Oct

Religious Tolerance

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I have an acquaintance that is a practicing Hindu. Although, I am a practicing Christian our religious beliefs, core beliefs anyway, are the same. We both believe in God, we both pray to God, and we both believe in living a kind, understanding, and loving life. After those key traits, the rest is very different; but isn’t that what religious tolerance, or understanding, is all about?

Accepting others religious beliefs or practices which differ from our own?

There is no right or wrong or best religion – there is only god. If you look at some major religions the repeated mantra of “one god” is always there for those who look beyond some differences. In Islam there is Allah, or God; in Christianity there is God; in Judaism there is God; in Hinduism there is Brahman, or simply put, God. Most people will point to the thousands of gods in Hindu and a Hindu’s idol worshiping practices claiming both to be blasphemous. In actuality their religion is really no different than anyone else’s.

Even if a religions core belief differs from our own, accepting their practices and doctrines is what a good spiritual person should do. God approaches all of us in different ways, so who are we to judge him and his contrivances? Practicing tolerance and acceptance is a common trait in every religion. We should all be at peace with one another.

Seek peace, and pursue it. – Proverbs 34:14