[MD] The End of Faith

[Platt Holden]

> dmb says:
> Yes, "what people do with professed religious faith" is probably Sam's
> central concern. What people do with their faith is prevent stem cell
> research, put creationism in the science classroom, behead infidels, bomb
> abortion clinics, shoot doctors, fly airliners into skyscrappers, blow
> themselves up in a crowd and teach their children a bunch of bullshit. The
> pragmatic consequences of religious faith is a disaster on a scale beyond
> measure. Sam Harris thinks we should imagine what victory for the "atheists"
> looks like. Like John Lennon, he wants us to imagine a world without that
> kind of bullshit, with no religion. I think that world is much more
> beautiful than this one.

Lest we forget, the worst genocides in history were committed by atheists.

Platt