Sam Harris: Religion Convinces People to Pretend to Know Things They Cannot Know

CNN, March 25, 2010

Atheist philosopher Sam Harris tells CNN at TED 2010 that religion distracts people from tackling real problems.
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[Belloran24]

Sam Harris is so incredibly reasonable. It's a shame that some people can't see that, but instead want to demonize him and other atheists who are actually just trying to help society.

[baronmorris]

Go Sam!

[wayn0uk]

@mrlefty8 dictionary definition of delusion? some strange rationalisation, it's perfectly normal to love another human being, but don't use that evolutionary process to in some way explain your strange love of a god. God day to you!!

[MrStardust85]

Sam for president! :D

[Jayfoxpox]

@mrlefty8

Educate yourself ,then you might know. At the very least brush up on some philosophy. Check out both sides of the argument from the atheist perspective and theist perspective. At the very best the arguments presented by Theist can only prove Deism.

[mrlefty8]

@Jayfoxpox Seriously!,..WHAT R U TALKING ABOUT???

[Jayfoxpox]

@mrlefty8

All I see in your post is a lot of pathos ,but no logos. You clearly are afraid of doubt and as you implied you never took a good look at your own values. To be an atheist is to be a skeptic and to be a skeptic is to doubt ,which means Atheism embraces doubt. It seems you're confused between doubt and reject. I can doubt ,but not reject. The benefit is that I keep an open mind. Good day sir and I sincerely hope you one day start doubting.

[mrlefty8]

@Jayfoxpox ....You live to DOUBT things around you YOU'RE afraid to embrace and understand. I don't need to reconstruct my Values because my faith is strong. If I were afraid of doubt, I'd be and Atheist because its easier to say God doesn't exist than it is to believe in something you can't see. "from a more educated premise" you say??? Is LOVE based on an educated premise??? Good day to you!!

[fekinel]

If there is a supernatural being that created the universe,

(which i doubt, as there is no reason to think there is)

I do not think this superior entity would be interested in what we ate on certain days of the week, or who we had sex with etc. etc.etc. (religious dogma)

if such a being does exist, it has nothing to do with man-made religions,

which are obviously a control tool to give the leaders power and money..

[seedo201]

@Belloran24 I thaught the same untill I heard his criticision on islam which shows that he didnt even read the book or tried to understood it. that is extremely unreasonable to criticize soemthing you didnt made a reasonable research on it. he always criticize islam with things not islamic.

[maptlbh]

@Belloran24 what's less a shame is that this only has 4.6K views

[Jayfoxpox]

@mrlefty8

Doubt is a beautiful thing. It makes you reconstruct your values from a more educated premise. You seem to be afraid of doubt which is very tenacious of you. Kind of like an ostrich sticking their head into the ground. Like one of Charles Sanders Peirce's four approaches to philosophy, the method of tenacity is an effective method to keep doubt away,but it's weakness is that you don't learn. Good day.