Re: There is no Idol Worship in Hinduism
On the contrary, I don't intend to pretend to be "tolerant" to the degree other people here fancy themselves...I simply suggest that those who arrogantly claim to be are in fact not.
The semantics is clear. The fact is, everyone is 'intolerant'....but the point being, to be exclusivist is not necessarily to be intolerant. To claim such is to be hypocritical.
But there is more to that.
The statement being made by such a flippant statement, then, is that not all beleifs are equal. That's all fine and dandy...but when one claims to be inclusive in their beliefs, and then makes that very statement...well then, I'm sorry...they are just as exclusivist as anyone else...in fact worse..."all paths are equal...except...that one".