Religious Intolerance

What you say is true Free, however you are a romantic...a dreamer. No one sees what they are saying as fanaticism or extreme. They only know that they are "Right" and that they have the right to say what they think. So, they say it. I have always feared Fanaticism, mostly because they are not aware that they are fanatics...Secondly because there is no stopping them. There are fanatics in all religions and they are all frightening. The wider spread the religion, the more frightening and the more powerful the fanatics even if they are only a small %. Everyone should be able to believe as they wish...they should not be able to force it on anyone else. People should not be allowed to proselytize outside of their churches,mosques or whatever. Mind you I said PROSELYTIZE...I did not say pray or speak of their religion or discuss it or anything else...just proselytize. I think this would help a lot with the dissension.... Shalom~Adoniah

Don't you understand?? THe interaction along with the open exchange of ideas is the fix. Even your discussion, brings out a view that needs to be seen. God allows freedom of speech. Why doesn't mankind??? With freedom of speech it is impossible to control the view. God gave everyone a different view to guaranty mankind a larger view than any one person can have. AS for me, I WANT THE BIG PICTURE!!. We can all interact to correct errors and learn from each other. Sure there will be Drama but that is where the learning usually is. It will all work it's self out over time as long as everyone can be heard.

Intolerance, unfortunately, exists everywhere, and there really isn't much that will ever change that fact, also unfortunate. I have no issue with controversial topics as long as the individual viewpoints are discussed amicably. Personally, I am Christian, and even among fellow Christians what I believe is different than what some believe, and so forth. We are each different in our thinking and to me that is pretty much a good thing. There is always more to learn about each other and about ourselves through discussion of our differences. I recently wrote a book review for a children's book and it was a controversial topic the book was about; would fit well with this conversation but I can't add the link to my review here, a shame...

Why do you bother on this? Every person has the right to say what he wants. If he feels that his own religion is the best, he will always protect it and maybe get carried away. But not everything that is said against Jews and Muslim is antisemitism, just many feel that it is. When you say about somebody something that he has done and it is proved, it is not an accusation, it is a fact. If you know what I mean. This is what I wanted to say.