Sam Harris talks about the relevance of the bible in the 21st century (Short Version)

Sam Harris talks about the relevance of the bible in the 21st century. 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.

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[Doby]

yeah what is your point? the bible is messed up therefore there is no god? nothing useful?you know everything about yourself? you know about all planes, dimensions and reality of existence? wow.

[xtiaan3]

Im not sure I understand your question, or statement. But the point is yes, the Bible doesn't stand up to critical review in the 21st century, from a stand point of historical accuracy, lack of scientific principles, implausible myths and based on it's primitive content, it could have been easily written by people living in the 1st century. This, to any rational thinking person, doesn't lend credibility to the notion that it was authored by the creator of the universe.

[AkuAnon93]

Overall I think it's kind of funny how christians do this. You ask non-theists or people of other religions to blindly beleive and then you will gain faith. The obvious lapse in logic is that, for a person to do the things you're asking, requires faith. If you don't have faith in a beleif, it won't become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Another words, the approach christians love to use is ass backwards.

[AkuAnon93]

It's obviously a common error for christians like yourself to beleive that : (a) non-theists are "looking" for YOUR god, (b) that we haven't already been exposed to, and actively deny your religion. And of course your god is not going to strike me down for not beleiving in him. What a silly thing to say. Thor isn't going to strike you down either.

[xtiaan3]

Not sure what thoughts of Einstein you're referring to, but here is his quote "I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly...". The other questions are more philosophical. There may be other planes of reality... I'm sure science will have a better understanding of it one day. Will we find that there is in fact a deity at the bottom of it all... maybe, but i doubt it. All this still doesn't make the Bible anymore relevant or believable.

[xtiaan3]

There are some great morals in the Bible and there are some horrible ones. But if its not the word of God, then its a little irrelevant, right? It should remain an important piece of literature but nothing more. I certainly don't know all about myself, but Im not going to learn about myself from this book of myths. String theory is an interesting idea with lots more science to be learnt on the matter. (cont)

[Doby]

You keep using science as your measuring tools. Have you not researched the new breakthroughs in String Theory that are now supporting multi-dimensions? Have you done no studies on the greatest scientist of all time, Einstein and his thoughts on the matter? I will make it simple for you. Do you really think this is the only plane of reality? Do you think this plane is "real?"

[Doby]

My other questions to you are: Do you honestly believe there is nothing useful in the bible? The other question is: Do you know everything about yourself? Even your science does not know this. Do you know about all planes, dimensions and realities of existence?

[Doby]

What don't you understand? They are questions to you because they have question marks at the end of the sentences. You answered one. Your point is that the bible is not authored by the creator or the universe according to all available information you, as a human in this realm, have. (cont)

[jjccccc]

so whats your point