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Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith," on why religious moderates are worse than fundamentalists, 9/11 led us into a deranged holy war, and believers should be treated like alien-abduction kooks.
  • Atheist or agnostic?

    Fine article, just the kind I expect from Salon.

    It seems to me that Sam Harris may be more agnostic than atheistic...not that he would ever accept the possibility that Christianity or any of the other religions could be right, but he does admit the limits of science and the possibility of paranormal experience which is fascinating. Actually, he probably thinks like many of us who refuse to call ourselves atheists because it is such an inflammatory and dogmatic term which ostracizes the subscriber. Perhaps he is strident so that people will read him.