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Originally Posted by Dominic
I'm finally reading Sam Harris' masterwork, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason. I'm about half-way through and I'm astonished at the breadth and scope of this book. It's not only a refutation of all religion, it's a study of why we think the way we do, the physiology of the brain, and what the human race will have to do if it's going to survive the next hundred years without killing itself off over which book was actually written by the Creator of the Universe, and which was not.
Great book, and I'd love to discuss it with others of you who have read it.
I never finished that book, I was tired when I reached chapter 4 (the one on Islam) and I was starting a new path in my life (starting grad school), so I forgot about the book for a while, never went back to finishing the book, but I did read "Letter to a Christian Nation" and reading Sam Harris got me to read some Bertrand Russell. The essay of Russell on "What I Believe" and his essay of "Why I am not a Christian" were amazing.
I agree that Harris writes about some very interesting things. I was looking forward to his next chapters, I think I should go back and read "End of Faith", although I would probably have to start from the beginning to get the feel of the book again.