http://www.speedkill.org/2006/09/19/1591/ Radioactive Toy Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.speedkill.org/2006/09/19/1591/comment-page-1/#comment-422209 S4R Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:11:50 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2006/09/19/1591/#comment-422209 With regards to "it is actually possible for a person to have the economic and intellectual resources to build a nuclear bomb — and to believe that he will get 72 virgins in paradise" I would stress the importance of mental health. I place a lot of blame in the hands of religious dogma as the world's great catalyst for ignorance, but we can't throw economic despair out of the equation because it in fact has profound effects on mental health. If religion can convince people of all its exaggerate claims, it can't be too hard to convince the clinically depressed, perpetually disaffected, or schizophrenic to murder for promises of peace of mind. With regards to “it is actually possible for a person to have the economic and intellectual resources to build a nuclear bomb — and to believe that he will get 72 virgins in paradise” I would stress the importance of mental health. I place a lot of blame in the hands of religious dogma as the world’s great catalyst for ignorance, but we can’t throw economic despair out of the equation because it in fact has profound effects on mental health. If religion can convince people of all its exaggerate claims, it can’t be too hard to convince the clinically depressed, perpetually disaffected, or schizophrenic to murder for promises of peace of mind.

]]> http://www.speedkill.org/2006/09/19/1591/comment-page-1/#comment-422207 Heliologue Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:40:41 +0000 http://www.speedkill.org/2006/09/19/1591/#comment-422207 Like Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris is motivated almost entirely by his disgust with religion of any sort. In many cases, this aligns him with the left, but not always. No doubt Islamic fundamentalism is a big problem, but I also think Harris overstates the issue. Like Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris is motivated almost entirely by his disgust with religion of any sort. In many cases, this aligns him with the left, but not always. No doubt Islamic fundamentalism is a big problem, but I also think Harris overstates the issue.

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