Christians didn't become more tolerant and open minded as opposed to followers of other religions.

Probably speaks to my heart on this subject better than any words. Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, at the grave of father Thomas Merton OCSO at the Gethsemane retreat outside Bardstown, Kentucky.

In some sense two men who couldn't be different. Not just in terms of their views. The Dalai Lama a monastic since his youth, highly rigorously educated, thrown into the public light and politics of his nation in exile. Merton a hermit, a poet, mystic. But also wholly a man, familiar with profane love.

And of course in their views. One a committed Christian, the other an atheist but not an anti-theist. But they were friends. Examples for each other. They challenged each other with their paths. Merton has written about Buddhist teachings as the Dalai Lama has written about Christian teachings. They loved each other.

That is sort of my example. It's not even about "tolerance". It's really about finding and recognizing the good in others. Letting that good reflect into one. Accepting the ambiguity that one's spiritual playground might not have all the toys. That whatever "it" is might be bigger than that. Bigger than one knows, even imagines.

I don't know if the world has become spiritually intolerant. Or if it has all just become materialistic.

It's a culture VS religion thing. While religion is a big part of a culture and it influences it a lot, many of its ideals also contradict the secular ideals. And the people who say Christianity is the most tolerant religion they do so because in their minds christianity is part of the western culture (which is supposed to be progressive, liberal, tolerant and all that). But did the actual people who helped and still help bring change and progress and open mindedness do so because they were christians? Because their religion told them so? Maybe in some cases yes, but definitely not in most of them.
People will be open minded only when it's about something that affects them, but not their neighbour. Christians think they are because they accept people in church in just jeans and because they don't stone people who have sex before marriage anymore. But that is because those changes are to their own advantage, not because they finally became tolerant.

Christians didn't become "more tolerant" spontaneously, ever, in their history. They were forced to. Religious freedom was paid with (a lot of) blood

What they stand for in America is complete cultural hegemony. Anything less than that and they will cry “persecution”.

I'm not necessarily offended, but rather being someone from a culture and a faith that suffers greatly from westerners making unfair generalizations, you bewilder me when you do the same.

What you say is true of SOME Christians, but not of all. Peace be upon you.

Im offended by the thought that you would think i could be offended. I have an explanation. But its lengthy.. im lazy too.

don't get offended, but I'll offer a different explanation as necessary. let me show you something different? when we try to remember often there are different ways to over take a struggle.
fear leads to anxiety

Christians means follower of Christ. not follower of people in a building a so called church.

https://g.co/kgs/RJqHLY

So passive, always asleep.

Except for rare few here and there who actually pay thought and heart to the teachings.

Christian are loosing more and more followers.. soon it will be just a handful of people here and there..

How dare you offend a religion I'm not a part of.

There are alot of good Christians out there. Unfortunately the bad ones are the loudest.

I don't even know where to start or end with those being loud around this place, the lack in empathy, morals, ethics as love for human mankind is alarming and upsetting. They're horrible people. I won't say there won't be exceptions but that goes for everything in life. The bunch being loud here can go and have a circle jerk in their own supremacy.

Prosperity gospel is the biggest offender in my mind.