Sam Harris at Edge


	Sam Harris at Edge

wildcat

11-18-2007 9:09 AM

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atheism, wisdm, rational, belief, tradition?

wildcat says:

S Harris and his mental sword at play, worthwhile reading the whole debate

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11-18-2007 12:01 PM

Antara

All sam, All the Time

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b18ee2d8-6e4f-4c03-9d55-3ab24ad99b83/D6923330-EB47-4D0D-9470-26EC3A82CF03/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.edge.org/discourse/moral_religion.html" href="http://www.edge.org/discourse/moral_religion.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.edge.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/discourse/moral_religion.html">Haidt
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              Our bets have been properly hedged (the ideology must be "longstanding" and
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              get off his high horse and drink from such pristine waters. Well,
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              feeling nostalgic for the "wisdom" of the Aztecs? Rest
              assured, there's nothing like the superstitious murder of innocent
              men, women, and children to "suppress selfishness" and
              convey a shared sense of purpose.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.edge.org/discourse/moral_religion.html">What
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