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Category Archives: Sam Harris
How I Defeat Sam Harris’s Attack on Pascal’s Wager
Several years ago, Sam Harris set out to refute Pascal’s Wager in the pages of the Washington Post. Harris began as follows: The coverage of my recent debate in the pages of Newsweek began and ended with Jon Meacham and … Continue reading
The Rambow Effect: How Moderate Views Fuel Extremism
Henry Rambow wrote an article which essentially regurgitates Sam Harris’s argument about religious moderates being blamed for the existence of extreme religious fundamentalists. Like Harris, Rambow approaches the whole issue with incredible tunnel vision. He seems oblivious to the fact that … Continue reading
Defeating Sam Harris’s Argument about Science and Religion
I thought I would take some time to look at some of the “classic” New Atheist essays where they assert the incompatibility of science and religion. Today, I will look at Sam Harris’s essay, “Science Must Destroy Religion.” Harris quickly … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, New Atheism, Religion, Sam Harris, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged atheism, New Atheism, Religion, Sam Harris, Science
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When Sam Harris Finally Made Sense To Me
Sam Harris had always been something of a mystery to me. How so? Harris is one of the Four Horsemen, along with Dawkins, Hitchens, and Dennett. But something didn’t make sense. I knew who Dawkins was. I knew who Hitchens … Continue reading
Witchcraft Atheism
We have seen that the type of atheism advocated by the New Atheists has become Dinosaur Atheism – a dying breed of atheism embraced mostly by old white men. The new generation of woke atheists are instead embracing the occult … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, Sam Harris, Uncategorized, witchcraft
Tagged atheism, Sam Harris, witchcraft
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Intellectual Honesty and Sam Harris
Sam Harris recently spoke of intellectual honesty: It’s a slightly misleading phrase because it’s not quite the same thing as honesty. It’s not to say that every instance of intellectual dishonesty is a case where somebody is lying. When you … Continue reading
Posted in Intellectual Honesty, Sam Harris, Uncategorized
Tagged Intellectual Honesty, Sam Harris
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Sam Harris: Rape is not as bad as religion.
Consider just how radicalized Sam Harris is: Harris: I can be even more inflammatory than that. If I could wave a magic wand and get rid of either rape or religion, I would not hesitate to get rid of religion. … Continue reading
The Hypocrisy of Harris and Coyne
We have seen that both Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne have condemned Lawrence Krauss for his sexual harassment of women. Harris said that he believes the women, that Krauss needs to apologize, and that he is in a position to … Continue reading
Posted in free will, Hypocrisy, Jerry Coyne, Sam Harris, Uncategorized
Tagged free will, Hypocrisy, Jerry Coyne, Sam Harris
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Sam Harris Speaks About Lawrence Krauss on his Podcast
Points worth noting: Harris’s explanation for not talking about the allegations during the event with Matt Dillahunty makes sense. Like Krauss, Harris tries to characterize the Buzzfeed article as an attack on atheism. Is he trying to blame religion and … Continue reading
Sam Harris Battles a Meme
Atheist activist Dan Arel posted the following on Twitter: Classical liberals: Nazis threatening to murder people of color is just words, words can’t be violent. Also, classical liberals: Women accusing Lawrence Krauss of sexual abuse are assaulting Krauss. pic.twitter.com/1nXMe5dg2A — … Continue reading
Posted in atheist wars, New Atheism, Sam Harris, Uncategorized
Tagged atheist activism, New Atheism, Sam Harris
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