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Title: The Christian and Tolerance


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The ChristianandTolerance
  • When Do I Give In
  • And When Do I Take a Stand?

2
Our Toleration-Promoting Society
  • Not long ago, the word 'tolerance' meant 'bearing
    or putting up with someone or something not
    especially liked'. However, now the word has been
    redefined to 'all values, all beliefs, all
    lifestyles, all truth claims are equal'. Denying
    this makes a person 'intolerant', and thus worthy
    of contempt.

3
Our Toleration-Promoting Society
  • The new definition of 'tolerance' makes the
    Christian claims to exclusivity 'intolerant',
    which supposedly justifies much of the
    anti-Christianity in the media and the education
    system.

4
Our Toleration-Promoting Society
  • But this argument is glaringly illogical and
    self-refuting. That is, if these 'tolerance'
    advocates reject Christianity, then they are not
    treating this belief as 'equal'. So, in practice,
    to paraphrase George Orwell in Animal Farm, all
    beliefs are equal, but some beliefs are more
    equal than others. The result is extreme
    intolerance towards Christianity from people who
    talk so much about tolerating all views. In
    short, they are intolerant of intolerance, so
    logically they should be intolerant of themselves!

5
Our Toleration-Promoting Society
  • There is a great danger lurking in the general
    philosophy of tolerance. In Australia, a group
    formed and called itself Toleration, which many
    Christians viewed as a harmless organization with
    a worthy cause. Toleration's goal was to promote
    a tolerance of all religious ways, beliefs and
    doctrines. Their major theme was "We've got to
    stop being intolerant of other people's beliefs.
    Everyone should have a right to his or her own
    opinion on any matter.

6
Our Toleration-Promoting Society
  • Eventually the organization issued a promotional
    leaflet espousing this tolerance of all
    beliefs. What did the very first page contain but
    a detailed list of all the things they were
    against! They said they were for tolerance of all
    beliefs, yet they were in-tolerant of the
    teaching of Creation and the absolutes of
    Christianity.

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Our Toleration-Promoting Society
  • People who teach a tolerance of all beliefs
    almost invariably oppose Christianity. They
    cannot tolerate Christians saying, "Here's what's
    right and here's what wrong. God says it. And so
    that is final." They reply, Oh, no. We can't
    tolerate that. We've got to tolerate all beliefs.

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Our Toleration-Promoting Society
  • What are they really doing? They are being
    intolerant of the absolutes of Christianity,
    because the absolutes of Christianity oppose a
    philosophy that says, "Everything can be done in
    accord with one's own opinion." It is not
    difficult to see that this popular philosophy is
    an anti-biblical way of thinking--so dangerous,
    in fact, that it could one day lead to the
    outlawing of Christianity. Josh
    McDowell. Excerpted from Focus on the Family
    magazine (Colorado Springs, CO 1999).
    http//www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/tolerance.h
    tml

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Our Toleration-Promoting Society
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Our Toleration-Promoting Society
  • What is tolerance? Tolerating others views,
    beliefs, practices free from bigotry or
    prejudice
  • We are told to be tolerant at all times
    (well, maybe not all times)
  • We are told to tolerate all religions and all
    life-styles (well, maybe not all)

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Does the NT Teach Tolerance?
  • The NT teaches forbearance, moderation, or
    patience
  • We are to bear with, endure others
    Gr. anechomai (1 Cor. 412 Eph. 42 Col.
    313 2 Thess. 14)
  • We are to be gentle with others Gr. epieikes
    (Phil. 45 1 Tim. 33 Tit. 32 Jas. 317)

12
Does the NT Teach Tolerance?
  • Forbearance is patient with sin, but it does
    not condone sin
  • God is forbearing (Gr. anoche, holding back),
    but he does not condone sin (Rom. 24 325)
  • The Christian is forbearing (Gr. anexikalos,
    patient with wrong), but he does not condone sin
    (2 Tim. 224-26)

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Am I To Be Tolerant of All Religions?
  • Jesus was not (Mt. 713-14, 21-22 Jn. 146)
  • Peter was not (Ac. 412)
  • Paul was not (Gal. 16-9 25)
  • John was not (1 Jn. 222 41-3)
  • NT Christians were not (Rev. 22 tolerate in
    the NIV see also 220)

14
Am I To Be Tolerant of All Lifestyles?
  • Jesus was not tolerant (Mt. 231ff Jn.
    417-18,22)
  • Peter was not tolerant (1 Pet. 43)
  • Paul was not tolerant (1 Cor. 69-10)
  • John was not tolerant (Rev. 220-22)
  • NT Christians were not tolerant (1 Cor. 51-13
    Eph. 511)

15
Intolerant But Gentle
  • but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord
    being ready always to give answer to every man
    that asks you a reason concerning the hope that
    is in you, yet with meekness and fear 1 Peter
    315
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