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Old 17-10-2011, 06:38 AM
mattie
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Tolerance Is The Underlying Issue

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Originally Posted by Honza
No we are not *required* to do so. But it can certainly help. It would help the world unite and settle its differences if we managed to love others different conceptions.

So substitute desired for required. How is it desired that one love energies or beliefs that one may not believe in? I see the underlying issue as spiritual belief tolerance.

I agree w/ your basic idea, but just that it is about tolerance, not loving the differing belief. It is fairly easy to love another’s view of God if this is slightly tweaked, for instance, moving away from male gender to no gender, but not so easy to have a substantially differing POV. The exact belief is of little issue as the underlying unifying issue is tolerance of others' differing beliefs. This goes hand in hand w/ respecting others' right to have these beliefs. Empathy, Oneness. This Oneness doesn't require that we have the same spiritual beliefs.
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