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Originally Posted by Despanan
But what do you mean by tolerance? I mean we already tolerate Christians. I have Christian friends, I tolerate your Christianity. I tolerate my Christian relatives at holidays. I even attend church if they want me to on special occasions.
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What I mean is close to what you said in the following:
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Originally Posted by Despanan
So I don't see why you're bringing up tolerance...unless of course by tolerance you mean that I don't talk about my objections to the bible and to Christianity in general, that I don't voice my problems with the divinity of Jesus Christ in the proper social context (For instance, the various atheist threads we've posted on here), or that I say something like: "You have your beliefs and I have my beliefs and they're both equally valid"?
Is that what you mean by tolerance?
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change "equally valid" to "to each their own" and you have the tolerance I am speaking of in the context of this thread.
I am not saying anything different than what our First Amendment says regarding freedom of religion, except instead of it applying to the government, applying it in local interactions.