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- Narrated by: Jordan Bridges
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
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The End of Faith
- Written by: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Brian Emerson
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Here is an impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith. This important and timely work delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes heinous crimes.
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Audiobook narration is so bad that I can’t even listen
- By Gunnar Nelson on 2021-04-12
Written by: Sam Harris
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Islam and the Future of Tolerance
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In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like Islamism, jihadism, and fundamentalism mean in today's world? Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical is all the more startling for its decorum. Harris and Nawaz have produced something genuinely new: they engage one of the most polarizing issues of our time - fearlessly and fully - and actually make progress.
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Must read for all Muslims
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-02-11
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The Four Horsemen
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In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants and an introduction by Stephen Fry.
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Just watch it on YouTube.
- By James Cooper on 2019-06-22
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The Moral Landscape
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In this explosive new book, Sam Harris tears down the wall between scientific facts and human values, arguing that most people are simply mistaken about the relationship between morality and the rest of human knowledge. Harris urges us to think about morality in terms of human and animal well-being, viewing the experiences of conscious creatures as peaks and valleys on a "moral landscape".
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A worthy ambition, but...
- By ThoughtfulListener on 2019-08-28
Written by: Sam Harris
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Making Sense
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Sam Harris—neuroscientist, philosopher, and bestselling author—has been exploring some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current events on his podcast, Making Sense. For Harris, honest conversation, no matter how difficult or controversial, represents the only path to moral and intellectual progress. This audiobook includes talks with Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Snyder, Nick Bostrom, and Glen Loury, on topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and extremism, to living ethically.
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Great Guests from the Podcast
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Waking Up
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- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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From multiple New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, and "new atheist" Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds.
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life changing
- By srwatson on 2018-06-26
Written by: Sam Harris
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The End of Faith
- Written by: Sam Harris
- Narrated by: Brian Emerson
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Here is an impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith. This important and timely work delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behavior and sometimes heinous crimes.
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Audiobook narration is so bad that I can’t even listen
- By Gunnar Nelson on 2021-04-12
Written by: Sam Harris
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Islam and the Future of Tolerance
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- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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In this short book, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz invite you to join an urgently needed conversation: Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem drawn to extremism? What do words like Islamism, jihadism, and fundamentalism mean in today's world? Remarkable for the breadth and depth of its analysis, this dialogue between a famous atheist and a former radical is all the more startling for its decorum. Harris and Nawaz have produced something genuinely new: they engage one of the most polarizing issues of our time - fearlessly and fully - and actually make progress.
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Must read for all Muslims
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-02-11
Written by: Maajid Nawaz, and others
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The Four Horsemen
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In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants and an introduction by Stephen Fry.
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Just watch it on YouTube.
- By James Cooper on 2019-06-22
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- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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In this explosive new book, Sam Harris tears down the wall between scientific facts and human values, arguing that most people are simply mistaken about the relationship between morality and the rest of human knowledge. Harris urges us to think about morality in terms of human and animal well-being, viewing the experiences of conscious creatures as peaks and valleys on a "moral landscape".
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A worthy ambition, but...
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life changing
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expected more
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As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption - even murder and genocide - generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. In Lying, bestselling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve society by merely telling the truth in situations where others often lie.
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Sam does an amazing job of explaining lies.
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Seth Andrews wasn't an idiot during his 30 years as an evangelical Christian. He wasn't unintelligent, nor did his IQ shift when he ultimately left religion entirely. He considered himself thoughtful, moral, reasonable, and at least as smart as the average person. In other words, he wasn't an idiot. Yet strangely, he often sounded like one.
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Some good points
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Do not purchase the audiobook version
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Publisher's Summary
In response to his award-winning best seller 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 courageous and controversial reply. Using rational argument, Harris offers a measured refutation of the beliefs that form the core of fundamentalist Christianity. Addressing current topics ranging from intelligent design and stem-cell research to the connections between religion and violence, Letter to A Christian Nation boldly challenges the influence that faith has on public life in the United States.
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- Igortskii
- 2019-02-14
I expected more from him.
Not a bad book. Makes you think a little more than you normally do. Expected more from Sam Harris.
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- Stanley
- 2006-12-20
the examined life
Sam Harris has written this short work as a follow-up to his earlier book THE END OF FAITH (also available now from Audible).
Although titled in a way that suggests that christianity is the target of Harris' analyses and arguments (or, of that christian variant that insists the USA is, or should be, a "christian nation") don't let that mislead you.
It is actually a hyper-rationalist critique of religion in general, christianity simply providing the framework for structuring the arguments.
The work is well read and sufficiently short (a bit under two hours) that most would probably benefit from listening two or three times, at least to have given all the arguments a fair hearing.
