You miss the point completely, so I’ll write in clearer terms. My faith is excellent. My children are well-schooled, reverent and spiritual.
I have zero need or patience for screeds of ill-disguised hatred from others claiming to be Christians attacking other Christians.
I made the mistake years ago of attending a Protestant buddy’s services in a sort of attempt at understanding his view of faith. Somewhere in the middle of his preacher’s mind-numbing 45 minute sermon, that preacher launched into a nasty attack against Catholic beliefs. I stood up and asked that preacher why he found it necessary to say things like that about my church. He mumbled something about “how I needed to be saved..”.
I am saved just fine - and I have little or no patience for small- minded bigots using Christianity as a cudgel against others. That isn’t Christianity, that’s the devil in close proximity.
What you say here is quite ironic.
The whole "essentiality" of bigotry is intolerance (or perceived intolerance).
And yet when we don't have patience for others, guess what? (We lack tolerance.)
The same thing that fuels REAL bigotry -- intolerance...
... (& let's face it, "bigotry" has often become simply a trump card used to hammer others who disagree with them) ...
...is the same thing that fuels impatience -- lack of tolerance.
So basically you seem to be saying that your lack-of-patience type of intolerance is a-okee-dokie...
..but others' brand of "intolerance" is problematic...