iaeruo (October 13, 2008 at 5:45 pm)

i dont think we are building a civilization of ignorance, we are already an ignorant civilization, perhaps with some varying intellectual steps and redeeming points. a civilization is ignorant when the majority think that what emanates from the screens, images and billboards is reality. if anything, what harris is talking about is just the icing on the cake, the final decorative element of a civilization gone completely mad

iaeruo (October 13, 2008 at 5:39 pm)

"i come from a country to your south that is fast growing as blinkered by religious lunacy as the wilds of afganistan." that is such a great way of saying it, go harris!

c6gunner (October 11, 2008 at 4:48 am)

That's the funniest description of Noah that I've ever heard. I hope you don't mind if I steal it :)

pdema030 (October 10, 2008 at 7:39 pm)

I love how much the MC agreed with him. That was such an honestly loving hug.

NX7901 (October 10, 2008 at 6:17 pm)

Well said. Evolution is as much a theory as gravity. And until Christians can fly through the air like an airplane, I'm going to lean towards it being proven.

UdallIn72 (October 9, 2008 at 4:07 am)

It was pretty much exactly this that chased me from the faith. I went to Catholic school, and as such was taught to read the Bible "contextually," which basically means "ignore the stuff that doesn't make any sense." It was a genuine shock to my religious moderate system when I got out into the real world and found people who ACTUALLY believed a six hundred year old man once built a wooden boat the size of an aircraft carrier.

mccote (October 5, 2008 at 10:11 pm)

No. I think what Sam meant to say was that Reincarnation is in the same boat as God and the Flying Spaghetti Monster: There is currently no evidence, but if someone can produce some, he'll gladly take a look.

501spanishverbs (October 4, 2008 at 5:08 pm)

It is proposterous that there are people who still don't believe in evolution. It is a theory, which in science means it as close to proven as possible. We has seen evolution take place and we have overwhelming evidence to support it. How does the notion of some omniscient being with a lack of evidence supporting that he even wrote the bible (how do we know it wasn't some random dude?)make more sense? How is the idea of there being a God any different from ancient greek mythology?

88think (October 2, 2008 at 3:30 pm)

You speak of the bible as if you actually have a reason to believe that what it says is true.

TAXtheAtheist (October 2, 2008 at 3:01 pm)

cougarsrule45, (yes, cats rule =D) The Idea of the world ending in 50 years is a picking point of atheists. They find a few people who sternly believe this, and portray it as mainsteam Christianity. Every Good Christian know full well that the Bible says no body knows judgement day. Sam is a Jew cloaked in the garb of atheism. Sam Harris has Jewish Aggressions about him.