What Religious Person Would Want Andrew Sullivan Representing Them In A Debate?
by John Hawkins | January 24, 2007 11:00 am
From a press release I just received:
Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan Face Off in a Beliefnet[1] “Blogalogue”
This week, two leading thinkers take sides in an extraordinary “blogalogue” about God, faith, and religious violence. Best-selling author Sam Harris, author of the controversial books “The End of Faith” and “Letter to a Christian Nation,” explains why he’s an atheist and why religion, to him, is the force most to blame for tragedies like 9/11. Uberblogger Andrew Sullivan, pro-religion author of “The Conservative Soul,” responds to Harris’ Beliefnet posts on his own blog–countering that faith and reason aren’t mutually exclusive.
Andrew Sullivan is supposed to be the “pro-religion” side of a debate? You’re talking about a guy who thinks most of the Christians in this country want to live in a theocracy and who once held up Madonna[2] as a shining example of Christian behavior.
Having a debate between Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan over religion would be like Karl Marx and Ted Kennedy debating which economic system does more to help the poor, Communism or Capitalism.
What Religious Person Would Want Andrew Sullivan Representing Them In A Debate?
by John Hawkins | January 24, 2007 11:00 am
From a press release I just received:
Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan Face Off in a Beliefnet[1] “Blogalogue”
This week, two leading thinkers take sides in an extraordinary “blogalogue” about God, faith, and religious violence. Best-selling author Sam Harris, author of the controversial books “The End of Faith” and “Letter to a Christian Nation,” explains why he’s an atheist and why religion, to him, is the force most to blame for tragedies like 9/11. Uberblogger Andrew Sullivan, pro-religion author of “The Conservative Soul,” responds to Harris’ Beliefnet posts on his own blog—countering that faith and reason aren’t mutually exclusive.
Andrew Sullivan is supposed to be the “pro-religion” side of a debate? You’re talking about a guy who thinks most of the Christians in this country want to live in a theocracy and who once held up Madonna[2] as a shining example of Christian behavior.
Having a debate between Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan over religion would be like Karl Marx and Ted Kennedy debating which economic system does more to help the poor, Communism or Capitalism.
