A great argument against the existence of this god is that I can see so many ways in which I would have done a much better job...and I would certainly be more loving and merciful.

Exactly!!! It’s always a chosen one or group when they talk that nonsense.

This shows what a complete failure the American education system is.

Pye makes money from publishing books saying crazy shit. I doubt he even believes the shit he is shoveling ... and HE doesn't care, as long as the ignorant, uneducated masses eat it up and spew it out again on social media. Doing that makes more book sales for him, and more money. Rinse and repeat. Sad that anyone would believe his trash.

@exculpatoryLover - you state "I am skeptical that humans are primates for a multitude of scientific reasons". Please, list those reasons with the studies that back them up ... then you might have a little credibility. Just because our genome is approximately 98.5% the same as our primate cousins shouldn't be a big hurdle, because I am sure Pye has some explanation for it.

Just because some whacko says something and you believe it doesn't make it true.

Do you just ignore fossil evidence and the fact that we share 98.7% of our DNA with Chimpanzees and Bonobos? It is a scientific fact that we are related.

@Joanne ~ I m aware, even mice share over 90% of their DNA with humans. But you are ignoring the chromosomes. Go deeper into the subject material. Apes have the same DNA spread out over an additional chromosome. It I almost as if the 2nd and 3rd chromosome in an ape was genetically engineered into a single chromosome, reducing the Ape's 24 into the Human's 23 with the material itself remaining the same. There is no other species found to do this, thus the argument it is not a natural occurrence and the argument about ancient space visitors and them manufacturing the human species as it is written in ancient texts most dismiss today, Like the Sumerians for example and the Enuma Elish... which was to source for the Jews and Genesis, a word for word plagiarism... LOL

@ExculpatoryLover I think chromosomal fusion explains how that happened. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Do expound Sir ..

@Outsideit67 that we are the center of anything

@bobwjr right on!!

The Xians only speak of the father, son and holy ghost, which sounds gay and incestuous.

@EdEarl Uh-huh. So what's with the absence of XX chromosomes?

@anglophone egophiles

Hitchens...

@linxminx

I've probably inadvertently memorized everything Sam's said. That one is definitely his.

And yes, it's the best!

@JohnnyQB

I used to be a huge Deepak fan in my teens and even had a few of his books. It was when I was "spiritual but not religious" and in the process of losing all my religion.
This video with Sam, Michael and Deepak was the first time I'd ever seen Sam Harris. It was a real wake up call for me seeing a charlatan being exposed. It's also when it solidified my disbelief in all things "spiritual, and when I fell madly in love with Sam.

@Athena I love all of Sam's religious debates. I wish he would do more of them.

@Eazyduzzit

They're addictive. I think he's moved on from them now, with his podcast and meditation app taking priority. I've heard them all repeatedly. I even watched every minute of the "Beyond Reason" science convention held years ago. I think there were over 20 hours!

@Eazyduzzit

Sorry, that was "Beyond Belief" not beyond reason.

@Athena Yeah, same here. He seems to be able to discuss almost any topic intelligently. It would be nice if we could find a president like that in this country.

How about the story about Lot? His daughters get him drunk and take advantage of dear old Dad.

@david75090 The Christian and Muslim faiths are OBSESSED with what goes on behind closed doors. I threw that fact at a Methodist Minister once and he tried to claim that "the DNA was more pure back then so you could get away with it"...WHAT THE FUCK...NOOOOO...they make shit up as they go along. I then threw one of the Old Testament passages at him that was contradictory and all he could do was raise his hands and say, "it's ONE of God's mysteries". I shook my head and told him, "you got nothing". He gave up.

@phoenixone1 ~ The Christians and Muslim are very Jewish, let's not forget where they come from.

Right on !! This is one of the main obstacles that holds us back as a people ,but also served as a form of peace and comfort for our ancestors who went through a holocaust of their own in the United States. My Mother has told me of stories from her time in Jim Crowe and they definitely needed something to keep them going , but it is time for this generation to let the nonsense go !!

Wraaaaaahhhhhh....(wookie call)

so god's a voyeur.

Preach love, open-mindedness, kindness, acceptance, love and grace
Practice pettiness, narrow-mindedness, rejection, hatred, and just plain meanness.

Oh no ...he saw??? All my secret love tricks????

@DavidRooney Oh no! Don't put that, there! Oops, too late...

He sees you when you are shitting
He knows when you masturbate
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for Gah-ah-aaah-Od's Sake!!