Quotes from The End of Faith — Sam Harris
born 1967 United States
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Jesus Christ—who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens—can now be eaten in the form of a cracker.
The End of Faith (2004)
Religious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance.
The End of Faith (2004)
Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings.
The End of Faith (2004)
Muslim discourse is currently a tissue of myths, conspiracy theories, and exhortations to recapture the glories of the seventh century.
The End of Faith (2004)
We are, even now, killing ourselves over ancient literature. Who would have thought something so tragically absurd could be possible?
The End of Faith (2004)
The moderation we see among nonfundamentalists is not some sign that faith itself has evolved; it is, rather, the product of the many hammer blows of modernity that have exposed certain tenets of faith to doubt.
The End of Faith (2004)