Truly an American hero.

When I think of tolerance, I think of how Jesus dealt with sinners. He didn't go around pointing out others' mistakes, instead he helped any who came to him. He even asked his father to forgive the people that killed him, saying they didn't know what they were doing.

To me, tolerance doesn't mean ignoring people who live differently, it means quite the opposite: look past the sin and love people for the rest of who they are. Getting into compassion, that also means championing causes that you disagree with, but that help your sinner friends and don't hurt you.

For example, I fully support legalizing the following:

• gay marriage - I'll even include polyamorous marriage (assuming consent)
• drugs - any restrictions should merely protect those who don't use it (e.g. BAC limits for driving)
• prostitution
• gambling

I'm morally opposed to each of those, but that only applies to my own actions, and others choosing to do those doesn't hurt me. If someone else makes a different decision, that's not my business and I'll continue loving them for who they are. Banning those things causes harm, and legalizing them makes people happy without hurting me, so why should I oppose?

Likewise, a homeless person addicted to drugs isn't any less deserving of love than my local religious leader. Jesus gave two commandments:

1. Love God
2. Love neighbor as yourself

He didn't say, "love saints more than sinners," in fact he said we shouldn't judge others at all. So if I love my religious leader and not the homeless person, I need to repent. And I show that love through action (i.e. compassion), otherwise it's just lip-service and I'm no better than the Pharisees that showed piety in public but were incredibly intolerant.

Tolerance without commission isn't love just like faith without works is dead.

Matthew 10:34-36

Look at Matthew 26 (specifically 52) where Jesus stopped Peter from defending him with his sword. Jesus is opposed to violence, full stop.

The sword Jesus spoke of in Matthew 10 wasn't a literal sword. He's saying he's here to disrupt the status quo. Following him requires being at odds with the status quo (Jewish law), which is likely to result in being excluded from families and whatnot. He certainly doesn't condone violence, but he does acknowledge that this is a fork in the road and people need to pick sides, because they can't do both.

This similar idea is conveyed in Matthew 6:24 (replace "money" with anything else that stands between you and following God):

No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Or Matthew 5:29:

If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

I also don't think he means you need to preemptively abandon your family, just that if you have to choose, choose God.

The same idea is true in secular ideology as well. If your family are Nazis, it's better to leave them than become a Nazi.

Oh come on, I can see from a mile away that's it's a metaphor

They said they believe Jesus taught tolerance. They didn't say it's the ultimate fact just that they believe it. Of course you can find anything in the Bible. You can interpret the text in a hundred ways. There's no one true interpretation. You can just choose one to believe in that makes sense to you (or decide non of it is for you). I think sugar_in_your_tea has chosen a very positive interpretation.

Btw I love your user name!

Based tbh

i fucked god's asshole

Yes, because Jesus' message was going to divide families, because some members won't accept others who choose to follow Him. It was also to correct other ideas about the messiah uniting everyone and creating peace. The conflict Jesus creates are from those who are intolerant, not Jesus Himself.

It helps to read the verses in their context instead of cherrypicking.

Whether or not you believe that Jesus rose from the dead is another thing, but you cannot deny that the Jesus of the New Testament's moral teachings were good.

Lol.

The problem there was that they were defiling his house, disturbing people who were there to worship. Tolerance doesn't mean putting up with bad actors, it means not getting involved in things that don't concern you. Someone else choosing a different religion or lifestyle doesn't concern you, and the direction to love them still applies. Someone persecuting you does impact you, so righteous anger is justified.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love

Statistically, you're probably not a Scotsman, either.