“what we now know about the world...” Is he saying that 1st century Jews didn’t know how babies were made? And that people when they die stay dead absent a miracle? Lots of evidence out there given that it all happened two thousand years ago.
I believe he knows he is talking to a secular humanist audience that doesn’t believe in God, and so in miracles, either, and his point is that a couple thousands of years ago, the lack of knowledge about the physical laws of the universe made belief in God and miracles acceptable, while now, to “right-thinking,” “rational” people, that’s no longer the case.
I don’t share a lot of this guy’s views, but he does open up some interesting points to ponder. Unwittingly he hones my grasp of Islam in the negative. Sounds like he isn’t totally against that, but I haven’t read the entire article either.
He’s quick to point out the U. S. is impure, taking a whack at Judaeo Christian ethics in the process.
I think it is worth the read and I made a PDF of it. I’ll be viewing it later. It’s nine pages cleaned and polished.
Folks should read the article for more than the meat and potatoes. Yes he states his views and gets his point across (meat and bones), but there is more than that to this interview.
Look at the respect the interviewer extends to him. If this were a Christian Republican, the guest wouldn’t get three sentences out before the host would be chopping him to little pieces. Of course, in that instance, the public would need to be protected. They shouldn’t be expected to know what to do with the information being presented.
(Interview was done by eMail so the comment about interrupting should be taken in that context. Missing is massive push-back, what would happen if this guy were one of us. Christian/Conservative)
However if the information is atheistic, Leftist, anti the American culture, folks can interpret that just fine. No need to clarify anything.
So what you get here is a decent old-fashioned interview.
Harris is allowed to state his beliefs, and the public is allowed to review them and evaluate on their own.
Contrast this with just about any interview with Curz, Trump, or other decent Republicans.
The interview is worth reading, even if only to see what a real interview looks like.
You draw a guy out, and let him impress or hang himself.
What a novel concept. (not)