The End of Faith
by Sam Harris · first published 2004
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Why HN recommends it
Argues against religion and critiques religious violence, drawing on quotations from the Qur'an. The writing is clear and persuasive. Often suggested for those undecided about religion.
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"In The End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers an analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs - even when these beliefs inspire the worst of human atrocities. Harris argues that in the presence of weapons of mass destruction we cannot expect to survive our religious differences indefinitely. Most controversially, he argues that "moderation" in religion poses considerable dangers of its own, as the accomodation we have made to religious faith in our society now blinds us to the r
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I picked up a copy of 'The End of Faith' by Sam Harris at an airport bookstore several years ago. My first thought was "let's see what this atheist asshole has to say." Reading the book completely changed my views on religion and religious…
Sam Harris covered this stuff in The End of Faith. It's depressing how few critics of "new atheists" have read the people they have beef with; then again, it's even more depressing how few atheists make successful communication a priority.
on “The end of Philosophy” ↗…back progress. It's bad debating style not to identify "a certain other religion". Did you mean Scientology? Islam? Bahai? Buddhism? Paganism? or what? If you have not read it, Sam Harris's book, The End of Faith, is a worthwhile read.
You've obviously never read the Qur'an. There are pages and pages of material condoning and inciting people to violence. Sam Harris printed pages of quotes from a translation of the Qur'an in The End of Faith, it was an eye-opening read for me. I often hear liberals repeating that it's not really a violent text, without knowing anything about it, they just want to believe it, maybe because it fits with the…
The End of Faith by Sam Harris - http://www.amazon.com/End-Faith-Religion-Terror-Future/dp/03... It's the first non-technical book I've read in a while, and I am loving it.
on “Ask HN: What are you reading? What've you read lately?” ↗…Misquoting Jesus Superstition In All Ages The Ascension of Yahweh_ The Origins and Development of Israelite Monotheism The Christian Delusion The Dialogues of Plato The Early History of Heaven The End of Faith The Evolution of God The God Delusion The God Virus How Religion Infects Our Lives And Culture The Moral Landscape Who Wrote the Bible Why I am not a Christian These are just some of the books…
on “"Sometimes science must give way to religion"” ↗A lot of good books in this thread and I have read many of them, but in retrospect these 3 titles have had the greatest effect on me: The End of Faith by Sam Harris: Crystallized a lot of things I have been thinking about over the years. Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett: Really delved deep into what evolution is and the way it affects how everything…
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗The End Of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason https://www.samharris.org/books/the-end-of-faith
on “Ask HN: What's the Best Book on Religion” ↗Animal Farm by George Orwell Night by Elie Wiesel The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris Lying by Sam Harris The Road by Cormac McCarthy Cosmos by Carl Sagan. The Greatest Show on Earth:…
on “Ask HN: Books Recommendations?” ↗…re-reads) thus far this year that I recommend. I'll just list them while saying that they all come highly recommended by me. In the famous words of Frank Zappa - So many books, so little time. 1. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris 2. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris 3. Lying by Sam Harris 4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 5. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗The End of Faith, Sam Harris.
on “Ask HN: Best non-technical book you've read lately? ” ↗Moneyball. Will affect the way you (strive to) make decisions. Worthwhile even if you've seen the movie and/or don't like baseball. The End of Faith. Definitely don't agree with all of this, but if you're at all on the fence about religion this book has the potential to be very influential.
on “Ask HN: Which non-technology book has influenced you the most and why?” ↗I read his book "The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason". I thought it was incredibly well written and presented some awesome points in favor of doing away with religion (however, I'm obviously biased as an atheist).…
on “Ask HN: Good books?” ↗>Which is unfair, but it's either that or the rise of the 'Sixth Reich' in a generation That sounds a bit like Sam Harris advocating for genocide in his book End of Faith: Sure it would be a crime, but otherwise millions would die.
…sovereign country. Greenwald was also rather supportive of US foreign policy in 2005.[2] What you're most likely referencing are Sam Harris's arguments about morality and intentions. In his 2007 book The End of Faith, he discusses the Iraq war in a few paragraphs: > What we euphemistically describe as “collateral damage” in times of war is the direct result of limitations in the power and precision of our technology.…