Lately I've been noticing a trend in the stupidity of people around the world. That trend: stupidity is increasing. Need an example? How about the intolerant fools who burned the Qu'ran outside of the mosque in East Lansing. And no, it didn't stop there. Through text messaging and a world that is getting smaller by the second, people in India found out about this hate crime. And how did they go about solving (or rather doing the complete opposite of solving) this issue? They set fire to the only Christian Church around. Yep, that's right, lots of intelligent, well thought out decisions being made lately.
So here's my question: What is so tough about being tolerant?
Honestly, I consider myself a Christian, but I don't attend church. I'm just spiritual and I like to learn as much about all faiths as I can. But even within the giant umbrella that is Christianity, I still find myself being looked down on or judged for not having an "identity" within some church. Well guess what? Not going to happen. The doctrine and dogma of the Church get in the way of my faith and my relationship with God. Is that wrong? No. Is agreeing with a specific denomonation or religion or faith wrong? No. If you walk around this planet and meet a person of every faith you can bet that you will find at least one person that feels that God is telling them that their beliefs are right in some way. So who is right? The athiests? The agnostics? The Christians? The Jews? The Muslims? The Buddhists? Or any other group? Who knows!? And honestly, why does it matter? I have a good friend who is Jewish, another who is a devout Catholic, and still another who is Muslim. Yes, I have more Christian friends than any other faith, but I grew up in the Bible belt, it was hard to avoid.
All I'm saying is that being tolerant is not that difficult. It's just not hating. It's far easier to love and to keep your obnoxious and uneducated opinions to yourself. So let's all start trying a little harder to do so. Please.
Peace.
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