अगर धर्म और चर्च वाकई हमारी आज़ादी के लिए खतरा हैं, तो कक्षा में प्रार्थना और बाइबल पढ़ने के उन तमाम सालों के दौरान हमारी आज़ादी कैसे बची रही और इतनी अच्छी हालत में कैसे बनी रही?
If religion and churches are truly threats to our liberties, how did those liberties survive, and in such healthy condition, all those years of classroom prayer and Bible-reading?
If religion and churches are truly threats to our liberties, how did those liberties survive, and in such healthy condition, all those years of classroom prayer and Bible-reading?
सार्वजनिक स्कूलों के दरवाजे भगवान के लिए बंद होने चाहिए—यह विचार न केवल हमारे देश के निर्माताओं को हैरान कर देता, बल्कि उन लोगों को भी अचंभित कर देता जो बीसवीं सदी के सातवें दशक के शुरुआती वर्षों तक अमेरिकी पब्लिक स्कूलों में पढ़ते रहे थे।
This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended American public schools as recently as the early 1960s.
This notion of public-school doors being barred to God would have confounded not only the founding fathers but also those who attended American public schools as recently as the early 1960s.
अच्छी अंग्रेजी लिखावट से बेहतर केवल एक ही चीज़ हो सकती है—पर मुझे इसके अलावा कुछ सूझता ही नहीं। आप उसे अपनी सब्जियों पर प्यूरी की तरह उड़ेल नहीं देते। आप उसका लुत्फ वैसे उठाते हैं जैसे कोई बेहतरीन शार्डन वाइन चख रहे हों। अगर आप रुककर किसी वाक्य को दोहराते हैं, उसे अपनी जुबान पर घुमाते हैं, आगे की कुछ पंक्तियाँ पढ़कर अचानक वापस आकर उसे दोबारा पढ़ते हैं, तो इसमें फर्क ही क्या पड़ता है? यदि वह वाक्य वाकई शानदार है, तो आपको रुककर उसकी तारीफ करनी चाहिए और उसमें आनंद लेना चाहिए।
The only thing better than good English writing is - I can't think of anything. You just don't pour it pureed over your potatoes. You savor it as if it were a find chardonnay. What on Earth does it matter if you stop and repeat a phrase, roll it around on your tongue, dart a few lines ahead and then suddenly come back and reread it? If the phrase is good enough, you are supposed to stop and rejoice in it.
The only thing better than good English writing is - I can't think of anything. You just don't pour it pureed over your potatoes. You savor it as if it were a find chardonnay. What on Earth does it matter if you stop and repeat a phrase, roll it around on your tongue, dart a few lines ahead and then suddenly come back and reread it? If the phrase is good enough, you are supposed to stop and rejoice in it.
धार्मिक तर्कों के प्रति यह जानबूझकर अपनाया गया बहरापन, जो हमारे इतिहास में बिल्कुल नया है, इसके कई बुरे परिणाम सामने आए हैं। इनमें से सबसे मुख्य परिणाम यह है कि इस आम धारणा को बढ़ावा मिला है कि धर्म का आधुनिक जीवन की चिंताओं—यानी लोगों के रहन-सहन और उनकी सोच—से कोई खास लेना-देना नहीं है।
This willful deafness to religious argument, so new in our history, has had various effects. A principal one is encouragement of the already widespread view that religion doesn't have a lot to do with modern concerns - the way people live, the way they think.
This willful deafness to religious argument, so new in our history, has had various effects. A principal one is encouragement of the already widespread view that religion doesn't have a lot to do with modern concerns - the way people live, the way they think.
... नस्ल, मूलवंश और लिंग आधारित टिप्पणियों की निंदा करने वाले लोग भी धार्मिक अपमान को पूरी तरह स्वीकार्य मानते हैं। ऐसा लगता है कि धार्मिक लोग इसी तरह के बर्ताव के हकदार हैं।
... religious insults are considered acceptable even by those who decry slurs about race, ethnicity, and gender. Religious people seem to deserve such treatment.
... religious insults are considered acceptable even by those who decry slurs about race, ethnicity, and gender. Religious people seem to deserve such treatment.
एक जज ने इसे संविधान के खिलाफ और असहनीय पाया कि लुईज़ियाना राज्य को 'शिक्षा में धार्मिक मान्यताओं और नैतिक निर्णयों' को शामिल नहीं करना चाहिए।
A judge found it constitutionally intolerable that Louisiana should interject 'religious beliefs and moral judgments into teaching.'
A judge found it constitutionally intolerable that Louisiana should interject 'religious beliefs and moral judgments into teaching.'