Sam Harris's Essay On Religion
Paper 1: Rough DraftNeuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author Sam Harris in his article, “There is No God (And You Know It)”, argues that only atheist are the ones in touch with reality while the people of faith continue to live in a delusional fantasy where god exist. Harris’s purpose is toconvince people of faith that their religion is false and that atheism is not a religion or philosophy but the acceptance of an obvious truth. He adopts an angry tone in order demonstrate the truth about religion.Harris begins his article by clarifying what atheism truly is, nothing more than a simplerealization of a truth. He appeals to logic by explaining that, “Atheism is not a philosophy...it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live
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In this outpouring of emotion the author conveys an annoyed tone that exemplifies to the audience why god is not real.Harris ends his article by explaining how much of the world suffering could be attributed to religion. He appeals to the contrasting idea of good and bad by admitting, “If God exists, either He can do nothing to stop the most egregious calamities, or He does not care to. God,therefore, is either impotent or evil.” (Harris n.p.). And, “Of course, people of faith regularlyassure one another that God is not responsible for human suffering. But how else can we understand the claim that God is both omniscient and omnipotent?” (Harris n.p.). He examinesthe good and bad in order to how god is not all powerful like they say because if he was people in this world would not be suffering. In this examination of god the audience is shown how god cannot be all good therefore he is either unworthy or god is fictionNeuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author Sam Harris argues about the existence of a god. He appeals to the logic of basic facts proving that there is no evidence showing the existence of a
In this outpouring of emotion the author conveys an annoyed tone that exemplifies to the audience why god is not real.Harris ends his article by explaining how much of the world suffering could be attributed to religion. He appeals to the contrasting idea of good and bad by admitting, “If God exists, either He can do nothing to stop the most egregious calamities, or He does not care to. God,therefore, is either impotent or evil.” (Harris n.p.). And, “Of course, people of faith regularlyassure one another that God is not responsible for human suffering. But how else can we understand the claim that God is both omniscient and omnipotent?” (Harris n.p.). He examinesthe good and bad in order to how god is not all powerful like they say because if he was people in this world would not be suffering. In this examination of god the audience is shown how god cannot be all good therefore he is either unworthy or god is fictionNeuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author Sam Harris argues about the existence of a god. He appeals to the logic of basic facts proving that there is no evidence showing the existence of a