Comments on: Religion explains nothing

By: Monterey Jack

Monterey Jack — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:54:46 +0000

Oh noes sam harris is a nazi like that automatically validates the christian faith lol

If that seemed rude or condescending, it was. But it’s appropriate.

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:45:56 +0000

Lets see if I have this straight. Harris makes the statement, but rather than dealing with Harris you in turn make the assumption through silence that somehow all the above religious groups would not disagree? LOL, that is so silly. I personally have never felt the need to deny such a statement up until now because it is so hideous it just goes without saying.

Um, I will assume innocence (other than Wahhabis) unless I see read otherwise. The wahhabis have have proven they agree through their actions.

By: valdemar

valdemar — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:12:56 +0000

How many religious believers in the world today – especially American Christians, Israeli Jews and Iranian Muslims – would disagree with the statement ‘some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them’?

Oh, and please give the source of the quote, somebody. A book, recorded interview, newspaper article?

By: Gouda

Gouda — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:15:03 +0000

You’re an idiot who is confusing “fascist” with “nazi”. Of course, you apparently don’t know what either mean, or you wouldn’t keep using them.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:56:36 +0000

I let Sam’s word’s speak for themselves Moz. I don’t need to add any commentary since it is so enriching on it’s own. Be cognizant, this is against any “idea” he finds dangerous, not necessarily against Jews. Of course if he finds his heritage “dangerous” look out! We could have more crucifixions.

Rather than Nazi, I think we should engage the term National Socialist to blunt the emotionalism of the term. So many look at Nazi and equate it with being anti-Semitic. The ideology is so much more than that. I think Sam pretty much renounced Judaism when he became an atheist. That seems to be a no brainer.

By: Mozarella

Mozarella — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:38:45 +0000

I wasn’t aware Sam Harris wanted a Fourth Reich to celebrate his Jewish heritage. It’s funny how these things happen, isn’t it, Louse?

By: Wildbird

Wildbird — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:46:40 +0000

Actually, “evidence” is the result of independently verified repeated objective observations in an extremely democratic system. For “scientists” to agree on any fact or theory requires a great deal of discourse and challenges. Mankind discovers evidence, we don’t “create” it.

For one with a theistic angle, it could be said that science uncovers the workings of (insert your particular god or gods here). In that respect, science is much closer to (insert god or gods here) than anything that has been written by men (Old Testament, New Testament, Koran, Upanishads, Vedas, Egyptian Book of the Dead, Tao Te Ching, etc.).

When science and religion clash, you have to ask yourself if you trust the workings of (insert god or gods here) discovered by science, or the writings of man. Given the fact that religious texts, written by men, are usually vague, ambiguous, self-conflicting, unethical, and nonfactual, the better path to (insert god or gods here) is obviously science.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:39:15 +0000

This is all bull—-. Of course God is real! Mankind has created all of this scientific “evidence”, yet it cannot be true. May God have mercy on the souls of the disbelievers.

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:58:35 +0000

Cheddar you must not have been here a month ago. Don’t you realize I am Darrell? At least that was the claim from my very first post.

C’mon if you are going to make baseless accusations get them right. And stop using the “Troll” card in order to deflect attention away from an obvious issue in atheism. Sam Harris and his speech is legitimate discourse. America does have Nazis and sometimes the label is legitimate.

By: Wildbird

Wildbird — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:19:54 +0000

And what does this even mean?

“YOUR GOING TO ARRIVE AT GRAVE SAFETY. DONT WORRY YOU AND YOUR FARTHER, ( THE BLANK) WILL BE TOGETHER HAVE A HOT TIME!!!!!!”

Based upon the level of literacy and the statistical correlation between religiosity and education, I am going take the safe bet and say it is something from a believer.

Although I suspect that “grave safety” refers to putting caution tape around an open grave, keeping hands and feet clear when the casket is being lowered, and checking everything twice before burying the casket. OSHA must have a video on this.