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Sam Harris agrees with Dawkins’ views on parental rights,

Sam Harris agrees with Dawkins’ views on parental rights,

“When we find reliable ways to make human beings more loving, less fearful, and genuinely enraptured by the fact of our appearance in the cosmos, we will have no need for divisive religious myths. Only then will the practice of raising our children to believe that they are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu be broadly recognized as the ludicrous obscenity that it is.”[15]

“When we find reliable ways to make human beings more loving, less fearful, and genuinely enraptured by the fact of our appearance in the cosmos, we will have no need for divisive religious myths. Only then will the practice of raising our children to believe that they are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Hindu be broadly recognized as the ludicrous obscenity that it is.”<ref>Harris, Sam (May 25, 2011).  [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-harris/science-must-destroy-reli_b_13153.html "Science must destroy religion"].  Huffington Post website.  Retrieved on May 20, 2015</ref>

“making religious certitude look stupid will be exploited, and we'll start laughing at people who believe…We'll laugh at them in a way that will be synonymous with excluding them from our halls of power.”[16]

“making religious certitude look stupid will be exploited, and we'll start laughing at people who believe…We'll laugh at them in a way that will be synonymous with excluding them from our halls of power.”[16]

[16] Blair Golson, “*[http://www.truthdig.com/interview/item/20060403_sam_harris_interview Sam Harris: The Truthdig Interview],” ''Truth Dig'', April 3, 2006

[16] Blair Golson, “*[http://www.truthdig.com/interview/item/20060403_sam_harris_interview Sam Harris: The Truthdig Interview],” ''Truth Dig'', April 3, 2006

[17] Harris, pp. 52-53

[17] Harris, pp. 52-53