Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage)

Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage)
by Sam Harris

Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage)
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Author: Sam Harris
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-08
ISBN: 0307278778
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: simple and brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars

In a concise, clear, interesting, and convincing manner, Harris tells it as it is. Every high school and college student in America should be required to read and understand what is printed on these pages. The logic here is overwhelming, yet, unfortunetly, even a hammer as hard as this one will have a hard time breaking through the barriers to reason surrounding those people brought up in a religious households.

Harris clearly exposes the absurdities of Christiantiy. It does not, however, take an Atheist to see these absurdities; for any fundamentalist believer of another religion would make the same arguements. This is, of course, also true in reverse. A fundementalist Christian would argue against the tenents of Budism just a fervently as any Athiest. This all reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
-- Stephen Roberts

If you are on the fence regarding your religious beliefs, I urge you to read this very important book.

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From the new afterword by the author:

Humanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact, it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs, who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its course or to ensure a rich harvest is to lead him by tender hand into a field or to a mountaintop and bury, butcher, or burn him alive as offering to an invisible God. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that his death constitutes a successful propitiation of a "loving" God is a direct and undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting that has plagued bewildered people throughout history. . .

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