Matthew McKenna

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Running the Light

by Sam Tallent

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Infinite Jest

by David Foster Wallace

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Deliverance

by James Dickey

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“The meaning of my existence is that life has addressed a question to me. Or, conversely, I myself am a question which is addressed to the world, and I must communicate my answer, for otherwise I am dependent upon the world’s answer.”
― C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections

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“The doors leading out of the prison of scriptural literalism simply do not open from the inside.”
― Sam Harris, Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

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“People have been murdered over cartoons. End of moral analysis.”
― Sam Harris

tags: atheism, cartoons, charlie-hebdo, fanaticism-religion, islamic-terrorism, religion-vs-science

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“Critiquing Islam, critiquing any idea, is not bigotry. “Islamophobia” is a troubled and inherently unhelpful term. Yes, hatred of Muslims by neo-Nazi-style groups does exist, and it is a form of cultural intolerance, but that must never be conflated with the free-speech right to critique Islam. Islam is, after all, an idea; we cannot expect its merits or demerits to be accepted if we cannot openly debate it.”
― Sam Harris, Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

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“The great liberal betrayal of this generation is that in the name of liberalism, communal rights have been prioritized over individual autonomy within minority groups. And minorities within minorities really do suffer because of this betrayal. The people I really worry about when we have this conversation are feminist Muslims, gay Muslims, ex-Muslims—all the vulnerable and bullied individuals who are not just stigmatized but in many cases violently assaulted or killed merely for being against the norm.”
― Sam Harris, Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

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