Nov 22, 2011 -- 2:05PM, Aka_me wrote:

I would like to hear from church members, what their definition is, for the difference between "disagree" and "intolerance".

are non-members allowed to disbelieve?

perhaps disbelieving is the same as disagreeing?

perhaps disagreeing is a-ok, as long as one keeps their mouth shut about it?

I guess you could say there's a line between disagreeing and bigotry, and maybe my line isn't in the same place as other people feel my line should be

so help me understand if I need to adjust the location of where I place the line, by enlightening me

Aka my Bro,

I'm sorry if I sometimes come across like a moral police running after you from board to board and self-righteously clobber you with a moralistic baton! I need a lot of bludgeoning myself and wouldn't mind if you did the same to me from time to time. We tend to be blind to our own blunders. ;)

I do think disagreeing is fine, but how to express disagreement is far more important in order to keep the discussion constructive. I know this because I suck at it. Particularly on internet discussion boards, it is mighty easy to unintentionally come across hostile for simply being frank and for dispensing with all the empty pleasantries. However, one does not need to be pretentiously courteous in order to be kind. Zooming straight into the perceived errors in the other poster's argument or beliefs without any attempt to understand where they're coming from, is the greatest way to lose audience.

Rather we should live by these two injunctions. I think both of us fail from time to time, and I do not claim I'm any better than you. These injunctions are from yours and mine own holy writings.

"Consort with all men ... in a spirit of friendliness and fellowship. If ye be aware of a certain truth, if ye possess a jewel, of which others are deprived, share it with them in a language of utmost kindliness and good-will. If it be accepted, if it fulfil its purpose, your object is attained. If any one should refuse it, leave him unto himself, and beseech God to guide him. Beware lest ye deal unkindly with him. A kindly tongue is the lodestone of the hearts of men. It is the bread of the spirit, it clotheth the words with meaning, it is the fountain of the light of wisdom and understanding...." (Gleanings, p. 289)

"Warn, O Salmán, the beloved of the one true God, not to view with too critical an eye the sayings and writings of men. Let them rather approach such sayings and writings in a spirit of open-mindedness and loving sympathy. Those men, however, who, in this Day, have been led to assail, in their inflammatory writings, the tenets of the Cause of God, are to be treated differently." (Gleanings, p. 329)

Kindly,

LilWabbit

P.S. The fact that you self-reflect is very admirable!

I once had a death threat levelled against me simply for being Mormon.

Categorize that.

Nov 23, 2011 -- 10:21AM, mecdukebec wrote:

Nov 22, 2011 -- 9:59PM, Ironhold wrote:

I once had a death threat levelled against me simply for being Mormon.

Categorize that.

Histrionics. 

Much, much more info needed.

I literally had someone say that they wanted to see me dead simply because I'm Mormon.

That's all there is to it.

You'll pardon me if that sounds highly improbable unless there was some serious provocation.  I can't think anyone would care that much about who is or isn't Mormon--or any other sect; Sunnis and Shias excepted.

Nov 25, 2011 -- 9:32AM, Kemmer wrote:

I literally had someone say that they wanted to see me dead simply because I'm Mormon.

That's all there is to it.

You'll pardon me if that sounds highly improbable unless there was some serious provocation.  I can't think anyone would care that much about who is or isn't Mormon--or any other sect; Sunnis and Shias excepted.

Actually, that's pretty much how it happened.