The End of Faith

After reading this article at the NY Times on Sam Harris’ ‘The End of Faith’ I was initially impressed by the new book.(Which is not available at your local South African bookstore as yet). Then I came across this comment over at TRA, and had second thoughts. Is the man just a raving fundamentalist of a Buddhist stripe after all? So this morning I took a look at the author’s website . Check out especially the pdf format Q&A. ” How comforting would it be to hear the President of the United States assure us that almighty Zeus is on our side in our war on terrorism? The mere change of a single word in his speech—from God to Zeus—would precipitate a national emergency. If I believe that Christ was born of a virgin, resurrected bodily after death, and is now literally transformed into a wafer at the Mass, I can still function as arespected member of society”. A-bloody-men