does claim to be loving (Love your neighbor as yourself). I'm not sure that Christianity claims to be tolerant, however. Christianity is very harsh toward sin. | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 16:53 | comment | added | The Freemason | Flimzy, I thought I was clear, "What are the characteristics of Christianity that mke it tolerant?" | |
| Oct 22, 2013 at 16:49 | history | asked | The Freemason | CC BY-SA 3.0 |