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Sam Harris

March 15, 2005

…Moderates in every faith are obliged to loosely interpret (or simply ignore) much of their canons in the interests of living in the modern world. No doubt an obscure truth of economics is at work here: societies appear to become considerably less productive whenever large numbers of people stop making widgets and begin killing their customers and creditors for heresy…
Read more from Sam Harris’ “End Of Faith”

I may have to get this book,  if only to see if he really does understand the faithful.  I suspect he does not.

Via RA

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  1. Pandora
    March 15, 2005 at 14:41 | #1
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    You probably suspect right, but I think you should get the book anyway. It’s an excellent read. A bit of an echo chamber for someone like me who doesn’t embrace religion.

  2. *** Dave
    March 15, 2005 at 15:21 | #2
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    There’s a difference between not embracing something and considering it the source of, if not all, then certainly a good chunk of all evil.  Harris seems to be as zealously out for the obliteration of *all* religion as the religious kooks he criticizes are out for the obliteration of *other* religions.

    (It’s more than mildly amusing that the captcha here is “hell”)

  3. george.w
    March 15, 2005 at 16:15 | #3
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    It’s more than mildly amusing that the capcha here is “hell”

    … It’s that new “Psychic captcha” plugin for Expression Engine – heh.

  4. Pandora
    March 16, 2005 at 12:02 | #4
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    What he argues, simplistically speaking, is that irrationality is the root of all evil.

    Religion is quite irrational.

    The arguments are there in the book. It’s a good read for those who agree or disagree, and frankly, with the amount of religion wreaking havoc in this world, I think it’s a discussion worth having.

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