Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

God Is Not a Moderate: Sam Harris Debates Andrew Sullivan in No Holds Barred “Blog-ologue”

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Many readers will want to check out the debate going on over at Belief.net between best-selling “End of Faith” author Sam Harris and “Conservative Soul” author/Time magazine blogger Andrew Sullivan. I have to admit, Sullivan does a noble job of defending his views, not to mention, doing it with flair and style.

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