In Many Faiths, One Truth, an op-ed in the NY Times, the Dalai Lama (a Buddhist leader of religious officials of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism) calls for religious tolerance, for finding common ground among faiths, bridging needless divides at a time when unified action is more crucial than ever. I couldn’t agree more. [...]
Categories: Worldviews
Tags: Buddhism · Dalai Lama · Tolerance
UPDATE: See the comments for more on the saga. The MySpace group mentioned has been restored. Skeptico has a post titled Sniveling Cowardly Christians. And yes, the title is justified: Early this month, MySpace again deleted the Atheist and Agnostic Group (35,000 members). This deletion, due largely to complaints from people who find atheism offensive, [...]
Categories: Worldviews
Tags: Atheism · Christianity · Freedom of Religion · Tolerance
Tolerance without understanding seems dishonest. Many “atheists” simply do not understand religion. How could they? They either have not been exposed to it and do not know what it is about, or they come from a fundamentalistic background and have been hurt badly by religion. Many “atheists” simply do not understand religion, but are very [...]
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