"The End of Faith articulates the dangers and absurdities of organized religion so fiercely and so fearlessly that I felt relieved as I read it?? vindicated....Harris writes what a sizable number of us think?? but few are willing to say."atalie Angier?? ?New York Times
In ?The End of Faith??? Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid?? historical tour of our willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs??even when these beliefs inspire the worst human atrocities. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into world politics?? Harris draws on insights from neuroscience?? philosophy?? and Eastern mysticism to deliver a call for a truly modern foundation for ethics and spirituality that is b"lar and humanistic. Winner of the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction.Amazon.com ReviewSam Harris cranks out blunt?? hard-hitting chapters to make his case for why faith itself is the most dangerous element of modern life. And if the devil's in the details?? then you'll find Satan waiting at the back of the book in the very substantial notes section where Harris saves his more esoteric discussions to avoid sidetracking the urgency of his message.Interestingly?? Harris is not just focused on debunking religious faith?? though he makes his compelling arguments with verve and intellectual clarity. The End of Faith is also a bit of a philosophical Swiss Army knife. Once he has presented his arguments on why?? in an age of Weapons of Mass Destruction?? belief is now a hazard of great proportions?? he focuses on proposing alternate approaches to the mysteries of life. Harris recognizes the truth of the human condition?? that we fear death?? and we often crave " more" we cannot easily define?? and which is not met by accumulating more material possessions. But by attempting to provide the cure for the ills it defi