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Religion is not the awswer for Wickedness in the World. It's the cause of it! ~ Sam Harris (video)

Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:40 PM EDT
religion, islam, violence, peace, atheism, christopher-hitchens, sam-harris, christiamity
By King Dave

Sam Harris gives a brief speech of the ideas expressed in his book, "The End of Faith". The video came from samharris.org.

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My favorite Sam Harris speech. It's from 05, but certainly relevant today. This is a good one. The religious community may find it inflammatory. But if  my religious  friends do here on Newsvine, I would love to hear why. Regardless, I hope  eveyone's chimes in with an opinion. I'm not trying to change minds, I'm just convinced if I enjoy Sam Harris' speeches, you just might too.

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Sam Harris (born 1967) is an American author, neuroscientist and CEO of Project Reason.[1] He received a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA, and has a B.A. in philosophy from Stanford University. He is a proponent of scientific skepticism[2] and is the author of The End of Faith (2004), which won the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award,[3] Letter to a Christian Nation (2006), a rejoinder to criticism of his first book, and The Moral Landscape (2010).

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Reply#1 - Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:44 PM EDT
PickNick

Thank you, King Dave. I am, indeed, a big fan of Sam Harris. Also a huge fan of Christopher Hitchens. Ever since I was a small child sitting in a pew with my parents, I've had questions that the theocrats could not answer to any reasonable or rational satisfaction. These men (above) have answered all of these questions. Morality can and does exist in the absence of religion! In fact, it thrives in the absence of all theologies. True freedom also exists, and these men (above) reinforce it! Thanks for the link.

    #1.1 - Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:30 PM EDT
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