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Sam Harris - Misconceptions About Atheism

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread... Sam Harris addresses what he feels are several commonly-held misconceptions about atheism.-----"Believing the Unbelievable: The Clash Between Faith and Reason in the Modern World" with Sam Harris speaking at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place - to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2006 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion.Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction.Mr. Harris' writing has been published in over ten languages. He and his work have been discussed in Newsweek, TIME, U.S. News and World Report, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, The Economist, The Guardian, The Independent, The International Herald Tribune, Der Spiegel, The Globe and Mail, New Scientist, Wired, SEED Magazine, and many other journals.Mr. Harris makes regular appearances on television and radio to talk about the danger that religion now poses to modern societies. His essays have appeared in Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, The Times of London, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere. He blogs for the Washington Post / Newsweek website: On Faith, the Huffington Post, TruthDig, and Edge.org. Mr. Harris is a graduate in philosophy from Stanford University and has studied both Eastern and Western religious traditions, along with a variety of contemplative disciplines, for twenty years. He is completing a doctorate in neuroscience.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: ForaTv

Length: 06:45
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Tags: agnostics atheists athiesm athiests beliefs christianity dawkins delusion foratv god hitchens islam religions science

Video Comments

yo1o2eggs (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I need to buy his books.

Vanmeter815 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The OT was an unfulfilled covenant, I think the distinction I made was made in light of what Jesus said. Jesus fulfilled the law set forth by God in the old covenant, the Jews were simply left with the old covenant in wait for a messiah to fulfill the incomplete old covenant. I am by no means a biblical expert, but that interpretation of how those laws relate to us now has made the most sense to me in light of scripture. Paul and Jesus also use the word law to refer only to the ten commandments.

Vanmeter815 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well there is a distinction off the top of my head in the OT, and that's when according to Judeo-Christian tradition and scripture, God himself gave Moses the ten commandments, everything else he simply told Moses to write down. This does stress that the "law" is indeed above the rest. Also in the prophets are prophecies about the Jewish messiah. Jesus fulfilled the prophecies, and the distinction I made between certain laws are made in light of the new covenant set forth by Jesus.

DonsonJack (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Vanmeter.Sure laws you mentioned are ´categorized´ in such way, but can you find such a distinction from old testament anywhere ?Its classic claim this "moral laws still apply" but old testament does not really make such a distinction between those laws.

kadkins3663 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

True. No one who is truly rational believes that the absence of religion will eliminate intolerance - no more than making the sale of firearms would eliminate murder. But what it may do is help take away the ability to invoke mass attrcocities on the basis of dogma, and make us realize again that we are all human.

Vanmeter815 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

""Moral truth" does not contradict reality - like honour and beauty, it is an abstraction invented by humanity"Fair enough, but I am not one to look around at everything and attribute it to blind chance. I do not believe the universe is irrational, I do not believe that logic, good and evil are simply imagined. Now that you have told me your personal opinion of morality, why does your opinion hold any true validity over the sadistic murderer? or the psychopath? They have their own way...

Vanmeter815 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The ten commandments apply fully, including the Sabbath. The day has only moved to Sunday, often called the Lord's day.Do you think people like the puritans would have any problem following the entire Old Testament? They already had the death penalty for sodomy, blasphemy and adultery. They didn't follow those laws because they had excellent theologians and exegetes who clearly knew what Christianity is and what it isn't, and how the law relates to us now.

Vanmeter815 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Why should people care about one another? They are just matter that is conscious of itself.Your view of what Christianity is and the difference between the old covenant and new really shows your understanding of the Judeo-Christian religion is terribly lacking. The laws located in the Pentateuch are categorized as moral, civil and priestly. Moral laws stay forever, even after the end of the world. The other two do not apply to anyone because we are not Hebrews who lived before Christ.

DragonsXXVI (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It depends, some athiests are passionate about living things continuing to exist,and humans continuing to be conceived anddelivered, if you take that into considerationthen you would see that athiests can be opposed to homosexual filth just as any religious person.

Devilfulfillsme (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

HITLER had so much potential, Yet So little results! HE could have fixed the faggot problem! ATHEISM is the leprosy of the mind! atheists are so fucking disgusting,atheistsshould suicide! HOPE your in heaven HITLER, that will be JUSTICE!