Secularism and tolerance????
mmm....Was just explaining to my american colleagues the tenets of our constitution...and that set me wondering abt Religious tolerance...Dont you think that this is kinda off the mark?? Tolerance is something that u endure inspite of difficulties, atleast thats what the dictionaries say and here we are aaram se saying we are 'tolerant' of other religions....
Secularism is not abt tolerating other religions. Its coexisting with other religions...
Dont you think we need to change this to something more appropriate? More reflective?
mmm....Was just explaining to my american colleagues the tenets of our constitution...and that set me wondering abt Religious tolerance...Dont you think that this is kinda off the mark?? Tolerance is something that u endure inspite of difficulties, atleast thats what the dictionaries say and here we are aaram se saying we are 'tolerant' of other religions....
Secularism is not abt tolerating other religions. Its coexisting with other religions...
Dont you think we need to change this to something more appropriate? More reflective?
posted by mathangi k @ 10:42 PM
12 Comments:
At 8:26 PM,
Rathi Venugopal said…
That was a good thinking...wasn't there anybody to have thought of reframing "Religious tolerance"??
At 9:04 PM,
sb said…
Mathangi,
varuga varuga!!!
Secularism, nice topis to start with. The point I do not understand is the difference between co-ecistance and tolerance?
At 10:05 PM,
mathangi k said…
sujan,
Vanden vanden...
:)
Merriam Webster la naan paathathu "Tolerance is
1. sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own
2. the act of allowing something"
Inga thaan enakku idikkuthu... "allowing" something?? naama yaaru mathavangala allow panna pannama irukka??? Enakku puriyala. enakku eno intha tolerance appidingarathu oppave illa..
Mathangi
At 10:07 PM,
mathangi k said…
rathi..
nandri...intha maathiri naan konjam nerayave yosippen.. ellam ini intha blog la varum...
Mathangi
At 8:59 AM,
mathangi k said…
rascole(!!),
bhesha sonnel...
btw... neenga yarunnu sonna nalla irukkum...
:)
Mathangi
At 10:00 PM,
mathangi k said…
devi/rascolu....
kandu pidichen unnaya
At 9:44 PM,
Agnibarathi said…
Came here through RS's BLOG. Something to think about your post - How many countries have a policy of religious tolerance at least and let people of different religions live in peace together with minimal discrimination?
At 10:26 PM,
DCharms said…
Mathuuuuuuuuuuu,
Ippa thaan yosikka aarambichi iruken. Mudinjavudane nalla comment kudukaren. I am not making fun of you pa. Really, when you told about this personally while returning home, i got your point to an extent. But when i saw different types of comments, is making me think something more. Dont expect too much yaar, it may or may not make sense atlast. :-)
At 10:38 PM,
mathangi k said…
D...
anytime....
At 10:55 PM,
mathangi k said…
Agnibharathi....
I totally agree with you. Nowhere else in the world would you see a confluence of religions..
My post is not aimed at questioning the concept but the word we use. Maybe 'tolerance' seems the right word here. Somehow, I dont feel it conveys the essence....
Mathangi
At 9:33 PM,
Agnibarathi said…
Main Entry: tol·er·ance
Pronunciation: 'tä-l&-r&n(t)s, 'täl-r&n(t)s
Function: noun
1 : capacity to endure pain or hardship :
2 a : sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own b : the act of allowing something :
This is what is given as the meaning of the word tolerance in Merriam Webster. I believe we use tolerance in the second sense of the word - sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own . In this sense the word seems to be just right.
At 7:40 PM,
Rags said…
You are confusing between "To Tolerate" and Tolerance..Pls see below the exact meaning of tolerance.
Tolerance is a social, cultural and religious term applied to the collective and individual practice of not persecuting those who may believe, behave or act in ways of which one may not approve.
Dictionary meaning is "The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others."
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