Sunday, February 05, 2006

REFERENCE: BOOK - THE END OF FAITH: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris or TALKING ABOUT RELIGION, MUSLIMS AND DENMARK


“The point is that faith, even moderate faith, is pernicious because it teaches that believing something without evidence is a virtue”.

THE END OF FAITH: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris is a genuinely frightening book about terrorism, and the central role played by religion in justifying and rewarding it. Others blame “extremists” who “distort” the “true” message of religion. Harris goes to the root of the problem: religion itself. Even moderate religion is a menace, because it leads us to respect and “cherish the idea that certain fantastic propositions can be believed without evidence”
Or, in Voltaire's words:
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"

I wasn’t in the mood to comment this kind of event, Yes, I’m talking about the Danish cartoons, but it is stronger than me: I CAN’T RESIST.



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