Religion Ingersoll

HAPPINESS IS THE ONLY GOOD. THE PLACE TO BE HAPPY IS HERE. THE TIME TO BE HAPPY IS NOW. THE WAY TO BE HAPPY IS To HELP MAKE OTHERS SO.” HE WHO ENDEAVORS TO ‫ز‬ONTROL THE MIND BY FORCE IS A TYRANT, AND HE WHO SUBMITS IS A SLAVE. SOME REASONS WHY

‫ ﻣﮑﺎن ﺷﺎدﻣﺎﻧﯽ‬،‫ﺗﻨﻬﺎ ﻧﻴﮑﯽ ﺷﺎدﻣﺎﻧﯽ اﺳﺖ‬ .‫ زﻣﺎن ﺷﺎدﻣﺎﻧﯽ هﻢ اﻻن اﺳﺖ‬.‫هﻤﻴﻨﺠﺎﺳﺖ‬ ‫ﻃﺮﻳﻘﻪ ﺷﺎدﻣﺎﻧﯽ اﻳﻨﺴﺖ ﮐﻪ دﻳﮕﺮان را هﻢ‬ .‫ﺑﻪ اﻳﻦ ﻣﻬﻢ ﺗﺸﻮﻳﻖ ﮐﻨﻴﻢ‬ ‫ﺁﻧﯽ ﮐﻪ ﺗﻼش دارد ﺗﺎ اﻓﮑﺎر دﻳﮕﺮان را ﺑﺎ‬ ‫ و ﺁﻧﯽ‬،‫زور ﮐﻨﺘﺮل ﮐﻨﺪ ﻳﮏ ﺳﺘﻤﮕﺮ اﺳﺖ‬ .‫ﮐﻪ ﺗﺴﻠﻴﻢ اﻳﻦ ﭘﺪﻳﺪﻩ ﻣﻴﺸﻮد ﺑﺮدﻩ اﺳﺖ‬

Robert Ingersoll ‫ﺗﺮﺟﻤﻪ از ﮐﻔﺘﺎر‬

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ELIGION makes enemies instead of friends,

That one word, “religion,” covers all the horizon of memory with visions of war, of outrage, of persecution, of tyranny, and death. That one word brings to the mind every instrument with which man has tortured man. In that one word are all the fagots and flames and dungeons of the past, and in that word is the infinite and eternal hell of the future. In the name of universal benevolence Christians have hated their fellow-men. Although they have been preaching universal love, the Christian nations are the warlike nations of the world. The most destructive weapons of war have been invented by Christians. The musket, the revolver, the rifled canon, the bombshell, the torpedo, the explosive bullet, have been invented by Christian brains. Above all other arts, the Christian world has placed the art of war. A Christian nation has never had the slightest respect for the rights of barbarians; neither has any Christian sect any respect for the rights of other sects. Anciently, the sects discussed with fire and sword, and even now, something happens almost every day to show that the old spirit that was in the Inquisition still slumbers in the Christian breast. Whoever imagines himself a favorite with God holds other people in contempt. Whenever a man believes that he has the exact truth from God, there is in that man no spirit of compromise. He has not the modesty born of the imperfections of human nature; he has the arrogance of theological certainty and the tyranny born of ignorant assurance. Believing himself to be the slave of God, he imitates his master, and of all tyrants, the worst is a slave in power.

