sam harris has a blog!
here's a snip from one of his post,
but will the dead walk again?, with afterthoughts from
a recent debate:
snip
like all such theology, augustine’s account of the resurrection was simply a dark age confabulation. in other words, it was bullshit—a concept that has since been given a much need technical analysis by the philosopher harry frankfurt in his wonderful essay, on bullshit. what is the difference between bullshit and lies? bullshitting often entails lying, of course, but frankfurt shows that they are not the same. when a person is merely lying, he must still keep the truth in view. he must at least give the appearance of intellectual honesty. the bullshitter knows no such constraints. he takes no notice of the truth, or of the reasonable expectations others might have about it. the bullshitter just keeps talking.
and that is what religion has done: it has just kept talking, down through the ages, in utter defiance of common sense./snip
the blog: sam harris
