SAM HARRIS THE BIBLE'S FALACIES

It's incredibly sad and pathetic that people still believe in religion in the year 2016.

"When one reads Bibles, one is less surprised at what the Deity knows than at what He doesn't know." -- Mark Twain, Mark Twain's Notebook

Religion is toxic. Knowledge is power.

Man (humans) created god in his own image. Man created god to explain what he couldn't explain. Man created god to comfort him about death, sickness, and the brutality and harshness of primitive life. Man created god to bring others he was wary of under control. Man created god because he is imperfect and made the biggest mistake of all time.

"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things." Why is there evil in this world?

"Every religion is true in one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as fact, then you are in trouble." - Joseph Campbell Bible should never be taken literary, but I´m sure Sam know how much you can get from it too. Jesus was very spiritual - like Sam is. Google truthcontest and see if religions make sense after it.

for God so loved the world...

All salutes... to Mr. Harris you are so awesome.... sorry to say this please don't take effense.. a savior for many people.. keep it going.... you're fan for life.....

Sam's point at around 3:30, if the bible is really thought of as the best book we have to guide us morally then we should still be keeping slaves and beating children,  is a very good one, and it made me realize that none of the instructions in the bible were too far away from the moral code of the day, nothing was to distant or foreign from the peoples experiences and political beliefs (status of women and children) God should have been angrily demanding the end to slavery, and instructing men to be fair with their wives, and  for parents to honor their children, but instead, all the rules and regulations revealed in the Bible aren't in support of developing ethical thinking, compassion, or morality, but rather it's purpose seems to be one of supporting of the status quo of the time. I call it a most successful piece of political propoganda.

1. Fix your caps lock key. 2. Fallacy has two Ls in it. Two.

Love the squelchy bass synth at the end

No God, only us.

Matt M-- not sure if you're sincere, showing off, or trying to obscure discussion of the real issue by raising a smoke screen of "procedural errors" by your opponents.  Assuming you're sincere, then I will translate Harris for you.  Any errors are my fault, not Sam Harris'.  He claims that biblical injunctions are meant literally and that a literal implementation of Leviticus, far from being a perfect system with divine imprimatur, is barbaric and leads to more suffering, not less.  His conclusion is that the Mosaic code thus proves itself to be man made, not divinely inspired, as it claims.  As for happiness, etc. you know full well the greatest philosophic minds have grappled with how to define it and it is surprisingly difficult to come to a solid conclusion.  So a You Tube commenter's inability to define greater good, etc. is not at all surprising-- and does not "prove" that Harris is unintelligible.  He is far from it.

"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." Psalm 14:1

I was paddled in school and my parents spanked me when I misbehaved. There was never anything "faith-based" about it. It was called "good parenting" and I'm thankful my parents did it.

thanks SAM HARRIS wow i got my mind right you the man.

FAITH IS BONDAGE TO IGNORANCE. 

There is a passage in the NT that quotes jesus as saying " never turn down someone who begs of you, never turn down someone who wishes to borrow from you".  

God is the only hope for anyones future & the only hope for justice.

When dealing with disease, clothes and body should be washed under running water (Leviticus 15:13). For centuries people naively washed in standing water. Today we recognize the need to wash away germs with fresh water.