but the doctrines and authorities in which they place their faith run the gamut from the quaint to the psychopathic. For instance, a dogmatic belief in the spiritual and ethical necessity of complete nonviolence lies at the very core of Jainism, whereas an equally dogmatic commitment to using violence to defend one’s faith, both from within and without, is similarly central to the doctrine of Islam. These beliefs, though held for identical reasons (faith) and in varying degrees by individual practitioners of these religions, could not be more different. And this difference has consequences in the real world. (Let that be the first barrier to entry into this conversation: If you will not concede this point, you will not understand anything I say about Islam. Unfortunately, many of my most voluble critics cannot clear this bar—and no amount of quotation from the Koran, the hadith, the ravings of modern Islamists, or from the plaints of their victims, makes a bit of difference.)
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Well that summarises why I get a bad vibe fro him. But this isn't the first time. I read the article where he had to defend his pre-emtive strike comments. Now THAT really pissed me off and his rebuttle to his critics was as bad as this. Ooh Islam is special, so we've gotta nuke em, and if you don't agree, you simply don't understand".
justify the political oppression, torture, and murder of innocent Muslims around the world. I am a “neo-con goon,” a “war monger,” and a friend to “fascists.” In other words, I have blood on my hands
He knows it, yeah. I've seen people defend his view on racial profiling to the death. I was reading the comments on "the friendly atheist" which is a site I love, however, people there are so blinded by his fame as an atheist that they couldn't even see that racial profiling is wrong. He is thee definition of an Islamophobe, even if that word didn't exist, it would be invented just for him. He targets Islam and he explains why, and his reasons are stupid. "Kill em first, 10's of millions may die, but that's the price". Genocidal Islamophobia, no regard for the facts of the people in Iran, no reference to a revolution, nope, just that we have to preemtively strike and 10 million is a potential number of collateral damage. I suddenly feel so sick.
Anyway, it's a matter of time when this whole thing will blow over. I am noticing a very strong pattern of right wing crime reporting in the USA. I was watching a news video about 2 politicians that were shot dead by Nazis in America. Too much neo nazi, white crimes going on now and the proof will be in the pudding for Harris. Hopefully the flavour will be strong enough to wake him up, or at least some of his followers who live in their little bubbles.
Um what is with that attack on Chomsky?
Topic: Sam Harris On "Islamophobia" and Other Libels