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Sam Harris considers [[God]] an invisible monster, [[Yahweh]]. Harris argues that 9 million children die under the age of 5 annually, many of these children have parents who pray that their children will be spared and the [[Prayer]]s are not answered. Harris uses this to illustrate the [[Problem of evil]], arguing that a god who can't prevent these deaths is impotent while a god who doesn't want to is evil. Harris continues that parents of dying children in India are in most cases [[Hindu]]s and these parents will according to [[Christianity]] spend an eternity in [[hell]] because they prayed to [[Polytheism|Polytheistic]] gods instead of praying to the Christian God. According to Christianity God created the cultural conditions that prevent Hindus coming to [[Jesus]] and punishes them eternally for this failure. By contrast Harris argues an American serial killer can repent on death row and get to [[heaven]] directly after execution. Harris claims this has nothing to do with moral accountability. Other people as well as Harris have pointed out that a God that makes [[salvation]] depend on believing despite lack of evidence is strange. |
Sam Harris considers [[God]] an invisible monster, [[Yahweh]]. Harris argues that 9 million children die under the age of 5 annually, many of these children have parents who pray that their children will be spared and the [[Prayer]]s are not answered. Harris uses this to illustrate the [[Problem of evil]], arguing that a god who can't prevent these deaths is impotent while a god who doesn't want to is evil. Harris continues that parents of dying children in India are in most cases [[Hindu]]s and these parents will according to [[Christianity]] spend an eternity in [[hell]] because they prayed to [[Polytheism|Polytheistic]] gods instead of praying to the Christian God. According to Christianity God created the cultural conditions that prevent Hindus coming to [[Jesus]] and punishes them eternally for this failure. By contrast Harris argues an American serial killer can repent on death row and get to [[heaven]] directly after execution. Harris claims this has nothing to do with moral accountability. Other people as well as Harris have pointed out that a God that makes [[salvation]] depend on believing despite lack of evidence is strange. |
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"According to the United Nations’ Human Development Report (2005), the most atheistic societies—countries like Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom—are actually the healthiest, as indicated by measures of life expectancy, adult literacy, per-capita income, educational attainment, gender equality, homicide rate, and infant mortality. "- Sam Harris [1]
Sam Harris is an American writer. He is the author of the books The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. In 2005 Harris won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Non fiction.
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Sam Harris considers God an invisible monster, Yahweh. Harris argues that 9 million children die under the age of 5 annually, many of these children have parents who pray that their children will be spared and the Prayers are not answered. Harris uses this to illustrate the Problem of evil, arguing that a god who can't prevent these deaths is impotent while a god who doesn't want to is evil. Harris continues that parents of dying children in India are in most cases Hindus and these parents will according to Christianity spend an eternity in hell because they prayed to Polytheistic gods instead of praying to the Christian God. According to Christianity God created the cultural conditions that prevent Hindus coming to Jesus and punishes them eternally for this failure. By contrast Harris argues an American serial killer can repent on death row and get to heaven directly after execution. Harris claims this has nothing to do with moral accountability. Other people as well as Harris have pointed out that a God that makes salvation depend on believing despite lack of evidence is strange.
Harris is less critical of eastern religion, such as Buddhism and Hinduism.
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References
Videos
- Sam Harris simply destroys catholicism This video is used as a reference for the article but is worth watching in any case.
- Best of Sam Harris