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Christianity Quotes by Sam Harris

18 Christianity quotes by Sam Harris

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If you’ve ever wondered how a prominent atheist frames the Christian tradition, this set of 18 quotes gives you a concise, thought‑provoking glimpse. Harris pulls apart familiar ideas with a sharp, analytical voice, making the collection a handy reference for anyone weighing belief against reason.

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There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does.

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“Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms.”

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There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should…

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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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If Jesus does come down out of the clouds like a superhero, Christianity will stand revealed as a science . That will…

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“Faith is like a pockpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms.”

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“It should go without saying that these rival belief systems [Judaism, Islam, Christianity] are all equally uncontaminated by evidence.”

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“George Bush says he speaks to god every day, and Christians love him for it. If George Bush said he spoke to…

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Christians have abused, oppressed, enslaved, insulted, tormented, tortured, and killed people in the name of God for centuries, on the basis of…

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We have Christians against Muslims against Jews. They're making incompatible claims on real estate in the Middle East as though God were…

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The fact that my continuous and public rejection of Christianity does not worry me in the least should suggest to you just…

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We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a…

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“It is time we acknowledged that no real foundation exists within the canons of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any of our other…

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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…

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Tell a devout Christian that his wife is cheating on him, or that frozen yogurt can make a man invisible, and he…

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Indeed, religion allows people to imagine that their concerns are moral when they are highly immoral - that is, when pressing these…

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“While political affiliation in the united States is not a perfect indicator of religiosity, it is no secret that the 'red [Republican]…

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“It is also worth noting that one can obtain a Ph.D. in any branch of science for no other purpose than to…

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“Your principal concern appears to be that the Creator of the universe will take offense at something people do while naked. This prudery of…

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“As manuals for contemplative understanding, the Bible and the Koran are worse than useless. Whatever wisdom can be found in their pages is never…

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About 120 million of us place the big bang 2,500 years after the Babylonians and Sumerians learned to brew beer. If our polls are…

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“If your golf instructor were to insist that you shave your head, sleep no more than four hours each night, renounce sex, and subsist…

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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or…

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The second commandment is "Thou shall not construct any graven images." Is this really the pinnacle of what we can achieve morally? The second…

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“But the reality of consciousness appears irreducible. Only consciousness can know itself—and directly, through first-person experience.”

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“Whether or not one likes Huntington's formulation, one thing is clear: the evil that has finally reached our shores is not merely the evil…

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The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good.

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Muslim moderates, wherever they are, must be given every tool necessary to win a war of ideas with their co-religionists. Otherwise, we will have…

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The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One True God requires an encyclopedic ignorance of history, mythology,…

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“What could possibly cause billions of human beings to reconsider their religious beliefs? And yet, it is obvious that an utter revolution in our…

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