10 MYTHS — AND 10 TRUTHS — ABOUT ATHEISM By Sam Harris. (SAM HARRIS:) Several polls indicate that the term "atheism" has acquired such an extraordinary stigma in the United States that being an atheist is now a perfect impediment to a career in politics (in a way that being black, Muslim or homosexual is not).
According to a recent Newsweek poll, only 37% of Americans would vote for an otherwise qualified atheist for president. Atheists are often imagined to be intolerant, immoral, depressed, blind to the beauty of nature and dogmatically closed to evidence of the supernatural. Sam Harris simply destroys catholicism. Sam Harris. Sam Harris: Sam Harris Responds to Chris Hedges' 'Fundamentalism... Sam Harris Responds to Chris Hedges’ ‘Fundamentalism Kills’ Column Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Sam Harris Editor’s note: On Tuesday, in a column that can be read here, Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges criticized Sam Harris as being a fundamentalist.
