In The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins claims that…eligion…is a by-product of memes…It keeps getting passed down from generation to generation because of its own ability to fulfill the wishes and drives of normal human psychology. In The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason, Sam Harris posits what all professed nonbelievers and most believers must feel is self-evident: that whatever we believe, it must correspond to an actual literal reality…e elevates the faculty of human reason to the level of religion itself, saying it is reason that inspires deeper ethics and brings order into the world while religious faith detracts from it… would lead us to a world where reason, spirituality, and ethics come together to form a strictly rational approach to our deepest concerns…e claims such a world would mean “the end of faith.” This will do away with unneeded violence, unwise health practices, and the blind submission advocated by some religions, thus improving civilization, he argued. …Hitchens felt religion has outlived its usefulness and it is time for science and reason to take its place as dominant forces in society.
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