“Sam Harris fearlessly describes a moral and intellectual emergency precipitated by religious fantasies--misguided beliefs that create suffering, that rationalize violence, that have endangered our nation and our future. His argument for the morality, the honesty, and the humility of atheism is galvanizing. It is a relief that someone has spoken so frankly, with such passion yet such rationality. Now when the subject arises, as it inevitably does, I can simply say: Read Sam Harris’ Letter to a Christian Nation.” DoeI CanChristianSufferingPassionBeliefNationsReligiousMoralFantasyViolenceAtheismSubjectsHonestyHumilityMoralityIntellectualArgumentLettersAriseReliefOur FutureRationalityEmergenciesMisguidedRationalizeChristian Nation Author:Janna Levin
“Compulsion in the literal Sense is maliciously misrepresented, by supposing it authorizes Violences committed against the Truth. The Answer to this; by which it is prov'd, that the literal Sense does in reality authorize the stirring up Persecutions against the Cause of Truth, and that an erroneous Conscience has the same Rights as an enlighten'd Conscience.” DoeRealityCausesAnswersRightsViolenceAtheismConscienceCommittedPositive AtheismPersecutionCompulsionEnlighteningLiteralStirringSupposing Book:A philosophical commentary on these words of the Gospel, Luke 14.23: Source: A philosophical commentary on these words of the Gospel, Luke 14.23:
“When the supreme violence of a furious wind upon the sea sweeps over the waters the chief admiral of a fleet along with his mighty legions, does he not crave the gods' peace with vows and in his panic seek with prayers the peace of the winds and favouring breezes. Nonetheless, he is caught up in the furious hurricane and driven upon the shoals of death.” DoeWaterPrayerViolenceSeaAtheismWindCaughtPositive AtheismDrivenSupremeChiefsPanicCaught UpBreezeCraveVowHurricanesFuriousLegionAdmiral Author:Lucretius
“The use of violence is justified only under a tyranny which makes reforms without violence impossible, and should have only one aim, that is, to bring about a state of affairs which makes reforms without violence possible.” ShouldStatesUseViolenceImpossibleAtheismShould HaveAimAffairPositive AtheismTyrannyReformJustified Book:The Open Society and Its Enemies Source: The Open Society and Its Enemies
“All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will.” UsePoliticalViolenceAtheismMoralityOrganizationSlaveryCorruptionPositive AtheismFormerObedienceLatterPernicious Author:Alexander Herzen