While religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not even admit of the possibility of correction, it is still sheltered from criticism in every corner of our culture." Judging from the book's commercial success, many readers are interested in his demolition derby the book has enjoyed a long ride atop the NY Times best seller list, it won the 2005 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction, his much shorter sequel Letter to a Christian Nation now sits at #6 on the list, and its near cousin The God Delusion by the Oxford atheist Richard Dawkins ranks #8. "My goal in writing this book," writes Sam Harris in his Epilogue, "has been to help close the door to a certain style of irrationality. Sam Harris, The End of Faith Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason (New York: W.W.
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