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Originally Posted by Ugly Bastard
I'm not sure I've ever read a book so short and yet so powerful as Sam Harris' Letter to a Christian Nation.
This took me 90 minutes to read. There isn't a person out there I wouldn't recommend this book to. For the non-believers, Harris offers some nice ammunition to use next time you're stuck in a situation where you want to slam your head against a desk while trying to explain to a Christian why you find their beliefs so appauling. Christians (or really anyone with strong religious views) might benefit from seeing a window into some of the logical shortcomings and societal downfalls that stem from such strong, unprovable beliefs.
From page 67, "It is time that we admitted that faith is nothing more than the license religious people give one another to keep believing when reasons fail. While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds immense prestige in our society."
I will personally ship my copy of this book to the first of you regulars to request it, provided a.) you will most certainly read it with an open mind and b.) you believe you will spend eternity in fire without faith in Jesus Christ. Just PM me your address and it will be shipped within hours. |
Just finished the book, thanks UB.
GWB's review:
I didn't like the book very much. It's too short (a couple of magazine articles in length or so), uses
Straw Man arguments too often, and doesn't give me anything I didn't know already (maybe just because I'm so damn smart already?). I was especially appalled by his "use" of statistics, made me nauseous, but someone who isn't interested in economics probably wouldn't mind too much.
Some of the book wasn't too bad. Essentially he attacks anti-evolutionists (is that a word?) pretty well, if you don't believe in some form of evolution you are either ignorant or a fucking moron basically.
And he spends about 20 pages or so paraphrasing
The Problem of Evil , but in an unscientific way, with no references to academia.
But as promised to UB: if anyone else wants to read this lil diddy, pm me your address and I'll UPS it ASAP, so long as you promise to read it and send it on to the next sucker.