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From the Sam Harris forum
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RE: From the Sam Harris forum
(January 11, 2017 at 5:57 pm)Brian37 Wrote: While I don't agree with everything Sam says, what exactly is wrong with making a living? If you write books, you market them. Harry Potter author does the same. If you want a shameless self promoter who doesn't get anything right and is a selfish fuck, well that asshole is going to take the oath on the 20th. 

I have read a couple of his books, and watched tons of his videos.

"The End of Faith" is a very apt description of how religion can lead humans to do very horrible things.

"Letter To A Christian Nation" also a very apt book describing why right wing Christians are wrong and why we most certainly ARE NOT a theocracy.

And his condemnation of Trump this past year is a very needed alarm unfortunately he and others were not widely listened to enough.

I do have problems with his promotion of Buddhism and his tendency to be over protective of Israel. But no, I don't think he is a shameless self promoter. I think he is merely earning a living selling what he believes can benefit humanity. I don't agree with all of it, no.


There is a vast difference between promoting yourself as an author to sell more books, and promoting yourself as an authority on a subject you know nothing about and not caring about all how you are misguiding people.

I wouldn't have anything against Sam Harris if he stuck to what he actually knew.
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From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 10, 2017 at 9:51 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Minimalist - January 10, 2017 at 9:53 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by SteelCurtain - January 10, 2017 at 9:53 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 10, 2017 at 9:55 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Minimalist - January 10, 2017 at 10:03 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 10, 2017 at 10:08 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Seraphina - January 10, 2017 at 10:16 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Minimalist - January 10, 2017 at 10:23 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 10, 2017 at 10:32 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by bennyboy - January 14, 2017 at 3:55 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by brewer - January 11, 2017 at 8:47 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Seraphina - January 10, 2017 at 10:00 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Seraphina - January 10, 2017 at 10:07 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Seraphina - January 10, 2017 at 10:33 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Minimalist - January 10, 2017 at 10:35 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Cyberman - January 10, 2017 at 10:37 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 10, 2017 at 10:43 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Seraphina - January 10, 2017 at 10:37 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by ignoramus - January 10, 2017 at 10:46 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 10, 2017 at 10:50 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Edwardo Piet - January 11, 2017 at 9:18 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 11, 2017 at 10:49 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 11, 2017 at 10:50 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Thumpalumpacus - January 10, 2017 at 11:04 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by SteelCurtain - January 10, 2017 at 11:24 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Cyberman - January 11, 2017 at 2:12 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Cato - January 10, 2017 at 11:39 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Fireball - January 11, 2017 at 12:45 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by robvalue - January 11, 2017 at 1:35 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Alex K - January 11, 2017 at 2:47 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by ignoramus - January 11, 2017 at 4:33 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by pocaracas - January 11, 2017 at 5:58 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by robvalue - January 11, 2017 at 6:20 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Alex K - January 11, 2017 at 7:34 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by ApeNotKillApe - January 11, 2017 at 6:24 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by robvalue - January 11, 2017 at 6:26 am
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RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by robvalue - January 11, 2017 at 6:43 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by ApeNotKillApe - January 11, 2017 at 6:57 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Ben Davis - January 11, 2017 at 6:41 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Brian37 - January 11, 2017 at 10:07 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by RozKek - January 11, 2017 at 10:23 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Edwardo Piet - January 11, 2017 at 10:50 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Edwardo Piet - January 11, 2017 at 10:51 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Alex K - January 11, 2017 at 11:11 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Edwardo Piet - January 11, 2017 at 1:41 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Edwardo Piet - January 11, 2017 at 4:27 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by account_inactive - January 11, 2017 at 5:32 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by I_am_not_mafia - January 11, 2017 at 5:37 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Brian37 - January 11, 2017 at 5:57 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by I_am_not_mafia - January 19, 2017 at 3:07 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by jdrnd - January 11, 2017 at 7:06 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Minimalist - January 11, 2017 at 8:48 pm
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by AceBoogie - January 18, 2017 at 3:30 am
RE: From the Sam Harris forum - by Fireball - January 18, 2017 at 12:48 pm



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