Sam Harris on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

In Defense of Elitism

2008-09-24T06:43:00+00:00

When it comes to politics, there is a mad love of mediocrity in this country. “They think they’re better than you!” is the refrain that (highly competent and cynical) Republican strategists have set loose among the crowd, and the crowd has grown drunk on it once again. “Sarah Palin is an ordinary person!” Yes, all too ordinary.

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Sam Harris Strikes Back

2007-05-29T13:04:00+00:00

The following is Sam Harris’ response to Chris Hedges’ essay, “I Don’t Believe in Atheists.” Last week the two Truthdig contributors battled one another over the issues of religion and politics during a live debate in Los Angeles. While they both agree on the dangers posed by religious fundamentalism in America, their views on religion in general differ greatly, as you will soon read.

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Sam Harris: ‘God’s Rottweiler’ Barks

2006-09-16T21:00:00+00:00

The bestselling author of “The End of Faith” responds to Pope Benedict XVI’s speech on the interplay between faith and reason. Harris: “It is ironic that a man who has just disparaged Islam as ‘evil’ and ‘inhuman’ before 250,000 onlookers and the world press is now talking about a ‘genuine dialogue of cultures.’ ”

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Sam Harris: The Language of Ignorance

2006-08-16T00:17:00+00:00

The bestselling secularist author of “The End of Faith” delivers a scathing review of “The Language of God,” a new book by Human Genome Project head Francis Collins that attempts to demonstrate a harmony between science and evangelical Christianity.

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Sam Harris on the Reality of Islam

2006-02-08T04:50:00+00:00

“The truth about Islam is as politically incorrect as it is terrifying: Islam is all fringe and no center,” writes America’s most prominent secularist in a challenging and provocative new essay.
UPDATE: Harris responds to a deluge of comments and some criticism.

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Regarding the Muhammad Cartoon Controversy

2006-02-06T20:21:00+00:00

In recent days, crowds of thousands have gathered throughout the Muslim world—burning European embassies, issuing threats, and even taking hostages—in protest over twelve cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that were published in a Danish newspaper. The problem is not merely that the cartoons were mildly derogatory. The furor primarily erupted over the fact that the Prophet had been depicted at all….

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Sam Harris Takes On the Muslim Cartoon Controversy and His Critics

2006-02-04T00:53:00+00:00

UPDATED: America’s most prominent secularist and author of the international bestseller “The End of Faith” reacts to the worldwide Islamic cartoon riots and responds to many of the criticisms lodged against his Truthdig essay “An Atheist Manifesto.”

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Response to Reader Comments and Criticsm

2006-01-26T22:24:00+00:00

While “An Atheist Manifesto” received considerable support from readers of Truthdig, a variety of criticisms surfaced in the reader commentary. I summarize and respond…

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An Atheist Manifesto

2005-12-07T15:30:47+00:00

Sam Harris argues against irrational faith and its adherents.

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