The "Hipness" of Tolerance?

My friend and Canadian blogger, Jason Boucher, has a GREAT post on tolerance. 

A few snippets:

Since when did merely "tolerating" the particular existence/opinions/behaviour that you do not necessarily agree with become a good thing? A thing that shows how evolved we are as a culture?

One thing is true, Jesus wasn't tolerant.

He didn't invite you and I to "tolerate our enemies."

Doesn't tolerance give off the sound of a hollow clanging symbol, or the annoyance of a mis-placed gong?

Read the entire post here.

Comments

[Chuck Musselwhite]

Excellent! Well said.

[Betsy]

Thanks for the great link.

Hipness only has one "p", unless you're trying a new, hipper variation out to see what kind of social influence you exert.

[Jason]

Scott;

Thanks for the link love my friend :-)

Chat Soon.

[Brian Francis Hume]

A timely posting! Just yesterday I had a conversation with a relative who was “venting” her anger concerning those in the Church who ostracize others because of their sexual orientation, or regarding their choice to engage in other immoral behavior. As I listened (she didn’t seem to concern herself with my perspective once she started sharing hers) I became increasingly aware of her human-centric outlook on the whole matter. Not once did I hear her articulate anything about God’s viewpoint of this whole matter, with the exception that He accepts everybody the way they are unconditionally. From this vantage point, so much for living holy! In her book, tolerance trumps the fear of the Lord.

God have mercy on us for being so focused on the fear of man at the expense of your honor!

Keep up the good work.

[Jonah Pickering]

You want to talk about tolerance? How about the rest of us tolerating all you neo-preacher's infatuation with Starbucks Coffee & the rest of your materialistic "I'm trying to be relevant and hip." materialism and consumerism?

Listen to Rev. Billy....What Would Jesus Buy?

http://www.revbilly.com/

[S. Pihlaja]

I've been thinking about this since you posted and it sort of occurred to me today why this made me uncomfortable. I don't want to live in a world where people are not tolerant of their enemies. In fact, the call of Jesus is past tolerance--it's to love. How can I love what I don't already tolerate?

When we start talking about what people believe (and not know), we need tolerance, or we can live with others. I have to tolerate what I think is wrong if I expect the Muslim to tolerate me.

Jesus was full of tolerance. You can argue that he didn't tolerate sin, he tolerated sinners, but pragmatically, what's the difference?