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The Catholics in my extended family are acutely aware of how some atheist friends and family can be slightly overly zealous, and as such go out of their way not to discuss religion or in any way antagonise - despite being just about the most open, tolerant, non-judgemental people you could meet.
I'm no fan of religion but I'm a fan of the few religious people I know.
Anecdotally at least, Morning_Star's article seems to have a grain of truth to it.
- Not really. Respectfully.monospaced
- My catholic family THINK they’re tolerant, but at the core are anything but. It’s really sad but ignorance is bliss.monospaced
- Find ANY hate against a minority or group of people and it’s most likely coming from a religious background.monospaced
- predictalolFax_Benson
- @mono. As someone who regularly wants facts and not myths, you seem to be ignoring the science in favour of unqualified sweeping statements.Morning_star
- No I’m not. I just think that the “science” here is inconclusive and narrow minded.monospaced
- I do appreciate that you are sharing an actual study though. I feel like you and I can argue but not fight, historically.monospaced
- My main issue with the study is the method of determining tolerance, and of course defining things to be tolerant of.monospaced
- Traditionally Catholics haven’t been tolerant of outsiders, non believers, gays, women (still male only in church). In many ways they still aren’t.monospaced
- You know what Mono, those words are appreciated, thanks, I think you're right.
With regard to the 'tolerant' thing, it's a problem with a lot of social...Morning_star - ...psychology type research. Humans are a complex, messy bunch and it's very dificult to standardise meaning. And the author admitted that without replication..Morning_star
- ...the result cannot be conclusive. IMO the conclusion is weak but still shows favour to thise with faith.Morning_star
- thise=thoseMorning_star