Letter to a Christian Nation

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Other Practices, Agnosticism, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Political Science, Government, Public Policy
Cover of the book Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Sam Harris ISBN: 9780307266606
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: September 19, 2006
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Sam Harris
ISBN: 9780307266606
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: September 19, 2006
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

From the new afterword by the author:

Humanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact, it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs, who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its course or to ensure a rich harvest is to lead him by tender hand into a field or to a mountaintop and bury, butcher, or burn him alive as offering to an invisible God. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that his death constitutes a successful propitiation of a “loving” God is a direct and undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting that has plagued bewildered people throughout history. . .

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From the new afterword by the author:

Humanity has had a long fascination with blood sacrifice. In fact, it has been by no means uncommon for a child to be born into this world only to be patiently and lovingly reared by religious maniacs, who believe that the best way to keep the sun on its course or to ensure a rich harvest is to lead him by tender hand into a field or to a mountaintop and bury, butcher, or burn him alive as offering to an invisible God. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our sins and that his death constitutes a successful propitiation of a “loving” God is a direct and undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting that has plagued bewildered people throughout history. . .

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