Letter to a Christian Nation
' Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The...
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' Thousands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ's love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant of criticism. While we may want to ascribe this to human nature, it is clear that such hatred draws considerable support from the Bible. How do I know this? The most disturbed of my correspondents always cite chapter and verse.' So begins Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris's hard-hitting rebuttal of religious fundamentalism and blind belief . With deceptively simple arguments, he demolishes the myths on which Christianity was built, challenges believers to open their eyes to the contradictions of their faith and warns us of the dangers of America's ever increasing unification of Church and State.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
0593058976
Publish date: 2011 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Random House Group Limited, Transworld Digital
Pages no: 116
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Science,
Religion,
Politics,
Philosophy,
Christianity,
Spirituality,
Atheism,
Skepticism
This is a short little book (only about 90-100 pages) that makes a great case against religion. To be completely honest, I may be biased as I was already an atheist, but even still I think the points in this book were well-written, reasonable, and intelligent. Although most of the arguments are ad...
This is the audio book on youtube. Nice. I read the book. The audio is clear and the book is good. Go have a listen.
I'll admit that my only interest in reading this would be to amuse myself or to understand the position taken by Sam Harris. It may sound obnoxious to say but I find the delivery style of Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins overwhelmingly stuffy, pretentious and interestingly dogmatic in their own way. Of...
3.5 out of 5Doesn't present anything new to the atheism debate, nor did it teach me anything I hadn't already been aware of--nothing voluminous anyway--but being as short as it is, and might I add accessible, it not only serves as a more than suffice introductory read to atheism but also as a great ...
None of this was really new to me, since I read a lot of books like this. I think the author should read The Case for God since that author mentions him (and Richard Dawkins). I should have read End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason before reading this.
9 years ago
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