We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man.
SAM HARRISJesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker
More Sam Harris Quotes
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Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.
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Atheism is just a way of clearing the space for better conversations.
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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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An average Christian, in an average church, listen to an average Sunday sermon has achieved a level of arrogance simply unimaginable in scientific discourse — and there have been some extraordinary arrogant scientists.
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The truth is that we simply do not know what happens after death.
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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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It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail.
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The difference between science and religion is the difference between a willingness to dispassionately consider new evidence and new arguments , and a passionate unwillingness to do so.
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Our world is fast succumbing to the activities of men and women who would stake the future of our species on beliefs that should not survive an elementary school education.
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Either our wills are determined by prior causes and we are not responsible for them, or they are the product of chance and we are not responsible for them.
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Values reduce to facts about the well-being of conscious creatures.
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As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population.
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The truth that we must finally confront is that Islam contains specific notions of martyrdom and jihad that fully explain the character of Muslim violence.
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Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I’m simply worried.
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The power of psychedelics is that they often reveal, in the span of a few hours, depths of awe and understanding that can otherwise elude us for a lifetime.
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