[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[ian glendinning]

Steve, Margaret, et al ...

Funnily enough Margaret's closing comment is the point that perplexes
me too. You admit it's a bit of a "stereotyping" problem - but I
wonder what on earth people mean by "scientism". Sounds as bad as
"theism" to me.

I'm about half-way through "End of Faith" and finding that Harris is
pretty sharp on the details that matter, even if his assertive style
sometimes grates.

Somewhere much earlier in these threads I pointed out that once all
the detail discussion is over, the distinction between atheism and
agnosticism is of marginal significance - Harris too seems to agree
with Dennett on this - that the ontological question of believing
whether or not "god exists" is pretty trivial compared to the
epietmological questions about what people (actually - ie in terms of
action) mean by their "faith" - the nature and basis of their beliefs

It's a good article.
Ian