An enormous amount of material is covered in the book and it would be no surprise to find that one argument or another triggered so emotional a reaction in the listener that portions of subsequent material were missed.
The book is a challenge to the religious, a challenge to apply the same rationality to religion and religious beliefs that we commonly apply to all other aspects of our world and lives.
Give this work a serious listen and you'll never deserve to be targeted by Socrates' "The unexamined life is not worth living"
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- Rod Johnson
- 2015-07-06
Should be cheaper
This message was supposed to reach a large audience. Why is it so expensive for less than 2 hours of audio?
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- reggie p
- 2007-01-07
Original Thinking
Sam Harris gets my vote for the bravest man in America and the most rational, too.
No body likes athiests; they are reviled by all. Yet Sam Harris has stood up and said enough already with God, with all religions. He poignantly argues his point that religion isn't working so maybe we should try something else...how about reason. He says that no one has ever died from too much knowledge or reason.
This work is concise. He gets straight to the point and doesn't waste your time. I agree with the other reviewers who say that this should be required reading (and thinking) by all. We need a different paradigm in which to see the world if we are going to move forward. Sam Harris provides a new paradigm and is thinking outside the box. Are we going to continue our insane wishful thinking or are we going to make a change in time to save ourselves and to progress?
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- Albert
- 2007-08-19
Well argued, but not without its own limits
This "letter" from Sam Harris is superficially directed at conservative Christians, particularly those who interpret the Bible literally. However, in reality, it is directed at everyone. For atheists, it is a defense of their view of the world. For those who have a belief in god or God, but who are not conservative Christians, Harris spends almost as much time chastising them as he does conservative Christians. Indeed, he spent as much time proclaiming the dangers of Islam as he does of Christianity.
Make no mistake about it, Harris is an atheist. His is also what I would call conservative atheism, showing as much disdain and perhaps even hatred of all religion as many conservative Christians or Muslims have for those of other faiths. If you accept his underlying assumption, which is that rational thought should be the deciding factor when evaluating everything in life -- including all religions, then his conclusions will follow logically and you will find yourself agreeing with them. But you may not find yourself agreeing with his strident tone, one that often seems intent on inciting conflict for the sake of conflict.
And what if you don't accept his underlying assumption? What if rational logic is not the only thing important when evaluating beliefs in this world? What if religion exists, not because it makes rational sense, but because people have a spiritual and/or emotional need that rational though cannot fulfill, but religion can and does? What if that is the point of religion? Then even as Harris undermines various rational arguments justifying religion, he misses the point. This is not to say that all his criticisms of various religions are without some merit, but perhaps those criticisms are justified because religions (like Harris) may miss the point of why people need them.
I am an M.D. and Ph.D. in science, the son of an atheist, who has ended up as a deist, believing in a "god" that is real, amorphous, and uninterest in us.
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- Robin
- 2008-04-20
Excellent
This is a great book, but should not have been necessary. The End of Faith should have been sufficient and I recommend starting there. If you are not prepared to put in the extra time, then this is the one for you.
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- mary j miller
- 2008-02-19
Excellent
This is like a "God Delusion" pared down and easy to listen to. It was well written, excellent narration. Cuts to the chase. I've already listened to it twice and will listen to it again from time to time to get a refresher.
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- Greg
- 2006-12-13
Finally
This should be required reading. If I were rich I would pay Audible to make this a free download. At the very least this should accompany any purchase of "A Purpose Driven Life".
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- No Name
- 2009-07-21
The Truth and Nothing But The Truth
Mr. Harris' answers to his critics (Christians) is short concise and to the point. If you choose to live in the real world, you will love this book. On the other hand, if you choose to believe in talking serpents and virgin births this is not a book you will enjoy. The truth will be too painful for you.
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- Keith Pyne-Howarth
- 2007-04-07
Audiobook version - Excellent reader
This book resonated for me as few before, but I've yet to see any comments on the reader, Jordan Bridges. This is among the finest and most engaging readings of a any work I've acquired. While not perfect, Bridges hits Harris' tone and intent time after time, matching him almost note for note. At times angry, sarcastic, witty, emotive and always passionate, this is a very fine effort that deserves recognition and respect. I hope we are lucky enough to hear Harris' next work read by Bridges.
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- Nick
- 2011-08-04
Succinctly Brilliant
Harris' appeal to the Christian masses is both poignant and respectful. Without using straw men, he clearly articulates some of the major issues with religion and its effects on modern day life. Throughout his letter he remains appropriately considerate of his thoughts' potential shortcomings, which is a refreshing change from the arrogance of some other notable atheist scholars.
This is a very important work and is something everyone should listen to.
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