A Statement on Tolerance . A Statement on Tolerance Seventh-day Adventists support the United Nations proclamation of 1995 as the Year of Tolerance .
Christians carry their share of the blame for prejudice and inhumanity toward humans.
Tolerance, the capacity to endure unfavorable circumstances, is only a beginning. Christians and all people of good will, must go well beyond this negative concept and develop sympathy for beliefs or practices that not only differ, but even conflict with their own. Dialogue is certainly much better than diatribe. This does not mean docility or abject submission, but partnership and respect for the equal rights of others. Every person has the right and the responsibility to express both ideas and ideals with verve and vigor, but without reaching the boiling point of violent words or actions.