Well, we made it. Here we are: the final post of my extended book analysis of Jerry Coyne’s Faith vs. Fact. In this post, I want to not only wrap up my analysis...
Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett have made a killing in their recent media blitz over the past 10-15 years. Nevertheless, I...
Dawkins: The Philosophical Naturalist The first chapter of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion is entitled “A Deeply Religious Non-Believer.” In it, Dawkins makes...
Ah, the Gospel of Atheism! Atheism fascinates me. Not the kind of atheism in which someone simply says, “I don’t believe God exists,” and then just goes about l...
Sam Harris perhaps represents the most dangerous form of atheism. It is inflammatory, irrational, hostile, and missionary. He is not content to “let the facts s...
Now we come to the conclusion of my critique of Sam Harris’s book, The End of Faith. What I have attempted to show in this detailed analysis is the following: H...
Sam Harris’ final chapter in The End of Faith is entitled, “Experiments in Consciousness.” In light of the basic premise of his book (i.e. faith is destructive ...
Yesterday, I began to look at Sam Harris’ attempt to root morality within the field of science. Needless to say, such a claim is highly problematic. As I should...
Despite his attacks on religion and “faith,” atheist Sam Harris nevertheless holds to his own presuppositional faith in “science,” namely that there can be a “s...
At the very beginning of his book, Sam Harris makes this very true statement: “Your beliefs define your vision of the world; they dictate your behavior; they de...