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Archive: Sam Harris
The Boundaries of Belief
Claiming to be an atheist who believes in God is like claiming to be a happily married bachelor. Rarely does one discover nonsense in such a pristine state. Still this hasn’t stopped many people from concluding that there is a schism in the atheist community.
By Sam Harris | July 4, 2008; 10:16 AM ET | Comments (378)
What Obama Could Not (and Should Not) Say
Obama’s candidacy is genuinely thrilling but also depressing, for it demonstrates that even a person of the greatest candor and eloquence must still claim to believe the unbelievable in order to have a political career in this country.
By Sam Harris | March 25, 2008; 08:41 AM ET | Comments (174)
The Problem with Atheism
(This is an edited transcript of a talk given at the Atheist Alliance conference in Washington D.C. on September 28th, 2007) To begin, I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge just how strange it is that a meeting like...
By Sam Harris | October 2, 2007; 12:34 PM ET | Comments (2416)
Religion as a Black Market for Irrationality
Being stocked stem to stern with incredible ideas, the world’s religions have had to find some way to circumvent reason, without repudiating it.
By Sam Harris | September 27, 2007; 01:30 PM ET | Comments (617)
The Sacrifice of Reason
Teresa’s response to her own bewilderment and hypocrisy (her term) reveals just how like quicksand religious faith can be.
By Sam Harris | August 31, 2007; 09:03 AM ET | Comments (1574)
The Empty Wager
The coverage of my recent debate in the pages of Newsweek began and ended with Jon Meacham and Rick Warren each making respectful reference to Pascal’s wager. As many readers will remember, Pascal suggested that religious believers are simply taking...
By Sam Harris | April 18, 2007; 03:42 PM ET | Comments (842)
God's Hostages
The net effect of religion (especially in the Abrahamic tradition) has been to demonize female sexuality and portray women as morally and intellectually inferior to men.
By Sam Harris | January 22, 2007; 09:10 AM ET | Comments (1645)
Selfless Consciousness Without Faith
I believe that most people are interested in spiritual life, whether they realize it or not...On the question of how to be most happy, the contemplative life has some important insights to offer.
By Sam Harris | January 8, 2007; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (840)
God’s Enemies Are More Honest Than His Friends
I am uncertain whether a conversation between atheists and believers can bear fruit quickly enough to keep civilization from becoming fully engorged by Iron Age stupidity and horror.
By Sam Harris | December 29, 2006; 08:40 PM ET | Comments (1235)
Faith Won't Heal a Divided World
If there is common ground to be found through interfaith dialogue, it will only be found by people who are willing to keep their eyes averted from the chasm that divides their faith from all others.
By Sam Harris | November 14, 2006; 09:00 PM ET | Comments (949)
