Good Daily Show dialog between Jon Stewart and Reza Aslan about religion, making some interesting points about religion as identity (vs theology) and the confirmation bias of scripture.
On Religion, Scripture, and Conflict
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Good Daily Show dialog between Jon Stewart and Reza Aslan about religion, making some interesting points about religion as identity (vs theology) and the confirmation bias of scripture.
Yes, that was a great piece, especially in the extended version.
+Stan Pedzick I have that queued up, but haven't watched it yet.
Reza Aslan is not a source I would trust for religious topics seen as how he distorts truth and misrepresents people he disagrees with.
+Jon Weber I'm aware that Reza Aslan is controversial in some circles (the comments for this video on YouTube are … interesting), but while it's possible I'm carrying forward my own confirmation bias, his observations in this particular interview seem right to me.
+Dave Hill I understand. Reza does have some interesting points. But this tweet is unforgivable. http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/on-the-mechanics-of-defamation. As well you can always just Google him and see other examples.
i really have no desire to get involved in a Sam Harris discussion at this point. Just looking at Harris' article and his explanations around his statement, I do think there's plenty of blame to spread around in that exchange, and I'll leave it at that.
+Dave Hill my point wasn't too drag this into a religious argument. I care nothing of the sort. I'll even grant to you or anyone else that Sam may have conceded some high ground with his arguments. But the tweet from Reza speaks for itself. Does anyone really think Sam was attempting to justify the death of others?
In my eyes Reza made his bed with that tweet and has yet to clarify or apologize in any significant way.