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Sam Harris and the ideology of reason (crookedtimber.org)
2 points by raleighm on March 30, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



>There’s something peculiarly thick-headed about the New Atheism – the parallels between its idolatry of reason and the faith of more conventional religion have become an argumentative cliche.

I've always found the parallels and hubris of militant evangelical atheists/religionists comically ironic. Especially since hubris is the antithesis of real science.

This point reminds me of a Sagan quote:

"An atheist has to know a lot more than I know. An atheist is someone who knows there is no god. By some definitions atheism is very stupid."




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