Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.
SAM HARRISWe will see that the greatest problem confronting civilization is not merely religious extremism: rather, it is the larger set of cultural and intellectual accommodations we have made to faith itself.
More Sam Harris Quotes
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The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.
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Unlike statements of fact, which require no further work on our part, lies must be continually protected from collisions with reality.
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It is time we recognized that belief is not a private matter; it has never been merely private. In fact, beliefs are scarcely more private than actions are, for every belief is a fount of action in potential.
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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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Faith does not offer a strong link between our beliefs and actual states of the world.
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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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It’s simply untrue that religion provides the only framework for a universal morality.
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The truth is that we simply do not know what happens after death.
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If premarital sex is a sin, who is the victim?
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Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You don’t have American science versus Canadian science versus Japanese science.
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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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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.
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It is as though a portal in time has opened, and the Christians of the 14th century are pouring into our world.
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George Bush says he speaks to god every day, & Christians love him for it. If George Bush said he spoke to god through his hair dryer, they would think he was mad. I fail to see how the addition of a hair dryer makes it any more absurd.
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The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It’s really no more inflammatory than that.
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