Sam Harris Quotes

Religion has convinced us that there's something else entirely other than concerns about suffering. There's concerns about what God wants, there's concerns about what's going to happen in the afterlife.

Sam Harris

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  Sam Harris
  • God
  • Suffering
  • Religion