Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Sam's Club

Sam Harris is a philosopher that has made a name for himself talking about how silly it is for human beings to believe religious fantasies.

He is having a particularly tough time of late, I think, because he sees religious cultural clashes shaping up and perhaps feels there are better ways to honor a creator than to destroy the creation of which he is a part.

Sam takes the view that the pope's (Pope's?) recent remarks which inflamed Muslims were intentionally inflammatory and asks readers if religious faith is the problem, rather than the solution.

Here is how he makes his case:

Swingin' Sam

He seems a little impolite for a philosopher (Philosopher?), particularly when he refers to the pope (Pope?) as a "silly old priest", but perhaps that is why I read his articles.

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"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"

Charles Darwin