We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Muslim moderates, wherever they are, must be given every tool necessary to win a war of ideas with their co-religionists. Otherwise, we… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“even if Noam Chomsky were right about everything, the Islamic doctrines related to martyrdom, jihad, blasphemy, apostasy, the rights of women and… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
It is time we admitted that we are not at war with “terrorism.” We are at war with Islam. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The principal tenet of Jainism is non-harming. Observant Jains will literally not harm a fly. Fundamentalist Jainism and fundamentalist Islam do not… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Take a moment to reflect upon the existence of the musical The Book of Mormon. Now imagine the security precautions that would… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Indeed, religion is as much a living spring of violence today as it was at any time in the past. The recent… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The truth that we must finally confront is that Islam contains specific notions of martyrdom and jihad that fully explain the character… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The same failure of liberalism is evident in Western Europe, where the dogma of multiculturalism has left a secular Europe very slow… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There's no way to reconcile Islam with Christianity. This difference of opinion admits of compromise as much as a coin toss does. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Words like 'God' and 'Allah' must go the way of 'Apollo' and 'Baal' or they will unmake our world. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The position of the Muslim community in the face of all provocations seems to be: Islam is a religion of peace, and… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Nothing that a Christian and a Muslim can say to each other will render their beliefs mutually vulnerable to discourse, because the… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
We have Christians against Muslims against Jews. They're making incompatible claims on real estate in the Middle East as though God were… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Recently , crowds of thousands gathered throughout the Muslim world - burning European embassies, issuing threats, taking hostages, even killing people -… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“[...] atheists are the most reviled minority in the United States. Polls indicate that being an atheist is a perfect impediment to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Muslims must learn that if they make belligerent and fanatical claims upon the tolerance of free societies, they will meet the limits… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Nonbelievers like myself stand beside you, dumbstruck by the Muslim hordes who chant death to whole nations of the living. But we… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
God is great"). Conversations about the practical impossibility of God's existence and the science-based irrationality of an afterlife slid seamlessly into xenophobia… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The treatment of women in Muslim communities throughout the world is unconscionable. All civilized nations must unite in condemnation of a theology… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Incompatible religious doctrines have Balkanised our world and these divisions have become a continuous source of bloodshed. Indeed, religion is as much… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
We should profile Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim, and we should be honest about… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Moderates in every faith are obliged to loosely interpret (or simply ignore) much of their canons in the interests of living in the modern… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
There is no question but that nominally religious scientists like Francis Collins and Kenneth R. Miller are doing lasting harm to our discourse by… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
We have Christians against Muslims against Jews, and no matter how liberal your theology, merely identifying yourself as a Christian or a Jew lends… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“Your principal concern appears to be that the Creator of the universe will take offense at something people do while naked. This prudery of… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“As manuals for contemplative understanding, the Bible and the Koran are worse than useless. Whatever wisdom can be found in their pages is never… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
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… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“If your golf instructor were to insist that you shave your head, sleep no more than four hours each night, renounce sex, and subsist… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
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… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The second commandment is "Thou shall not construct any graven images." Is this really the pinnacle of what we can achieve morally? The second… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“But the reality of consciousness appears irreducible. Only consciousness can know itself—and directly, through first-person experience.” — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“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… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
The problem is that religion tends to give people bad reasons to be good. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image