Atheism is just a way of clearing the space for better conversations.
SAM HARRISReligious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
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From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings.
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We must continually remind ourselves that there is a difference between what is natural and what is actually good for us.
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Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
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What I’m asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and spiritual lives.
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The perpetrators of the Inquisition – the torturers, informers, and those who commanded their actions – were ecclesiastics of one rank or another. They were men of God – popes, bishops, friars, and priests.
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Science, in the broadest sense, includes all reasonable claims to knowledge about ourselves and the world.
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Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them.
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People who harbor strong convictions without evidence belong at the margins of our societies, not in our halls of power.
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Religious moderation is the direct result of taking scripture less and less seriously. So why not take it less seriously still? Why not admit the the Bible is merely a collection of imperfect books written by highly fallible human beings.
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False encouragement is a kind of theft: it steals time, energy, and motivation a person could put toward some other purpose.
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The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors.
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If you are perpetually angry, depressed, confused, and unloving, or your attention is elsewhere, it won’t matter how successful you become or who is in your life – you won’t enjoy any of it.
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If premarital sex is a sin, who is the victim?
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What we do in every other area of our lives (other than religion), is, rather than respect somebody’s beliefs, we evaluate their reasons.
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We are all prisoners of our thoughts.
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