This work is a critical exploration of a book by Sam Harris entitled 'The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason'. While the book by Mr. Harris puts forth arguments that attempt to paint all spirituality and religion with broad strokes of derision, castigation, and rejection, Mr. Harris also reserves a great deal of space within his book for casting aspersions on Islam and Muslims. In fact, Mr. Harris goes so far as to claim, among other things, that the West may be justified in launching a preemptive nuclear strike against Muslims because, according to Mr. Harris, they harbor inherent and irrevocable antagonistic attitudes toward everything in the West.
The present critical review of Mr. Harris' work examines the many errors, misunderstandings, and problems contained in 'The End of Faith' -- failures which have misled Mr. Harris to making such irresponsible assertions as the nuclear holocaust argument noted above. In fact, one of the points made in the present review of Mr. Harris' book is that after all is said and done, Mr. Harris does not appear to be all that different from the fundamentalists against whom he rails in his book -- that is, he not only gives expression to a rabid form of intolerance which condemns anyone who doesn't 'reason' in the manner in which Mr. Harris does, but, as well, Mr. Harris' book gives expression to an attitude which, sadly, seems to be all too comfortable with trying to induce others to adopt the same sort of intolerance toward Islam, Muslims, or anyone who is committed to spirituality.
This review is comparable to a 117 page real world book in a 5 1/4 by 8 inch format.
The present critical review of Mr. Harris' work examines the many errors, misunderstandings, and problems contained in 'The End of Faith' -- failures which have misled Mr. Harris to making such irresponsible assertions as the nuclear holocaust argument noted above. In fact, one of the points made in the present review of Mr. Harris' book is that after all is said and done, Mr. Harris does not appear to be all that different from the fundamentalists against whom he rails in his book -- that is, he not only gives expression to a rabid form of intolerance which condemns anyone who doesn't 'reason' in the manner in which Mr. Harris does, but, as well, Mr. Harris' book gives expression to an attitude which, sadly, seems to be all too comfortable with trying to induce others to adopt the same sort of intolerance toward Islam, Muslims, or anyone who is committed to spirituality.
This review is comparable to a 117 page real world book in a 5 1/4 by 8 inch format.
