[ExI] Fwd: New Article

[Henrique Moraes Machado (oplnk)]

Important theme. However I strongly disagree with Mr Harris in one thing.
Basically he's saying to atheists in general to get in the closet. I don't
think we should lie or hide anything. We should state clearly our position.
To prove my point, let me suggest an exercise. Suppose you're a gay activist
fighting for the rights of homossexuals. Now take Sam's text and replace the
words "atheist", "humanist", "secularist" etc by "gay", "homosexual", etc.
How would you feel about his speech now?
Let's NOT get in the closet.


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Subject: [ExI] Fwd: New Article

A transcript of Sam Harris' recent (controversial) speech at the Atheist 
Alliance Conference is now available on the Washington Post / 
Newsweekwebsite.