!‫ﭼﻨﺪ دﻟﻴﻞ ﭼﺮا‬

‫ هﻤﺎن ﻳﮏ ﮐﻠﻤﻪ‬،‫ﻣﺬهﺐ دﺷﻤﻦ ﺗﺮاﺷﯽ ﻣﻴﮑﻨﺪ ﺑﺠﺎی دوﺳﺘﯽ‬ ‫ ﺑﯽ ﺣﺮﻣﺘﯽ‬،‫"ﻣﺬهﺐ" اﻓﻖ اﻓﮑﺎر هﻤﮕﺎن را ﺑﺮای اﻳﺠﺎد ﺟﻨﮓ‬ ‫ و ﻣﺮگ‬،‫ ﺟﻮر وﺣﮑﻮﻣﺖ ﺳﺘﻤﮕﺮاﻧﻪ‬،‫ ﺁزار و ﺷﮑﻨﺠﻪ‬،‫و ﺗﺠﺎوز‬ .‫ﺑﻪ ﺧﻮد اﺧﺘﺼﺎص ﻣﻴﺪهﺪ‬ ‫هﻤﻴﻦ ﻳﮏ ﮐﻠﻤﻪ هﻤﻪ ﮔﻮﻧﻪ اﺑﺰاری راﮐﻪ ﻣﺮدﻣﺎن ﺑﺮای ﺷﮑﻨﺠﻪ‬ ‫ هﻴﻤﻪ و هﻴﺰم دﺳﺘﻪ ﺑﻨﺪی‬.‫اﺳﺘﻔﺎدﻩ ﮐﺮدﻩ اﻧﺪ را ﺑﻴﺎد ﻣﻴﺂورد‬ ‫ﺷﺪﻩ و ﺁﺗﺶ و ﺧﻄﺮ ﺣﻔﺮﻩ زﻧﺪان هﺎی ﮔﺬﺷﺘﻪ در هﻤﺎن ﻳﮏ‬ ‫ و هﻤﻴﻦ ﻳﮏ ﮐﻠﻤﻪ ﺟﻬﻨﻢ ﺑﯽ ﮐﺮان ﺁﻳﻨﺪﻩ‬،‫ﮐﻠﻤﻪ ﻧﻬﻔﺘﻪ اﺳﺖ‬ ‫ ﻣﺴﻴﺤﻴﺎن )ﻣﺬهﺒﻴﻮن( ﺑﻨﺎم و زﻳﺮ ﻟﻮای ﺧﻴﺮ ﺧﻮاهﯽ‬.‫اﺳﺖ‬ .‫ﺟﻬﺎﻧﯽ اﻧﺰﺟﺎر و ﻧﻔﺮت را ﻧﺴﺒﺖ ﺑﻪ ﻣﺮدﻣﺎن اﻋﻤﺎل داﺷﺘﻪ اﻧﺪ‬ ،‫ﮔﺮﭼﻪ اﻳﻨﻬﺎ ﻣﻮﻋﻈﻪ هﺎﻳﺸﺎن را ﺑﺮ ﻋﺸﻖ ﺑﻨﻴﺎن ﮔﺬاﺷﺘﻪ ﺑﺎﺷﻨﺪ‬ .‫ﻣﺴﻴﺤﻴﺎن )ﻣﺬهﺒﻴﻮن( ﺳﺘﻴﺰﮔﺮ و ﺟﻨﮕﻨﺪﻩ ای ﺟﻬﺎﻧﯽ هﺴﺘﻨﺪ‬ ‫ﻣﺨﺮب ﺗﺮﻳﻦ اﺳﻠﺤﻪ هﺎی ﺟﻨﮕﯽ ﺗﻮﺳﻂ ﻣﺬهﺒﻴﻮن اﺑﺪاع ﺷﺪﻩ‬ ‫ ﻣﻮاد‬،‫ اژدر اﻓﮑﻦ‬،‫ ﺗﻮپ و ﺑﻤﺐ‬،‫ ﺗﻔﻨﮓ‬،‫ رووﻟﻮر‬،‫ ﻓﺘﻴﻠﻪ‬.‫اﺳﺖ‬ ‫ ﮔﻠﻮﻟﻪ ﺗﻮﺳﻂ ﻣﻐﺰ هﺎی ﻣﺴﻴﺤﻴﺎن )ﻣﺬهﺒﻴﻮن( اﺧﺘﺮاع‬،‫ﻣﻨﻔﺠﺮﻩ‬ ‫ ﺑﻘﻴﻪ هﻨﺮ هﺎی دﻳﮕﺮ را ﻣﺬهﺒﻴﻮن ﻣﺴﻴﺤﯽ‬.‫و اﺑﺪاع ﺷﺪﻩ اﺳﺖ‬ .