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Hedges point is very clear, I think. "We are not saved by reason. We are not saved by religion."
Harris, Hitchens, Hawkins and Dennet, very clearly think that faith is a scourge to be wiped from the Earth. Once we free ourselves from this tyranny, we'll all live happily and peacefully without prejudice and hate.
I don't agree with his polarization--that somehow these folks are fundamentalists on one side of a faith line. His argument that the Enlightenment caused the Nazis and Gulags is foolish.
But his jeremiad is aimed at people who think they KNOW how this little world works.
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I Don't Believe in Atheists by Chris Hedges
gregory.heaton, August 8, 2008
Hedges point is very clear, I think. "We are not saved by reason. We are not saved by religion."Harris, Hitchens, Hawkins and Dennet, very clearly think that faith is a scourge to be wiped from the Earth. Once we free ourselves from this tyranny, we'll all live happily and peacefully without prejudice and hate.
I don't agree with his polarization--that somehow these folks are fundamentalists on one side of a faith line. His argument that the Enlightenment caused the Nazis and Gulags is foolish.
But his jeremiad is aimed at people who think they KNOW how this little world works.
(6 of 12 readers found this comment helpful)