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Title	:	Letter to a Christian Nation
Author	:	Sam Harris
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 96 pages
Published	:	September 19th 2006 by Knopf (first published January 1st 2006)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Religion. Philosophy. Atheism. Politics. Science

Letter to a Christian Nation

Sam Harris

Hardcover | Pages: 96 pages

Rating: 4.01 | 33398 Users | 1812 Reviews

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In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriating him for not believing in God. Letter to A Christian Nation is his reply. Using rational argument, Harris offers a measured refutation of the beliefs that form the core of fundamentalist Christianity. In the course of his argument, he addresses current topics ranging from intelligent design and stem-cell research to the connections between religion and violence. In Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris boldly challenges the influence that faith has on public life in our nation.

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Original Title:	Letter to a Christian Nation
ISBN:	0307265773 (ISBN13: 9780307265777)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.samharris.org/letter-to-a-christian-nation
Characters:	Charles Darwin, Mother Teresa

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This seems like a completely unhelpful, pointless book. Sam Harris knows full well that the likelihood the people he purportedly addresses in his 'letter' (conservative Christians) will actually read it is close to zero. OK: he does state in the preface that its primary purpose is to "arm secularists", which I guess means he really had a different audience in mind from the start. Fair enough. But why use the particular framing device that he does - a belligerent, hectoring letter to

The one book that belongs on everyone's reference shelf as a guide to never turn off your ability to reason and THINK about what we believe and why we should believe it. That we are connected by our humanity and yet easily divided by race, gender, age, orientation, culture, ethnicity, city, state, country and religion to name a few.

I agree with other reviewers that there are no new or surprising arguments here. He goes over ground which is thoroughly familiar to those who think critically of religion. What makes the book so worthwhile is not, therefore, any (ahem) great revelations.What I found thrilling about this book, as an atheist of 50 years, was the startling, forceful simplicity, directness, beauty, and artistry with which he made his points. Consider one quote: "If the Bible is an ordinary book, and Christ an

What is interesting about this book, as in most atheist thought, is that in lambasting fundamentalist institutional religious dogma, the author ends up doing exactly what he accuses his opponents of: polarizing, claiming to know what truth and reality are better than anyone else, and pushing moderates into extremism. He claims, as all atheists do, to be speaking solidly from the standpoint of reason. As a reasonable man, then, he should have recognized that fighting antagonism with greater

Wow! Concentrated essence of critique. This book is passionate, and tightly reasoned and put together. It catalogues some of the problems organized religions have inflicted on humanity, past and present, ranging from causing division, hatred and war to putting the brakes on truly free scientific and intellectual inquiry.Harris takes a number of common arguments in favor of the existence of God and/or the validity of various bodies or tenets of dogma, and shows that under logical consideration

It's clear that Sam Harris wrote this book out of frustration with Christianity in particular, and religion in general. The book's style and tone conveys the author's frustration--in such a way that makes it largely a turn-off for many Christians who might otherwise earnestly listen to what he has to say.That aside, Sam Harris makes a lot of good points, that I think many Christians today should take to heart. His view of Christians reflects many in our culture who see us as, for example,

I know of no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too desirous of evidence in support of their core beliefs. Sam Harris lacks the most basic quality to write a polemicthorough understanding of the topic he is discussing. The very characteristics of religious ideologies he opposes constitute the most unmistakable shortcomings of his workideological intolerance, narcissistic worldview, almost endless authoritative claims.I agree with Sam Harris on one point: