Pictured above are the members of the inaugural Mind on Fire reading group (not included is Dave, the volunteer cameraman)–a motley mix of brilliant and articulate Mormons, Quakers, Christians, recovering Catholics and Mormons, agnostics and atheists (almost more labels than persons!). In my hands is the focus of our conversation, Sam Harris’ The […]

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As an atheist, I have to say that I feel comfortable with many of the arguments that Sam Harris sets forth in The End of Faith (I’m about 100 pages in). They are old friends that set me to questioning my most cherished, deeply entrenched assumptions. I used to attend the Church of […]

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Sam Harris talks a lot about a little thing I like to call…religion.
What, my friends, is religion? Can you come up with a working definition we can all agree on? Or do we just know it when we see it?
Are there problems with how Harris uses the term?

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If you find a particularly insightful quote (or pithy, well-written prose) that you’d like to share with others, post it in the comments.¬† Please remember to include the chapter and page number.

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I removed the sticky post and added a link to the top of the blog after reviewing the site logs–it seems like regular readers who aren’t interested in the Sam Harris business are missing other new posts. This post will continue to be updated periodically.
For the month of October (and the last little bit […]

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…cruelly hidden from you in the end of a fatigue-addled YouTube ramble:

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