Comments on: Does God Exist? Sam Harris vs. Rabbi David Wolpe Debate Q&A (Part 04 of 04)

By: truthhitmanisback

truthhitmanisback — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:02:21 +0000

No, the rabbi has made valid points . This is what happens in a democrisy.

By: Royalroadtotheunc

Royalroadtotheunc — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:57:28 +0000

Sam Harris’ body language is very telling… Look at the position of his legs. “This territory is all mine,” he seems to say. I don’t think this poor guy has ever understood what a symbol or a metaphor is. His thinking is very concrete.

By: VodkaElit

VodkaElit — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:46:05 +0000

This is the problem with arguing that God is not real and so forth… It doesnt exist so you can make up and shit you want about it and it can not be proven wrong. There for it is immpossible to lose.

However god remains in my book still with unicorns and the boogie man.

SWEDEN FTW!

By: 8DX

8DX — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:04:15 +0000

Aw.. so you believe in unicorns? Me too! And fairies and dragons and magic. All that happened was that the magic faded – the multiple previously aligned dimensions are no longer in sync. No more can we fly through the air and talk to gods, no more can… um sorry I’ll just quietly stand here in the corner, don’t mind me.

By: 8DX

8DX — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:34:56 +0000

A nice point though I don’t think it holds. People of faith are often convinced using logic that faith is pointless – take prayer, someone who believes in the power of prayer and is then let down at a crucial point in their lives might logically come to believe prayer doesn’t work and to question religion in general. As for the other side of it – I think it is happily true that a person of faith can no longer use pseudoscience to make someone believe (Who created the earth if not God?).

By: VodkaElit

VodkaElit — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:47:38 +0000

lol wtf!?!??!?
You have one random mind sir..
keep it up

By: SeekerLancer

SeekerLancer — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:18:51 +0000

Thumbs up for ignoring the Pascal’s Wager part of that one question. There’s no reason to ever waste any more time on that deeply flawed argument.

By: waspbloke

waspbloke — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:38:41 +0000

A really good debate. I think that Rabbi Wolpe eventually conceded to retreat into territory that only religion can occupy. The ground that has been claimed by science and sceptical inquiry, that was once the exclusive domain of religion is vast and Sam Harris articulates this in a way that would render opposition as being the rantings of the insane. That’s not to say that there is no room for religion, just that religion has a place that science can’t touch and needs to confine itself to that.

By: Multisclerosis

Multisclerosis — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:57:51 +0000

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By: ThieleM

ThieleM — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:54:53 +0000

the ‘we are not able to understand God’ argument should be taken as an insult by anyone that is able to think logically. These people that say the bible or whatever book is gods word dont seem to have a problem understanding the words of the god so what more is there to understand that REALLY matters? It is a silly notion on par with Pascal’s wager.