Archive: Morality
Religion as a Black Market for Irrationality
Being stocked stem to stern with incredible ideas, the world's religions have had to find some way to circumvent reason, without repudiating it.
By Sam Harris | September 27, 2007; 01:30 PM ET | Comments (617)
The Sacrifice of Reason
Teresa’s response to her own bewilderment and hypocrisy (her term) reveals just how like quicksand religious faith can be.
By Sam Harris | August 31, 2007; 09:03 AM ET | Comments (1574)
God's Hostages
The net effect of religion (especially in the Abrahamic tradition) has been to demonize female sexuality and portray women as morally and intellectually inferior to men.
By Sam Harris | January 22, 2007; 09:10 AM ET | Comments (1645)
God’s Enemies Are More Honest Than His Friends
I am uncertain whether a conversation between atheists and believers can bear fruit quickly enough to keep civilization from becoming fully engorged by Iron Age stupidity and horror.
By Sam Harris | December 29, 2006; 08:40 PM ET | Comments (1235)

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