X-Message-Number: 29575 References: <> From: David Stodolsky <> Subject: Re: Sam Harris is brilliant, one of the finest thinkers ... Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:47:00 +0200 On 19 Jun 2007, at 08:26, Fred C. Moulton wrote: > For reasons below I will give > only one example: the comment that "Sam Harris appears to have an > irrational acceptance of Buddhism" is not just wrong; it is > egregiously > wrong. All one needs to do is use a search engine and you will find > this: > http://www.samharris.org/media/killing-the-buddha.pdf A little more searching and you can find this: http://www.alternet.org/story/46196/ Sam Harris's books "The End Of Faith" and "Letter To A Christian Nation" have established him as second only to the British biologist and author Richard Dawkins in the ranks of famous 21st century atheists. The thrust of Harris's best-sellers is that with the world so crazed by religion, it's high time Americans stopped tolerating faith in the Rapture, the Resurrection and anything else not grounded in evidence. Only trouble is, our country's foremost promoter of "reason" is also supportive of ESP, reincarnation and other unscientific concepts. Not all of it is harmless yoga class hokum -- he's also a proponent of waterboarding and other forms of torture. dss David Stodolsky Skype: davidstodolsky Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=29575