‫ﺑﻪ ﮐﺎر ﺑﺮدﻩ اﻧﺪ ﺗﺎ ﺟﻨﮓ را روﻧﻖ دهﻨﺪ‬ ‫ هﺮﮔﺰ ﻣﺨﺘﺼﺮ اﺣﺘﺮاﻣﯽ ﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮق ﺑﺮ ﺑﺮ هﺎ‬،‫ﻳﮏ ﻣﻠﺖ ﻣﺬهﺒﯽ‬ ‫ هﺮﮔﺰ ﻣﺬهﺒﻴﻮن ﻣﺴﻴﺤﯽ ﺑﻪ ﺣﻘﻮق ﻣﺴﻠﮏ هﺎ و‬،‫هﻢ ﻧﺪاﺷﺘﻪ‬ ‫ در زﻣﺎن هﺎی ﻗﺪﻳﻢ‬.‫ﻣﺮام هﺎی دﻳﮕﺮ اﺣﺘﺮام ﻧﺪاﺷﺘﻪ اﺳﺖ‬ ‫ﻣﺴﻠﮏ هﺎ و ﻣـــﺮام هﺎ )ﻣﺬهﺒﻴﻮن( ﺑﺎ زﺑﺎن ﺁﺗﺶ و ﺷﻤﻴﺮ‬ ‫ هﺮ اﺗﻔﺎﻗﯽ ﻣﻴﺎﻓﺘﺪ ﻧﺸﺎن از ﺁن‬،‫ ﺣﺘﺎ اﻣﺮوز‬،‫ﺻﺤﺒﺖ ﮐﺮدﻩ اﻧﺪ‬ ‫دارد ﮐﻪ ﺁﻧﭽﻪ در روح اﻧﮑﻴﺰﻳﺴﻴﻮن و ﺗﻮﺳﻂ ﻗﺪﻣﺎ ﺑﮑﺎر رﻓﺘﻪ‬ .‫در ﺳﻴﻨﻪ اﻳﻦ ﻣﺬهﺒﻴﻮن در ﺣﺎل ﭼـّﺮت زدن اﺳﺖ‬ ‫هﺮ ﮐﺲ ﺧﻮد را ﺑﻪ ﺧﺪا ﻧﺰدﻳﮏ ﻣﻴﺒﻴﻨﺪ دﻳﮕﺮان را ﺧﻔﻴﻒ و‬ ‫ هﺮﮔﺎﻩ ﮐﺴﯽ ﺗﺼﻮر ﻧﻤﺎﻳﺪ ﮐﻪ ﺣﻘﻴﻘﺖ را در‬،‫ﺧﻮار ﻣﻴﺒﭙﻨﺪارد‬ ‫وﺟﻮد ﺧﺪا ﻳﺎﻓﺘﻪ زﻣﺎﻧﯽ اﺳﺖ ﮐﻪ روح از ﺧﻮد ﮔﺬﺷﺘﮕﯽ و‬ ‫ او ﻓﺮدی اﺳﺖ ﮐﻪ ﺁزرم و ﺷﺮم‬.‫ﻣﺼﺎﻟﺤﻪ در او ﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻧﻤﻴﺸﻮد‬ ‫در او ﻳﺎﻓﺖ ﻧﺸﺪﻩ ودر ﻃﺒﻴﻌﺖ ﺑﺼﻮرت ﻓﺮدی ﻧﺎﻗﺺ ﺗﻮﻟﺪ ﻳﺎﻓﺘﻪ‬ ‫اﺳﺖ؛ اودر ﺣﻘﻴﻘﺖ ﮔﺴﺘﺎﺧﯽ و ﺷﺪت ﻋﻤﻞ ﻳﮏ ﻣﺬهﺒﮕﺮا را‬ ‫ ﺑﺎور ﺑﻪ‬.‫ﻳﺪک ﻣﻴﮑﺸﺪ و ﺳﺘﻢ او در ﺳﺎﻳﻪ ﻧﺎداﻧﯽ ﺑﻬﻢ ﺁﻣﻴﺨﺘﻪ‬ ‫ ﺑﻪ اﻳﻦ ﻣﻌﻨﯽ اﺳﺖ‬،‫اﻳﻨﮑﻪ ﺧﻮد را ﺑﻨﺪﻩ و ﺑﺮدﻩ ﺧﺪا ﺗﻠﻘﯽ ﻣﻴﮑﻨﺪ‬ ،‫ﮐﻪ ارﺑﺎب ﺧﻮدش را ﮐﻪ ﺳﺘﻤﮕﺮی ﭘﻴﺸﻪ اوﺳﺖ ﺗﻘﻠﻴﺪ ﻣﻴﮑﻨﺪ‬ .‫ﺑﺪﺗﺮﻳﻦ ﻧﻮع ﺑﺮدﻩ اﺳﺖ در ﻗﺪرت‬