Americans Tolerant of Religions, Poll Says

[Crabtownboy]

Americans Tolerant of Religions, Poll Says
By ERIC GORSKI,AP
Posted: 2008-06-24 06:39:50
Filed Under: Nation News
(June 23) - America remains a nation of believers, but a new survey finds most Americans don't feel their religion is the only way to eternal life — even if their faith tradition teaches otherwise.

The findings, revealed Monday in a survey of 35,000 adults, can either be taken as a positive sign of growing religious tolerance, or disturbing evidence that Americans dismiss or don't know fundamental teachings of their own faiths.

http://tinyurl.com/6r5r3o

 

[pinoybaptist]

I'll take the second part after the "or".

 

[just-want-peace]

I'll take the second part after the "or".

Ditto!! The old "itching ears" syndrome is alive and well!!

 

[donnA]

Christians should never be tolerant of false relgions or false teachings.

 

[Crabtownboy]

Christians should never be tolerant of false relgions or false teachings.

Just for conversation sake, do you expect tolerance from those who disagree with you?

 

[donnA]

Just for conversation sake, do you expect tolerance from those who disagree with you?

Christianity is true, therefore I don't care if they are tolerant or not.

 

[donnA]

For the christian, religious tolerance equals compromise. When we do not speak out against false beliefs we are saying it is valid.

 

[donnA]

Religion today in the USA is a salad bar where people heap on upbeat beliefs they like and often leave the veggies — like strict doctrines — behind.

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78% overall say there are "absolute standards of right and wrong," but only 29% rely on their religion to delineate these standards. The majority (52%) turn to "practical experience and common sense," with 9% relying on philosophy and reason, and 5% on scientific information.
• 74% say "there is a heaven, where people who have led good lives are eternally rewarded," but far fewer (59%) say there's a "hell, where people who have led bad lives and die without being sorry are eternally punished."
• 70%, including a majority of all major Christian and non-Christian religious groups except Mormons, say "many religions can lead to eternal life."

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44% want to preserve their religion's traditional beliefs and practices. But most Catholics (67%), Jews (65%), mainline Christians (56%) and Muslims (51%) say their religion should either "adjust to new circumstances" or "adopt modern beliefs and practices

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-06-23-pew-religions_N.htm?csp=1

Is this what we are to be tolerant of? I think not.

 

[Crabtownboy]

Christianity is true, therefore I don't care if they are tolerant or not.

I was simply curious. Can a person be politely intolerant? If so how? Give me an example.