Atheists & Agnostics

LostOne4Ever

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12. Because people don't understand what tolerance really means

Fri Sep 18, 2015, 12:50 AM

Sep 2015

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]In particular they don't understand that tolerating the intolerant is not tolerance...it is apathy.

Then these same people make large threads from positions of privilege to lecture us about how, if we were in their shoes, we would not survive without faith in god.

Then lecture us claiming we are wrong for daring push back against the shit thrown on us on a daily basis.[/font]

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Why is tolerance so difficult? [View all] PassingFair Sep 2015 OP

Because some people demand that their religious beliefs be treated specially. trotsky Sep 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Sep 2015 #2

Good question. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #3

I find some things very uncomfortable Warpy Sep 2015 #4

Because when humans were evolving Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #5

Like the "forager band" in... PassingFair Sep 2015 #6

Therefore a tendency to fear otherness became an ingrained part of our genetic makeup. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #7

Well... Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #11

Because faith is fleeting. jeff47 Sep 2015 #8

Steven Pinker talks about expanding circles of altruism. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #9

I tolerate people's fantastical bullshit all the live-long day. Iggo Sep 2015 #10

Because people don't understand what tolerance really means LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #12

daring push back against the shit thrown on us on a daily basis. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #13

This. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #14

why? easy. edhopper Sep 2015 #15