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Believing the Unbelievable
A Talk by Sam Harris
Posted: May 19, 2009.
Posted: May 19, 2009.
Video: The Aspen Institute
Sam Harris outlines the three main categories of arguments religious people use: (1) that religion is true, (2) that religion serves a useful purpose, or (3) that atheism is essentially a religion too (ie, based on dogma or requiring one to accept certain tenets on faith). Harris then proceeds to address each of these argument types. This is a great lecture to watch to learn to defend your secularism against the religious.
Here is the same lecture on YouTube. It’s divided into 5 segments, with the first segment here:
Believing the Unbelievable (YouTube)
Alternatively, for a higher quality version, you can find the video at:
Believing the Unbelievable (Aspen Institute website)
Definitely worth watching!
The talk itself was great but the way Sam answers questions shows that he really listens to and responds to the questioner in a way that is quite unusual. He is very effective.
posted on May 19, 2009I want to learn how to listen like that. I always want to start my answer before the questioner is finished. Then I end up talking in a way to try to impress them or others. Listening is essential to communicating. Mr Harris is an effective communicator for reason as a result.
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