I wish that were true, that you could just get someone to adopt a tolerant attitude by referring to their book, but I am skeptical of that.
I think a lot of religious people with a dogmatic attitude have the idea that you following them or their leader would be the best outcome even after you said "sure you're 100% right about your beliefs." That is what I meant by criticizing being a follower.
Most of the older people I've spoken to have firmly pointed out that religion is used to control people to try to steer me away from being too interested, and I understand why.
I'm not trying to contradict you, just stating my opinions and there is an irony to thinking you need to "fix" anyone. I don't speak about these topics to people much, as the pandemic has isolated many people and I realized long ago that I am not going to be "saving" people.
I think a lot of religious people with a dogmatic attitude have the idea that you following them or their leader would be the best outcome even after you said "sure you're 100% right about your beliefs." That is what I meant by criticizing being a follower.
Most of the older people I've spoken to have firmly pointed out that religion is used to control people to try to steer me away from being too interested, and I understand why.
I'm not trying to contradict you, just stating my opinions and there is an irony to thinking you need to "fix" anyone. I don't speak about these topics to people much, as the pandemic has isolated many people and I realized long ago that I am not going to be "saving" people.