The End of Faith - Religion impairs logical thinking

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  • yosi1
    yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    Infinity_Now wrote:
    TRUE. Did you read that in Camus as well?

    But, also - he was as a philosopher trying to influence the dominion of men, introducing a concept, that "God is dead," which would help to explain his athiesm in general. I'd defend that <- by saying that he used that concept in more than one context. I'm thinking mainly later Nietzsche, but I don't have a quote at hand to defend this.

    Nope. Got it from reading The Gay Science.

    The scene with the Madman describes it pretty well.
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane.
  • Eliot Rosewater
    Eliot Rosewater Posts: 2,659
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    What a waste of time for all involved. A person who would go out of his/her way to try to prove to me that a soul does not exist is a cruel person.
    I agree. But Sam Harris is not trying to prove to you or anyone else that a soul does not exist. He's pointing out the obvious fact that no one fucking knows and to claim that you know brings everything else you say into question. More specifically, political leaders who claim such nonsense cannot be trusted to make decisions for the masses.
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    I'd amend the title of this thread a bit ... "Extreme Versions of Religion Impair Logical Thinking". Religion is like any concept ... It can be reasoned, rational (not empirical, there's a difference), balanced ... Or it can be just flat out nutty, sadistic, close-minded ... How many people in the world are behaving these days (e.g., reactions to a cartoon) certainly leads me to believe that there's a bit of a problem ... But it doesn't have to be that way.

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