Sam Harris

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Sam Harris

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Sam Harris is an American author and atheist. Sam Harris is one of the founders of the New Atheism movement. Dr. Harris received a Ph.D. in neuroscience from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and is also a graduate in philosophy from Stanford University. He wrote two controversial, but New York Times best seller books, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. He has written essays such as "Science must destroy religion"[1].

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Harris claims atheist is right next to child molester as a designation

see also: Atheism, pederasty and NAMBLA and Views on Atheists

Dr. Sam Harris is a founder of the New Atheism movement. He is quite aware of the stigma surrounding atheism and has even advocated that atheists no longer call themselves atheists.[2] In fact, Dr. Harris has said concerning the label of atheist, "It's right next to child molester as a designation."[3]

Gender and racial demographics of Sam Harris' audience

See also: Western atheism and race

According to the web traffic tracking company Quantcast, white males appear to be the group of individuals who are most receptive to Richard Dawkins' and atheist Sam Harris' message.[4][5] Survey data and website tracking data of prominent atheists' websites indicate that in the Western World, atheism appears to be significantly less appealing to women.[6][7][8] These findings suggest that New Atheism movement is significant more appealing to white males.

New Atheism leaders and problems with being overweight

Medical research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.[9]

see also: New Atheism leadership and problems with being overweight

The main authors of the New Atheism movement include Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Victor J. Stenger and Christopher Hitchens.[10] The New Atheism movement claims to be pro-science, yet three out of five of these men have have had issues with being overweight as can be seen HERE and HERE and HERE PZ Myers is also a leader within the New Atheism movement and PZ Myers has had issues with being overweight.

Hippocrates, who was also against abortion, was an early advocate of the health benefits of exercise and nutrition.[11]

On the other hand, PZ Myers and a significant amount of other New Atheism leaders, seem to lack a full appreciation of the worthiness of nutritional science, exercise science and the latest findings of medical science. (see: also Atheism and obesity). As of May 2011, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have not publicly commented on the significant problems the New Atheism leadership has experienced in terms of overweight members.

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References

  1. ↑ Huffington Post article
  2. ↑ http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist
  3. ↑ http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist
  4. ↑ http://www.quantcast.com/richarddawkins.net#demographics
  5. ↑ http://www.quantcast.com/samharris.org
  6. ↑ http://www.americanreligionsurvey-aris.org/reports/NONES_08.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.livescience.com/culture/090227-religion-men-women.html
  8. ↑ http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_appears_to_be_significantly_less_appealing_to_women
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/battle.html
  11. ↑ http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/pe/exs190web/exs190history.htm

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