As Nornagest mentioned, Sam Harris didn’t write that article at all. Odinn is mistaken about the author. So this doesn’t represent a change of opinion.
Yes, I didn’t mean to imply that Harris was purposefully writing as a theist, but rather that he seemed to be trying to defend the position of a theist due to some cached thoughts and possibly a jealous desire to believe despite not actually believing… It seems like a headache inducing way to think, and I just wanted to remark on the apparent cognitive dissonance in his article.
I think Sam has changed his mind on how “grand” the Almighty is, and has largely become an antitheist in Hitchens’ sense.
See his comments from his debate with Craig. Terms like “evil” and “psychopathy” get thrown about, justifiably, IMO.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8FRqMK8OOY
As Nornagest mentioned, Sam Harris didn’t write that article at all. Odinn is mistaken about the author. So this doesn’t represent a change of opinion.
Ok. That’s actually more consistent with my impression of Sam, as I never got the impression he thought the Almighty terribly “grand”.
Yes, I didn’t mean to imply that Harris was purposefully writing as a theist, but rather that he seemed to be trying to defend the position of a theist due to some cached thoughts and possibly a jealous desire to believe despite not actually believing… It seems like a headache inducing way to think, and I just wanted to remark on the apparent cognitive dissonance in his article.