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• Adventures in New Atheistland: Jerry Coyne Calls Out Robert Wright for Being a “Blame America First” Muddle-Head in the War on Terror!

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 143
  University of Chicago atheist biologist Jerry Coyne, at his blog today,  summed up  Robert Wright’s recent piece in the New York Times this way: The title of Wright’s piece is “Who created Major Hasan?”, and of course the answer is “America!” Coyne then went on to attribute to Wright a ...
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• THE REALITY CLUB: On "Signatures of Consciousness: A Talk by Stanislas Dehaene"

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 439
  Geeky goodness from Edge . The links to the other three men (Daniel Kahneman , Sam Harris , George Dyson ) will take you to their responses the presentation. This is a long article, but the neuroscience is cutting edge for anyone interested in the field - and Sam Harriss response is very interesting. ...
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• Reply to Stanislas Dehaene

  
  Sam Harris: Author, Philosopher, Essayist, Atheist — Authority: 476
  This was a very interesting talk, and Dehaene and colleagues are doing fascinating neuroscience. But as is often the case with neuroscientists engaged in fascinating research, Dehaene seems impatient with related problems in philosophy. Finding such problems boring is not the same as solving them, however. Dehaene may ...
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• Reply to Nicholas Wade

  
  Sam Harris: Author, Philosopher, Essayist, Atheist — Authority: 476
  The tension between atheism and biology suggested in the article does not exist. In fact, there is no logical space in which it could exist…
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• The Power of Prayer?

  
  Words of Wisdom — Authority: 133
  Last night a friend of our family was at our home and told about how they quit praying because it did not seem to do any good. This person would fervently lobby God, but each time the request would fall on deaf ears. This person was notably discouraged by this lack of response and therefore made the decision that ...
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• Re-Evolution Debate: Hitchens, Harris, Dennett vs. Boteach, DSouza, Taleb and also Wright

  
  Atheist Movies — Authority: 125
  The Advocates of Science and Reason: Christopher Hitchens (Science) Sam Harris (Reason) Daniel Dennett (Conscience) The Advocates of Religion and Faith: Dinesh DSouza (God) Shmuley Boteach (Faith) Nicholas Taleb (The Unpredictable) The Neutral: Robert Wright (The Animal) From La Ciudad de las Ideas, ...
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• A Recent Debate on Atheism v. Theism

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 143
  And an interesting match up. Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris v. Robert Wright, Dinesh D’Souza, and a rabbi, Shmuley Boteach:
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• hitchens, harris, dennett vs boteach, dsouza, wright

  
  toomanytribbles — Authority: 136
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• Harris, Hitchens, & Dennett vs. Boteach, D’Souza, Wright, & Taleb

  
  Sam Harris: Author, Philosopher, Essayist, Atheist — Authority: 476
  Ciudad de las Ideas (Puebla, Mexico, 11/8/2009)
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• Atheism as ‘Gateway Drug’ to Drifting Away

  
  Athanatos Christian Apologetics Ministry — Authority: 124
  As of this writing, I am facilitating a course/discussion regarding the decline of Christianity in America .  Someone made a point in the discussion that is similar to one I’ve made previously… but I can’t find where I made it so I’m making it anew.  The question begins with a look at the measured ...
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• The Case for Karen Armstrong

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 803
  If you open Karen Armstrongs new book, The Case for God , expecting to find a list of mysterious cures, scientific curiosities, or certified miracles all pointing toward the physical presence of a divine influence in the world, you will be sorely disappointed.  Armstrong has no interest in, and is in fact completely ...
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• Weekly Rant: Frank Schaeffer and New Atheist Fundamentalists

  
  Life Without Faith — Authority: 134
  As far as the religious go, you could say that Frank Schaeffer is one of the good guys. He is the son of one of the first televangelists, Francis Schaeffer, and in his book, Crazy for God , he did a great job explaining how he helped found the Religious Right, and why he now regretted it. As being somewhat ...
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• Promoting confusion

  
  Open Parachute — Authority: 510
  A great feature of the scientific endeavour is that our ideas, hypotheses and theories are usually tested against reality. In fact we get very worried when we can’t do this. Consequently there has been some philosophical discussion and concern around speculative ideas or hypotheses like string theory (really ...
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• A Modest Plea for a Historically Responsible Atheism

  
  The Dunedin School — Authority: 494
  The Monstrosity of Christ, by Slavoj Žižek, John Milbank, and Creston Davis Some half-formed thoughts on the contemporary debate about atheism, sparked in large part by a recent reading of Slavoj Žižek’s and John Milbank’s new book, The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? (Cambridge, MA: The MIT ...
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• Sam Harris - BigThink.Com

  
  European Alliance for Rational Thought — Authority: 116
  
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• Sam Harris, The View from the End of the World

  
  European Alliance for Rational Thought — Authority: 116
  
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• What Hitchens Has Learned From Debating Christians

  
  Elect Exiles — Authority: 115
  Over at Slate.com, Christopher Hitchens (probably the smartest and funnest of the “pop-atheists”) offers us a few reflections on what he’s learned debating Christians .  He’s had plenty of practice since the publication of his 2007 bestseller, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything .  Most ...
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• Defending science and reason

  
  Open Parachute — Authority: 510
  Book Review: The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Victor Stenger Price: US$12.92 Paperback: 282 pages Publisher: Prometheus Books (September 22, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1591027519 ISBN-13: 978-1591027515 Hello there! ...
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• Where I Take Sam Harris to the Mat

  
  Journal Wunelle — Authority: 120
  (...well, in the alternate fantasy universe where I actually know something Mr. Harris doesnt.) During some recent long drives, Ive been listening again to the two hour audio program of the Four Horsemen , a discussion about religion with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett. These ...
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