I do think most people are pretty tolerant. Problem is the intolerant ones tend to be "louder" about things, and by being loud it stirs up all kinds of knee-jerk reactions that leave people defensive rather than willing to talk things out. There are sites I used to go to that I don't anymore because too many people were doing things that were insulting as their way of getting their point across (which it didn't) and I got tired of it.
I really don't get why some people don't realize that religion and science go hand in hand for a lot of people. There was this one thing on the news where this celebrity scientist was calling for parents to stop teaching their kids religion because he thought it was getting in the way of these kids asking questions and learning how the world works. Now, granted, there are some faiths that are pretty much "No questions, just accept!", but not every faith is like that. So for this person to say it's either science or religion but it can't be both is just insulting and narrow-minded. It can be both.
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Date: 2012-11-22 02:07 am (UTC)From:I do think most people are pretty tolerant. Problem is the intolerant ones tend to be "louder" about things, and by being loud it stirs up all kinds of knee-jerk reactions that leave people defensive rather than willing to talk things out. There are sites I used to go to that I don't anymore because too many people were doing things that were insulting as their way of getting their point across (which it didn't) and I got tired of it.
I really don't get why some people don't realize that religion and science go hand in hand for a lot of people. There was this one thing on the news where this celebrity scientist was calling for parents to stop teaching their kids religion because he thought it was getting in the way of these kids asking questions and learning how the world works. Now, granted, there are some faiths that are pretty much "No questions, just accept!", but not every faith is like that. So for this person to say it's either science or religion but it can't be both is just insulting and narrow-minded. It can be both.