Religious Tolerance

Submitted by skyhigh555 (Japan), Jan 11, 2010 at 01:32

If, as you said, Islam abases other religions, then Islamites should learn to be tolerant of other religions. Even so, however, a person who believes in a religion tends to look down upon non-believers. And this phenomenon can be seen not only among religious people, but also among atheists, who regard religions as a symbol of anachronism.

Yet there are countries, including Japan, where Islamites/Christians/Buddhists/atheists co-exist. The most important thing is NEVER TO RANK RELIGIONS/BELIEFS. That is, Buddhism is not better than Islam, and vice versa: They are all equal. Every religion, except for cults that pose danger to society, should be respected. Thus I disapprove of recent anti-Islam attitude. Of course, I would equally disapprove of anti-Christianity, anti-Buddhism, and anti-atheism. Everyone should be free to believe in what s/he thinks is right.

What I am against is to claim that Islam in particular is more dangeous than other religions and therefore should be condemned. Also, especially in religious matters, we must not confuse coincidence with a causal relation.

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