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A Secular Criticism of Sam Harris and Project Reason

In February of this year, Sam Harris spoke at the TED conference regarding his view that science can answer moral questions.  I was excited to hear what he might have to say on the subject, as he is a noted atheist with a degree in philosophy from Stanford and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA. … Read more »

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Buddhist Selfishness & Pessimism

When I discuss the tenants of Buddhism with people unfamiliar with it, they are often quick to assess it as a selfish and pessimistic religion.  It’s easy to see why they think this way, as the first noble truth of the Buddhist path is that all things lead to suffering, and another core teaching is… Read more »

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Religious Morality

Morality as we understand it is a concept, and as such is an abstraction.  We say a person has good morals when they act in a certain way, and that they lack morals when they act in the opposite way.  Because these judgments of morality change from culture to culture, person to person, and even… Read more »

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Thoughts on Religulous

I am always amazed at how willing Bill Maher is to put himself out there, as he did in his recent documentary about the state of world religion named Religulous.  The first thought I had after watching the film was that it was strange that Bill decided only to discuss Western religions.  Buddhism, Hinduism and… Read more »