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Choosing The Right Religion - Sam Harris @ Big Think (Part 8).

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1) Why I Criticize Religion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeblvLoVJCA
2) Modern Science vs. Religious Dogma:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvSljPf9on4
3) Why Do We Need Religion?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lu7OePVglE
4) Atheist Dogmatism And Secular Fundamentalism:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHDVVxT1qk
5) The Legacy Of Faith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2nK_qLmU8E
6) The Good, The Evil, And The Useful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn90aAaDg8
7) Relevance Of The Bible In The 21st Century:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgN5pAPTALc
8) Choosing The Right Religion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qM31FSXwlI
9) The Power Of Religious Beliefs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0wiswMZ7jk
10) Applying Pressure To People's Religious Beliefs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpZZ2PPBzP8

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Sam Harris is an author and commentator on philosophy and religion. He is the author of the bestsellers "The End of Faith", which won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction, and "Letter to A Christian Nation". Harris' writing has been published in over ten languages and has garnered attention from numerous media outlets and journals. Harris also makes regular appearances on television and radio to talk about the danger that religion now poses to modern societies. Harris was educated at Stanford University and is currently completing a doctorate in neuroscience.

This is a digital age, one in which a wealth of accessible information empowers you, but where is the information coming from? How accurate and unprocessed is it? How empowered do you feel debating a television screen or a newspaper? The task is to move the discussion away from talking heads and talking points, and give it back to you. That is Big Think's mission.

http://www.bigthink.com
http://www.youtube.com/bigthink
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  • So Harris, what about the Old Testament? Is that also in conflict? You state the Koran & the Gospel are in conflict but that is false. The Moslems believe in the Prophecies that Jesus foretold. And what is the purpose of the Talmud? Do you also condemn that? You leave too much out to draw any conclusions.

  • @d33stacked And please do not reply with "because its so detailed god couldn't just send all that information at once people wouldn't know how to handle it" (yes i have actually heard that argument used in the past). It's invalid because God is ALL Mighty and that would not have been an obstacle. And don't say because "its a test" because god already knows what will happen so to "test" humans knowing theyre going to fail miserably is just the lamesstttt argument ever.

  • Ok let's just get over all the Bible contradictions. Because this is why Muslims become more arrogant. This is a Muslims favourite argument: "The Bible has been corrupted by humans therefore God had to remind us, whereas the Quran remains the same, therefore it is the REAL DEAL".. So , if God knew people would corrupt the Bible and there would be a need for a 3rd reminder (quran), and if god knew this would lead to MILLIONS of deaths, WHY didn't he just send the QURAN to begin with?!!?

  • If you were not already married, I'd be proposing to you.

  • @RayMusicable cool story bro. i believe we are all piss ants and we should suck our own dicks. and i think adultery is awesome!

  • @hrhjudy You good at cerry picking the Bible and your Belief system to work for you. You see you need me to believe like you and to submit to you Belief. so you can conferm to yourself, that you are right. So you can feel better about your Belief, so you can sleep better at night. You are so afaid of your God because you know the Cruelness you GOD will do. TORTURE for ever and ever... You don't question, because you live in fear of you Evil Hitler God

  • @hrhjudy Your GOD is Lucifer... God is the cruelest bully I have ever read in any book. Your God creates a hell like a Holocaust, as Hitler did with the Jews. If people who did not submit to a belief system, or do not pray to your narcissistic, arrogant, egotistical God. That like Hitler..So yes I got to know you God in the Bible, it is the worst villain, it is the worst maniac, and it is the evilest thing I have ever heard or read about. This God in the Bible is EVIL... God Is Satan

  • @suzukidas2 ah well :) here's a good note to end on:) in relation to you saying you use to be a Pastor. It is worth remembering that all whom the Father has given the Son, he will not lose, so you may just have been one of Lucifer's ministers or righteousness. If you dig deep you may just remember where the Bible scriptures in relation to what I note here is taken from. its one thing to know about God, quite another to know him. Hope to see you in better days :)

  • @TheHigherVoltage Sorry I did missread it.. thank you for pointing out the fact that Christians and Islam, support a fascist neo-Nazi regime for religion and belief system. Yes you're right their fascist God. Their neo-Nazi God, that persecutes people through his narcissistic capricious, sadomasochist, and God's hatred and madness to all. This God should be put on trial for crimes against humanity. What a sick bastard.

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