sam harris
Out of context: Reply #94
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- TheBlueOne0
Flagellum, I'm not going to argue this particular point with you anymore. I think your view of science is, if not flawed, far too narrow in scope, and their is no fruit to be born with respect to this line of discussion/argument as we've been down this road a zillion times. So I won't engage you on it.
Suffice to say, that it is my belief, based on the evidence I weigh and judge and am aware of, counter to yours, that matter has the ability to self-organzie into what we know of as life. And I find a deep spiritual satisfaction and sublimity in that line of thought - that we are in fact an expected and ineveitable part of the uiniverse itself, and not some additional creation by some god who seems anthropomorphically in our image.
However, I'd be happy to discuss the ethical and philosophical implications of leading a life according the precepts of Jesus, who I think created a powerful and useful system of ethics. Given I was raised Roman Catholic, although no longer proscribe to it (although ritually I do find comfort in it from time to time), I'm at a different place than you in my exploration/conclusions about christianity.
But this is all just me.