![]() He writes marvelously clear prose and has a peculiar gift for asking questions with an incredulous tone–in print. Nothing about that judgment has changed since reading the majority of his manuscript. (In point of fact, he is not a philosopher, but rather has his Ph.D. He was a great communicator, if not always the clearest-thinking philosopher. In my opinion Craig thoroughly trounced him, but I was struck by Harris’ cool, composed, unflappably secure attitude that all religious belief was basically nonsense, and demonstrably so. My only acquaintance with Harris’ work was his debate with William Lane Craig at Notre Dame last year. To be honest, before beginning to read it I was scared…of facepalming the whole way through. In prepping for a teaching series on the intellectual objections to Christianity in the fall, I thought it appropriate to read some of the popular literature on the subject. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’ve begun reading Sam Harris’ breakout work on religion and violence The End of Faith that gained him notoriety as one of the “4 Horsemen” of the New Atheism. ![]()
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