Debate on Religion and Reason w/ Sam Harris & Reza Aslan
Published by Haseeb February 15th, 2007 in Science/Medicine, Politics/Media, Current NewsSource: One Good Move
Debate on Religion and Reason with Sam Harris, “Letter to a Christian Nation,” and Reza Aslan, “No god but God” from February 4, 2007 Does the Bible provide timeless prescriptions for our daily lives? Or does its inclusion of practices such as slavery preclude its ability to act as such a guide? Are Osama bin Laden’s grievances with the United States purely theological, or also social and political? Reza Aslan, author of “No god but God,” and Sam Harris, author of “Letter to a Christian Nation,” take up these questions in this debate at the Los Angeles Public Library. The event also includes discussion on contemporary trends in Islam - including whether or not Muslims are unique in their religious fervor - and debate over the concept of the Koran as a perfect and immutable document. The debate is moderated by Jonathan Kirsch, author of “A History of the End of the World.”
My youtube account got suspended so I didnt bother uploading it - you can view the entire debate here (Streaming Real Video) or Download it Here (Quicktime Mov) [pw to open = hahmed.com]).
6 Responses to “Debate on Religion and Reason w/ Sam Harris & Reza Aslan”
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Pingback on Feb 8th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Reza Aslan wasn’t particularly convincing in this discussion. He did counter some of Sam Harris’ views, but at some points, he came off as repetitive and stodgy. Also used the word “profound” too much.
“i think sam’s view is perfectly legitimate if your research tools are fox news.”
o0o0o0o0o0 disss!
For the first part of the discussion Aslan found himself in the unenviable position of having to defend the Bible/Christian belief which takes a lot of steam out of the defense of reason and religion that could be made in relation to Islam.
Sam Harris is a douche bag
AA,
I think Reza did a good job debunking the “religion causes the world’s problem” that sam upholds. As Kufi Slappa’s quote clearly shows He really exposed how weak and unintellectual sam’s argument is.