Sam Harris on conversational intolerance of religion

This is a short Sam Harris interview clip from Point of Inquiry. Harris talks about conversational intolerance of crazy religious ideas.

Speak out! Speak up to that pious Christian zealot with the holly attitude. Change the world.

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[homelesspoet]

There's also a mental disorder called Narcissistic personality disorder. A lot of Atheists seem to suffer from this far to often. I think you guys should take some advice from Penn Jilette, he at least has enough decency to respect people who do have opposing opinions.

[dfarmer1584]

@homelesspoet

Right. Mental disorder. Excuse me while I LMAO.

I'll be just as concerned by your diagnosis of my "mental disorder" (you do broadly indict atheists), as I fear the "hell" to which you condem my everlasting soul.

Pardon me once more while I again LMAO.

Now fuck off dickwad. You bore me.

[MrTruthAddict]

@homelesspoet your beliefs are an insult to our intelligence. Yours included. Fairy tale believers are deserving of ridicule and your tactic of playing victim and demanding respect while you insult those who use logic and reason. We won't tolerate people who are pushing us towards armageddon with your silly belief system.

[exodus22482]

If you are willing to grant that there is NOT a conspiracy by the collected scientific community, than answering where all this stuff came from is easy: Big Bang. If you're asking what caused the big bang, the answer is simple but unfulfilling: No one knows.

[homelesspoet]

@jadegecko Wow a voice of reason, I appreciate your comment!

[finishstrongdoc]

If Jesus was a religious zealot nutcase, as you claim, thanks a lot for finally being the geniuses that this world has been waiting for all these millenia. Now....whew...been dying to ask this all my life....please tell me....how did all this "stuff" get here? And...oh, yes, please...if you don't mind my asking....what is the meaning of life? Anybody here is qualified to answer...please let me know...I'm dying to know....

[jadegecko]

@homelesspoet To be fair, I've always really admired Penn's approach to this.

[RichtoffenRoach]

@homelesspoet This is just.....another fail. I'm atheist, I'm narcissist so what? That's no illness it's called high selfsteem. Something you don't have.

[tamu77095]

@homelesspoet likewise. it's incredible how seriously people are willing to believe in Santa Claus because their parents forced them too when they were children. Not Santa Claus, i mean jesus.. no no... i mean allah...no no... i mean thor.

[homelesspoet]

@tamu77095 i get a kick out of you atheists lol

[tamu77095]

@homelesspoet why don't you shut the hell up and at leasst have the balls to admit that the bible has some less than civilized behavior that NEEDS revision. I capitalize need because I doubt you're going to bother to take the seriousness and danger of religious belief into account. You ppl that r unwilling to see what religion does to the world have a disorder. Its very easy to fix and its called stupidity. You can still b religious and b a critic of it. That is actually more convincing

[tamu77095]

@homelesspoet I have plenty of respect for ppl with religious beliefs,my parents believe in a personal diety. But they are very clear about what they do and dont believe. The west boro baptistchurch are also clear about what they believe, they believe in the bible. I do not respect beliefs that allow ppl to b violently intolerant of others and I believe most atheists would agree w me when I say we're tired of seeing perfectly good people turned into nuts because behavior supported in the bible

[besmb2105]

appaling! Stoning, amputation, etc.

Not to mention all of the homophobia in these religions, and sometimes the aggresive antisemitism and hatred for people of other religions.