Its Hard to Tolerate Intolerance

I went to a lecture on Mohammad, the founder of the Muslim faith, Monday night. The talk, interestingly enough, was given by a Catholic priest. Although I was late, the "gist" of the talk was not lost on me.

As a priest, the speaker was naturally biased towards the Catholic faith, which was evident in the tone and content of his speech. He overemphasized the negative aspects of Mohammad's personality, rather than giving a "fair and balanced" look at the man's life.

If that wasn't bad enough, the comments made by those in attendance was the strychnine-laced icing on the cake. By referring to the Muslim faith as "nonsense" and spitting out predictions that Islam "collapse onto itself", these people only demonstrated the level of xenophobic egocentrism that exists in this country. These so-called Christians should take a page from Luke and "Do to others as you would have them do to you".

While it easy to criticize others for their small mindedness, the right thing, the Christian thing to do would be to...tolerate the intolerant.