My question is - what do the Holy Scriptures of each religion specifically say on the topic of religious tolerance ?
My religion teaches to ‘Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship (Baha’u’llah)
This is clear and direct. So we are encouraged to visit other religions churches, pray and meditate with them and see them as family.
As we go a bit further back to Islam perhaps the best quote I think would be Quran 2:62
Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.
Quran 2:62
In the Covenants Muhammad made with the Christians He insisted that they be treated with love and kindness .. Ashtiname of Muhammad - Wikipedia
Still, when we consult history and the wars between Muslims and Christians over the centuries, it seems religious tolerance was not well understood back then or plainly ignored.
It seems to me that how religions should treat each other becomes more and more unspecified the further back we go leaving it to interpretation and vested interests to decide.
Are there verses in the Bible that speak of religious tolerance? Also Hinduism and Buddhism seem to be very tolerant why? And I would like to know also what would be the most influential passage in their Books.
The way forward? How best to promote religious tolerance? This seems to be a major issue that we have very few tools to equip ourselves with because to my knowledge it is not an issue that was ever directly dealt with by most Holy Scriptures so we are left with the dilemma of how to create tolerance and peace between religions. I think the times agree that we cannot any longer ignore this issue
But how?
My religion teaches to ‘Consort with the followers of all religions in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship (Baha’u’llah)
This is clear and direct. So we are encouraged to visit other religions churches, pray and meditate with them and see them as family.
As we go a bit further back to Islam perhaps the best quote I think would be Quran 2:62
Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.
Quran 2:62
In the Covenants Muhammad made with the Christians He insisted that they be treated with love and kindness .. Ashtiname of Muhammad - Wikipedia
Still, when we consult history and the wars between Muslims and Christians over the centuries, it seems religious tolerance was not well understood back then or plainly ignored.
It seems to me that how religions should treat each other becomes more and more unspecified the further back we go leaving it to interpretation and vested interests to decide.
Are there verses in the Bible that speak of religious tolerance? Also Hinduism and Buddhism seem to be very tolerant why? And I would like to know also what would be the most influential passage in their Books.
The way forward? How best to promote religious tolerance? This seems to be a major issue that we have very few tools to equip ourselves with because to my knowledge it is not an issue that was ever directly dealt with by most Holy Scriptures so we are left with the dilemma of how to create tolerance and peace between religions. I think the times agree that we cannot any longer ignore this issue
But how?