Quote of the Day: Tolerance

February 11, 2010 in Church with 4 Comments

“Real tolerance entails putting up with what one considers to be error.”  -Mark L. Y. Chan

About J. R. Daniel Kirk: Professor at Fuller Seminary, resident of San Francisco, consumer of dark chocolate, brewer of dark beer, reader of Flannery O'Connor, watcher of the Coen Brothers, listener of The Mountain Goats.

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4 Responses to “Quote of the Day: Tolerance”

  1. Brendan February 11, 2010 at 12:42 pm #

    Is tolerance really only “putting up with?”

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    • J. R. Daniel Kirk February 11, 2010 at 12:43 pm #

      In the context of the article, perhaps. I was just happy that someone was not trying to separate true, foundational disagreement from the inherent nature of tolerance.

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  2. Brendan February 11, 2010 at 12:59 pm #

    I definitely resonate with his idea. I think our culture has stretched “tolerance” to mean “view all things as equally valid.” I appreciate that his definition moves us from how we view the thing into the relationship with the person.

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  3. Brian White February 11, 2010 at 7:59 pm #

    I generally have a distaste of “tolerance”, but probably because of my school conduct policy of ‘zero tolerance’ and society over zealous tolerance. Poor word never saw it coming. Causes me to view as narrow minded sometimes because I believe in something.

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