“When will we realize that the concessions we have made to faith in our political discourse have prevented us from even speaking… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
You know, when you get to the New World and you develop your three branches of government and you have a civil… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
While the religious divisions in our world are self-evident, many people still imagine that religious conflict is always caused by a lack… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Unreason is now ascendant in the United States—in our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal government. — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“the United States government will not tolerate any disrespect for the holy Koran.” What form our government’s intolerance will take remains unspecified.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“It is inevitable, therefore, that some approaches to politics, economics, science, and even spirituality and ethics will be objectively better than their… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Unreason is now ascendant in the United States - in our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“There is never a moment where I find Trump persuasive. When I look at him I see a man without any inner… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“While political affiliation in the united States is not a perfect indicator of religiosity, it is no secret that the 'red [Republican]… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“You need an argument, and the nature of any argument is that its validity doesn't depend on who you are. [...] When… — 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
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