Tolerance, Love and the Golden Rule
Posted on Saturday 19 March 2016
Reminder for the Holy Week…
Tolerance, Love
and the Golden Rule
by Apolinario Villalobos
To prevent
irritants that oftentimes result to misunderstanding among those with differing
religious inclination, it is important that tolerance should be observed.
Imposition of one’s religious belief to others should not be made. The virtues
of the religious belief that one practices should be put into action, instead
of just being mumbled. That way, the person who wants to share his religious
leaning becomes convincing and his acts, emulated, without being loud about it.
The act should be dictated by the heart…
It is by
tolerating others for their chosen religious affiliation that understanding is
shown them which is a manifestation of love. There should be no arrogant
comparison of one’s own religion with that of others. Also, there could have
been no need for a reminder from the pope about this matter if only we have
been observing the Golden Rule…if we don’t want to be harassed with overzealous
preaching, we should not do the same to others. To do the positive way of such
rule….we should show tolerance and love to others, if we want them to show the
same to us. The Golden Rule is dictated by the common sense…..
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