Why are Catholics told to be tolerant?

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Tolerance is not a Christian virtue because it is not intrinsically good. In other words, some situations call for tolerance, while some things cannot be tolerated. What concerns me about Cardinal Chaput’s statement is that some people seem to want to use it to reject tolerance altogether. We would be wise to exercise a generous amount of tolerance towards those who disagree with us if we are to have any expectation whatsoever that they will tolerate us.
 
GerardAubyn said:
Is this parish what some call the “Church or nice?”
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When I hear that term, I always advise the person to turn off the blogs/videos/websites that are partisan politics wolves dressed up in a Catholic costume. Run, run away. Turn off any of those things.

It poisons your thinking.
 
GerardAubyn said:
During confession I mentioned my sins against chastity, masturbation and viewing pornography, and missing a holy day of obligation when I could have put it more effort to attend
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Ack. TMI… Your general “question” has nothing to do with these sins. Keep them in the confessional where they belong.
 
Psalm 97:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil…
Romans 12:9 Abhor what is evil.
I am sure you can find verses on loving people.
 
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This is very sad to hear. Tolerance has been used as a weapon to strike the Church more and more.

“Tolerance is the virtue of man without convictions.”

Tolerating evil is turning your back on what is right and good.

If someone is in a state of sin and we know this because the Church teaches this, then it is not charitable to tolerate this. How we approach it is a different story, but tolerating it is out of the question.
 
Tolerance, rightly understood, is applied charity and prudence. We tolerate the sins of others when a greater evil would result. I’m in a part of the country where Catholics are considered barely Christian Yankees or “Mexicans” so I have a certain interest in a tolerant society. This does not mean I call evil good. It does mean that I don’t pontificate on Tumblr without a reason and it means that I defend the rights of LGBT people/Muslims/etc when they’re denied what they’re owed in justice and that I don’t tolerate abuse toward them.
 
Lara said:
. Lesbianism, gayism all these things are perversions of God’s intent and plan.
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I am not sure what you mean by these terms, but the Church teaches that same sex attraction is not a sin.
TheLittleLady said:
Would you kindly point out to me where Christ gave us that command? Where the Catechism gives us that command?
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Do you honestly not know that Jesus commanded us to love our neighbor?
 
Tolerant of what?
If someone tells you to be tolerant of sin, then they’re probably wrong. We must not be tolerant of sin, but must oppose it.
 
It turns out it is a rarely used word meaning homosexuality. But if the pro-LGBT people can make up words like homophobe–which do not accurately define people who oppose homosexual behaviour–I will take license.

Definitions of Homophobia:
a fear, hatred, or mistrust of lesbians and gay men (Free Dictionary); contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred or antipathy toward homosexuality or LGBT people, may be based on irrational fear, and is often related to religious beliefs (Wikipedia).

Of course none of that explains how good Catholics feel.
I would use a word like sin-aware.
 
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GerardAubyn said:
Canada too by our Prime Minister who should be excommunicated
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As far as we know, he may not even be a practising Catholic.
He’s not much of a Christian either for that matter based on his open rebellion against the Lord.
 
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Yes, Gerard. I think you are saying what I have said. Tolerance should be a two-way street.

What we have is a bunch of “protected minorities.” You can’t say anything against any of them. And by now, there are a lot of protected minorities. If you add them all together, they probably make up the majority. Who is not a protected minority? Middle-class Christians, Main St. Americans. No one has to be tolerant of us, because we are not one of the “protected.” And even though the percentage of people who are practicing Christians will probably continue to dwindle, we will still not be a protected minority. That’s the beauty of Laws Selectively Enforced. I could go on, but basically, what it is, is: Don’t look for reciprocity in tolerance any time soon.
 
Sometimes I think the advantage of monarchy is that then we are not responsible for solving issues the way we are in democracies/republics.

But the reality remains: all we can do is to do our best.

I have found that if I offer up my sufferings, it helps a lot with anger. This is something I have been learning on different levels for over 20 years–it’s not easy! But practicing offering it up in every circumstance does lead to a deeper understanding of faith.

Consider our good fortune: first, we have the Faith! We know right from wrong! And in our gratitude for this gift, we can feel compassion for those poor people who lack this gift. There but for the grace of God go I. We are not where we are because we are so good, we are here because of what we have been given! For me, this turns my thoughts to what I can do for others, and in many ways it is the least of things and yet the most of things: prayer.

I can’t say I’m good at remembering to do this, but I am practicing, so I hope to get better. I offer up my suffering, so tiny compared to Christ’s suffering for me, and pray for the people who do the wrong thing.
 
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