Nothing could be further from the truth. Knowing the differences between Born-again, Evangelical, Fundamentalist, Pentecostal and Charismatic can not only be educational and save you from some embarrassing moments, but it's a show of respect. Next, know what you believe as well as what Unitarian Universalism represents. This may not work for you, but it's this kind of thing that I'm suggesting you need to have available. But here at home, in most of our cities, towns and neighborhood, tolerance isn't what we're after - in this faith community, tolerance is not the word I would use to describe my goal.
Religious pluralism is a more accurate description.
When we tolerate another person, another belief, we don't expect to change - we want to stay just the way we are. In this sense, tolerance has a ring of privilege to it which some suggest has the feel of arrogance about it - I will tolerate your belief means that I will put up with it. Pluralism, on the other hand, means we not only acknowledge the differences of belief but we welcome them because they then become part of our theological and spiritual growing edge - we welcome the challenge inherent to any new perspective. There's a lot more that could be said about this, but I hope you begin to see the differences. Again, I think pluralism is the direction we want to go, not tolerance.