Belief System Tolerance: Can it exist?

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Originally Posted by Petrus

Yes. It is necessary to make a difference between tolerance and respect.

It is possible to tolerate other’s attitude, way of life, beliefs without respecting them and even while hating and despising them.

Tolerance is the base of individual freedom, the right to do what one wants to do as long as it does not arm others and to accept others individuals choices whatever one might think of them.

That's what the law is made for.

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I agree. Tolerance and respect are conceptually distinct. Tolerate suggests a base disagreement that is contained due to some other factor. Respect suggests admiration.