Audie wrote:Lets leave it at "any organized religion".
As for how much Jesus, a person who paid attention and tried to emulate would have a hard time being a bigot. Nutty, Im not so sure. People say they are emulating Jesus when they say they believe in noahs ark.
It is very easy for people to take something good and screw it up, we see it all the time.
It's human nature.
Bigotry is a very hard thing to be self-aware of, we talked about this before.
A bigot is a person that does NOT tolerate other people that have different views from theirs.
Note that it doesn't mean not accept, it means not tolerate.
Typically the individual is intolerant in a irrational and unfair way even.
Sometimes even to the degree of racism.
It is very hard for people to admit to themselves or see themselves as bigots because very few people think that disagreement is bigotry and they are RIGHT.
Disagreement of views is NOT bigotry.
Intolerance of views is bigotry. Intolerance of people is bigotry.
Every time a person says, I disagree, they are NOT bigots though.
Example:
I disagree with homosexuality BUT I have no problem with homosexual people at all ( I have family member that are gay and a few friends as well) and I am tolerant of their lifestyle, even if I disagree with it.
While I could be viewed as a bigot because I am intolerant of homosexual activity ( and not for religious reasons mind you), I am tolerant of homosexuals.
Much like I am sure they tolerate me, but are intolerant of some of my views.
A bigot is one that is intolerant of views AND people to a degree that they almost dehumanize people.
Lets not forget that Jesus was very tolerant of people BUT intolerant of sin.