3 Sam Harris Quotes on Tradition

Sam Harris quotes on tradition

8. Most religions have merely canonized a few products of ancient ignorance and derangement and passed them down to us as though they were primordial truths.[2]

25. Because most religions offer no valid mechanism by which their core beliefs can be tested and revised, each new generation of believers is condemned to inherit the superstitions and tribal hatreds of its predecessors.[2]

27. Not only do we still eat the offal of the ancient world; we are positively smug about it.[2]