Religion and Tolerance - A Balancing Act

This is a very thoughtful article on religion and the concept of tolerance. I can appreciate much of what this writer says. Almost all reglions claim to have found the truth and in many cases that truth is exclusive of other belief systems in one form or fashion. Also, many of these "truths" are contradictory thus demanding that they cannot all be true. The answer that many are tempted to seek is to embrace contradiction in the name of "Tolerance"; but by doing so they only destroying any notion of Truth whatsoever. To accept two contradictory ideas as true does not render to the believer an additional truth but steals from him all truth. We must use our minds and our hearts when evaluating belief systems.