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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-06-06 04:15 PM
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I just read "Letter To a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris
Read it during lunch.

Mostly, I agree with him, but he is too much fundamentalist about the badness of religion - he is engaging in some of the bad behavior that he accuses religious people of following. I think he also has a very closed mind about religion.

But, other than those quibbles, he does very forcefully and rightfully point out the dangers of religion - especially American conservative "Christianity" (ironic quotes are mine) and to a lesser extent Islam - and offers some very good and compelling and correctly damning critiques of religion and how it gets expressed through violence, hatred, and ignorance. He has a wonderful section on "Creationism" and "Intelligent Design" (quote are mine here, as well) - really sticks it to the backwards fucks.

It's worth reading, for the religious and the non-religious both, for some good insights and good ammo to use against the fundy shitbags.

Not quite worth the $16.95 cover price (thankfully I only spent $11 or so off Amazon), though.
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