Religious Leaders In Cuba Outspoken And Critical Of Proposed Constitution

[MineralMan]

43. Well, if you see everyone but yourself as an enemy, you're not going

to be able to have much of a discussion.

Right now, intolerance is that person's top issue. But, only from the point of view of intolerance of religion. Now, as for myself, I'm tolerant of all personal religious beliefs, I don't really care what anyone's religious beliefs are. Why would I even know anyone else's religious beliefs, really?

I'm far less tolerant of religious behavior that exhibits intolerance of other ways of thinking. It is behavior that interests me, not beliefs. And far too many religious people are highly intolerant of anyone who doesn't share their particular beliefs. I find that noxious.

I'm not a fan of intolerance, whatever its source. I'm not a fan of the Chinese system of government, either. I have nothing in common with it, except for my nonbelief in deities and other supernatural claptrap. But that common ground has nothing to do with my behavior with regard to other people's beliefs. China is intolerant of religions that object to its social and political structures. That's not a good thing. The mass of evangelical Christian churches is highly intolerant of women who want to control their own reproduction and of people who want to have relationships that are not similar to those of the majority of the population. Both are intolerant. I don't agree with either.

Some people are intolerant of atheists, for whatever reason, and try to find ways to argue, even when there's nothing really to argue about. Just more intolerance.

I'm intolerant of intolerant behavior. That's about the only thing I'm intolerant about. What someone believes is irrelevant to me. How they behave is not irrelevant. If someone's religion encourages intolerance, then I'll have something to say about it.

I don't talk about China here, because this is a place to discuss religion, and China doesn't really have a religion at all.

I like logical discussions. I don't like conclusions drawn through sophistry. I don't like random insults. So, sometimes, there is a conflict here. So be it. I have a tough skin.