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Originally Posted by Angela  Much like the hyperventilating, corded-neck reviewer you quote from, you are indeed "cherry-picking" quotes out of context from Mr. Harris' intent -- which described possible scenarios and their inevitable outcome. Again, Mr. Harris never advocated the death penalty for beliefs. |
do you agree or disagree that harris said this:
"Some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them.
"This may seem an extraordinary claim, but it merely enunciates an ordinary fact about the world in which we live. Certain beliefs place their adherents beyond the reach of every peaceful means of persuasion, while inspiring them to commit acts of extraordinary violence against others. There is, in fact, no talking to some people."
yes or no?
Who said anything about the death penalty? I said he advocates killing them. Provide me with some 'possible scenarios'..i am curious....
It's not cherry picking. Even a casual examination of his and dawkin's assessments of conflicts, as i have repeated ad nausuem, show a clear distortion and lack of understanding of those conflicts - Northern Ireland is a glaring example. the conflict(s) in the middle east are others.- and as the reviewer points out (as have many others) atheistic idelogical movements - like Bolshivik Russia and first republic France - are some of the bloodiest episodes in human history.
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Originally Posted by Megan I'm just pointing out that, as you know (if I am understanding you correctly), some strains of religion does the same thing, so it just seems like two sides of the same psychological coin to me.  |
agree 100%.