Sam Harris: Author, Philosopher, Essayist, Atheist http://www.samharris.org/ en webmaster@samharris.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T15:17:11+00:00 Since the dawn of time http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/since-the-dawn-of-time/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/since-the-dawn-of-time/ By Dan Jones Published 05 November 2009 Two hundred years after Darwin’s birth, scientists still can’t agree on whether evolution and religion can happily coexist Interviews and Appearances, Print By
Dan Jones

Published 05 November 2009

Two hundred years after Darwin’s birth, scientists still can’t agree on whether evolution and religion can happily coexist

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]]> 2009-11-05T15:17:11+00:00 Two White Guys Walk Into a Bar … http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/two-white-guys-walk-into-a-bar/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/two-white-guys-walk-into-a-bar/ By Lisa Miller Published Oct 22, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Nov 2, 2009 For five years, since the publication of Sam Harris’s The End of Faith, the so-called faith-versus-reason debate has been a favorite pastime of certain secularists and intellectuals, the subject of innumerable books and lecture series… Interviews and Appearances, Print By Lisa Miller
Published Oct 22, 2009
From the magazine issue dated Nov 2, 2009

For five years, since the publication of Sam Harris’s The End of Faith, the so-called faith-versus-reason debate has been a favorite pastime of certain secularists and intellectuals, the subject of innumerable books and lecture series…

image]]> 2009-10-23T18:08:59+00:00 Atheist clubs are springing up in American high schools, warns head of US Catholic bishops http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/atheist-clubs-are-springing-up-in-american-high-schools-warns-head-of-us-ca/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/atheist-clubs-are-springing-up-in-american-high-schools-warns-head-of-us-ca/ By Damian Thompson October 7th, 2009 A “triumphalistic, self-righteous atheism” inspired by the work of Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris is winning a following among American young people, leading to “atheist clubs” in high schools, according to Cardinal Francis George of Chicago. Interviews and Appearances, Print By Damian Thompson
October 7th, 2009

A “triumphalistic, self-righteous atheism” inspired by the work of Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris is winning a following among American young people, leading to “atheist clubs” in high schools, according to Cardinal Francis George of Chicago.

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]]> 2009-10-08T14:08:38+00:00 Fact Impact http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/fact-impact/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/fact-impact/ By Lisa Miller | Newsweek Web Exclusive New study of the brain shows that facts and beliefs are processed in exactly the same way. Interviews and Appearances, Print By Lisa Miller | Newsweek Web Exclusive

New study of the brain shows that facts and beliefs are processed in exactly the same way.

image]]> 2009-10-01T20:23:55+00:00 Religion: The heart believes what it will, but the brain behaves the same either way http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/religion-the-heart-believes-what-it-will-but-the-brain-behaves-the-same-eit/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/religion-the-heart-believes-what-it-will-but-the-brain-behaves-the-same-eit/ http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/09/religion-the-heart-believes-what-it-will-but-the-brain-behaves-the-same-either-way.htmlReligious believers may seem to share little with nonbelievers when it comes to thinking and judgment. But a new study by UCLA researchers finds that both Christians and nonbelievers use the same parts of the brain when asked to label articles of religious faith as true or false. A report summarizing the study is published today in PLoS ONE. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/09/religion-the-heart-believes-what-it-will-but-the-brain-behaves-the-same-either-way.html

Religious believers may seem to share little with nonbelievers when it comes to thinking and judgment. But a new study by UCLA researchers finds that both Christians and nonbelievers use the same parts of the brain when asked to label articles of religious faith as true or false. A report summarizing the study is published today in PLoS ONE.

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]]> 2009-10-01T11:51:34+00:00 Religion: The heart believes what it will, but the brain behaves the same either way http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/religion-the-heart-believes-what-it-will-but-the-brain-behaves-the-same-eit/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/religion-the-heart-believes-what-it-will-but-the-brain-behaves-the-same-eit/ Religious believers may seem to share little with nonbelievers when it comes to thinking and judgment. But a new study by UCLA researchers finds that both Christians and nonbelievers use the same parts of the brain when asked to label articles of religious faith as true or false. A report summarizing the study is published today in PLoS ONE. Interviews and Appearances, Print Religious believers may seem to share little with nonbelievers when it comes to thinking and judgment. But a new study by UCLA researchers finds that both Christians and nonbelievers use the same parts of the brain when asked to label articles of religious faith as true or false. A report summarizing the study is published today in PLoS ONE.

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]]> 2009-10-01T11:50:59+00:00 The Neural Correlates of Religious and Nonreligious Belief http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/the-neural-correlates-of-religious-and-nonreligious-belief/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/the-neural-correlates-of-religious-and-nonreligious-belief/ Sam Harris, Jonas Kaplan, and colleagues publish the first study to compare religious faith to ordinary belief at the level of the brain. Articles by Sam Harris Sam Harris, Jonas Kaplan, and colleagues publish the first study to compare religious faith to ordinary belief at the level of the brain.

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]]> 2009-10-01T04:14:14+00:00 Out, Out, Damned Atheists http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/out-out-damned-atheists/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/out-out-damned-atheists/ By Lisa Miller The Case for God, which comes out this month, is Armstrong’s 19th book, and it rides the crest of a wave of books meant to dismantle the arguments of the atheists Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins. Interviews and Appearances, Print By Lisa Miller

The Case for God, which comes out this month, is Armstrong’s 19th book, and it rides the crest of a wave of books meant to dismantle the arguments of the atheists Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins.

image]]> 2009-09-13T19:41:33+00:00 The Myth Of A Moderate Malaysia http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/the-myth-of-a-moderate-malaysia1/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/the-myth-of-a-moderate-malaysia1/ In America, the so-called new atheists—most prominently Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins—don’t need to think twice about ridiculing religious beliefs or savaging the most powerful priest or pastor. But in Malaysia, as elsewhere, secular liberals tend to tip-toe around Muslim religious sensibilities. Interviews and Appearances, Print In America, the so-called new atheists—most prominently Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins—don’t need to think twice about ridiculing religious beliefs or savaging the most powerful priest or pastor. But in Malaysia, as elsewhere, secular liberals tend to tip-toe around Muslim religious sensibilities.

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]]> 2009-08-31T15:07:49+00:00 God in the Quad http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/god-in-the-quad/ http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/god-in-the-quad/ By James Wood August 31, 2009 In recent years, a resurgent evangelical Christianity has been contested by a resurgent atheism. For Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, among others, the God most worth fighting against seems to be a hybrid of a cheaply understood Old Testament, a prejudicially scanned Koran, and the sentimentalities of contemporary evangelicalism. God in the Quad Interviews and Appearances, Print By James Wood
August 31, 2009

In recent years, a resurgent evangelical Christianity has been contested by a resurgent atheism. For Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, among others, the God most worth fighting against seems to be a hybrid of a cheaply understood Old Testament, a prejudicially scanned Koran, and the sentimentalities of contemporary evangelicalism.

God in the Quad

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