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#298 — Leaving the Faith (Rebroadcast)

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Power of Ideas and Religious Indoctrination

Iyann: The allies you find when you tell your story of abuse under Islamist theocracy are Christian conservatives and neocons, people on the right who were supporting me for this reason that I don't support. It's an explicit disavowal of that with a clear conscience and no one seems to notice, which is really inconvenient for those of us who are left of center on basically every issue. So my ex husband was a member of Al Qaeda. He joined when he was 18 years old. And he was encouraged that if he joined this group of men, that he would reach levels of heaven, that no other human would ever reach other than like the prophets. They understand the power of

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