Showing posts with label Sam Harris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sam Harris. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Atheists Fight Like Church People Without the Church

Many a smug atheist has suggested to me that atheists get along much better with each other because they don't have the religious issue between them. I've never believed that or their constant mantra which claims most wars in history were because of religion.

  • ....last month on The Young Turks, Uygur launched into a more-liberal-than-thou diatribe in which he railed against “the whole Sam Harris, Bill Maher wing” of atheism. He called Harris “a foaming-at-the-mouth neoconservative,” and implied that any person who holds Harris’ views on Islam is “a racist and a bigot.” During an ask-me-anything episode of his Waking Up podcast on Saturday, Harris fielded a question about Uygur’s comments. Harris’ response (which starts at 22:33 and ends at 25:15): [Daily Banter]