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File Size: 368 KB
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Publisher: Vintage (September 19, 2006)
Publication Date: September 19, 2006
Sold by: Random House LLC
Language: English
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A well written book, very well, I read it easily twice in 2 days. However, the foundation of his logic is deeply flawed as Sam has detailed and repeats many times a position that puts the created humans as the judges of their creator, which is hubris, and then in a circular fashion uses that flawed logic to say there is no creator. So according to Sam: if humans behave badly, there must be no creator. Sam, who I'm sure does not believe in divine and miraculous intervention in human affairs, says repeatedly that the lack of that is his proof of atheism. This forgets the free will we've been given and also defies history where the creator allows/does things for the creator's own sake and purpose which didn't work out so well for some of the created.With Sam's logic If my 2 year old behaves badly, she must not have any parents and thus emerged out of thin air in a big bang explosion, else her father/mother would have made sure she did not behave that way, she should be an always obedient robot. This kind of logic does not work for me, although Sam has done the best I've read so far in trying to make the argument, sorry, no cigar :)I hesitate to say I recommend it, but this book is out there to test your faith in God, short and to his point, read it and see what God says to you.Sorry I meant to give this book 5 stars, just noticed tonight I had only given 2, now it's right.
I read on Kindle, and highlight things I want to remember. Typical a book will have 9 or 10 highlights. I was 70 pages into this book before I hit a page that DIDN"T have something highlighted. I've read hundreds of thousands of books. Hands down, Letter to a Christian Nation is the best non-fiction I have ever read. I just wish I could download it to my head. Thanks to Sam, when people were stalking my Dog Park (Seriously? A Dog Park?) with signs saying "What the Bible Teaches Us" I was able to tell them "Not math. God may have been omnipotent, but he couldn't figure out how to measure a circle. (I hardly ever leave reviews, but this book NEEDS to be read. By everyone.)
I enjoyed reading this book but found it disorganized. I warn using this book as any more than something that provokes thought. Many believers will likely be immediately turned off by Harris’s tone, and it’s purpose seems more to gratify non-believers than to convert theists. Sections of the book are unnecessarily extra harsh on Muslims, and may be used (out of context) to promote violence against them. Regardless of who you are, should you get this book, read through a filter, recognize Harris’s biases, keep an open mind, and enjoy his moments of insight.
This is probably one of the most important short books, I have had the privilege to read. It should result in sincere discussions about the role, or current lack thereof, religion plays in today’s world.May-be future generations will look back at this time as a watershed moment, where humanity takes a step further towards enlightenment.
Well-written, well-documented, and completely intriguing. I bought the audio book, listened to it, then started again from the beginning. I was expecting a diatribe of the Facebook/Twitter type and was delighted with the intellectual approach to the subject of the erratic Christianizing of the country.
The publication of cartoons in Denmark of Mohammed has provided an enlightening litmus test on how truly supportive American Conservative Christians and the Catholic Church are regarding the founding American ideal of free speech as they lobby for speech restrictions to promote respect for other religious belief, even if reason, empirical evidence, and sound public policy would argue otherwise. Couple the threat speech is under regarding public debate of religious ideas with the increased ability of religious zealots, primarily Muslims, to effectively engage in asymmetrical warfare and mutual desire by radical Muslims and the Christian Right for the fulfillment of prophecy via a global apocalypse.The recent questions these factors beg is now being asked and an increasing number of enlightened people wonder; can Civilization afford to tolerate a culture that analyzes the veracity of everything that effects public policy with the exception of religious beliefs? Can we continue to view religious beliefs as a quaint and harmless legacy of our past or are these primitive beliefs a factor now threatening the moral and technological progress, and even the security of Western Civilization in general and America specifically? Do today's Christian Conservatives want a free and open public debate on the veracity of Christian dogma in the public square or are they merely looking for protection of their ideas by way of increased government power? Would the people who want to promote Christian theology in the public schools and science classrooms also support a critical assessment of the truth of their beliefs in the public schools as well, by way for example, of consideration of Mr. Harris' arguments contained in "Letter to a Christian Nation"?Mr. Harris makes a clear stand that we cannot afford to protect religious beliefs from criticism: "the primary purpose of this book is to arm secularists in our society, who believe that religion should be kept out of public policy, against their opponents on the Christian Right" (pg. viii). Mr. Harris clearly believes in a free market of ideas, where no idea should be protected because it's a traditionally popular one, in fact Mr. Harris sees the conflation of our technological prowess at destroying the world and that power being eventually more available and the increasing power fundamentalists are having in the Middle East and America as an "emergency" where we can no longer allow primitive superstitions special protections they are provided in our government or else we risk the self-fulfilling prophecy of ending the world (pg. xii). The seeming contradiction between Mr. Harris assertion "that religion should be kept out of public policy" and protection of free speech is that given the premise of a free market exploration of religious ideas, fundamentalist Christian dogma wouldn't survive the scrutiny, scrutiny that is the topic of this book."Letter" is a mere ninety-one page book with more ideas considered, challenged and posited than in many four hundred page books. Its' a fast read and worth reading multiple times, I've read it three times prior to writing this review. Harris also provides further recommended reading that will enlighten readers on the history of American philosophical legacy as it relates to the Constitutional framers' ideals (Jacoby's Freethinkers), the atheist scientists who do believe Science is correct in attacking superstition (Dawkin's "The God Delusion") and an introductory primer on canonical development since Harris accurately assumes most Fundamentalist/Evangelical Christians are ignorant on the development of Christian Dogma and its claim to inerrancy (Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus"). Some of the other reading recommendations in my opinion are worthless, while the most important recommendation I would recommend and a source that Harris uses is missing, Karen Armstrong's "The Battle for God", probably the best comparative religion book on fundamentalism and why we should fear Christian fundamentalism and not just Islamic fundamentalism.To the customer reviewers who state that Harris' attacks are stale and previously discredited, please provide one tangible example that you are able to refute, I found rhetorical fallacies substituted for reasoned challenge and not supported with evidence in those reviews, a failure not made by Mr. Harris."Letter" is refreshingly frank, mainly because Harris has no qualms about eradicating social niceties where none are deserved. Where Jon Meachum's "American Gospel" goes out of its way to expend words that respectfully discredit ridiculous notions in his "American Gospel", there is no such flotsam and jetsam in Harris' book, ridiculous notions get it right between the eyes, e.g., an intervening God that heals (but for some reason, not amputees), the moral wisdom of a book, the Bible, that condones slavery and promotes authoritarian government rather than the American ideal of freedom through represented government and individual rights. Harris also illuminates the hypocrisy of the notion of an inerrant bible with an all-loving God by publishing text from the Bible that if practiced today, would have you thrown in jail as the lowest scum on earth (the bible's god promoting slavery, killing of your own children for trivial indiscretions, serial killing of innocents including babies, old people, and gays, mistreatment of rape victims, etc.).I am the rare libertarian who believes religion should be taught in the public schools, but critically where the true history is presented and rebuttals to its theology are also presented. Mr. Harris' book belongs in the public school libraries and if one's faith is truly built on truth rather than wishful and emotional thinking, this book should be debated and considered by all Americans, right down to the high school level. Consider me a big fan of Mr. Harris and the moral courage it takes to talk truth to power.
Sam is a profoundly solid rational thinker. He put forth a very much needed argument as to why all religions are of very little positive benefit to this modern society or any society actually. All religions need to fade onto the background of history as a way of life. They are an obsolete concept. Fortunately the young generation in this country is leaving these beliefs behind and relying more and more on scientific thinking to guide themselves.
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