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The "After On" Interview

Making Sense with Sam Harris

CHAPTER

Religion and the Absence of Allegories

In this chapter, the speaker criticizes religious texts like the Bible, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy, as deranged recipes for theocracy. They contrast this worldview with the possibility for improvement and advancement. They also discuss the presence of intolerant texts in the Quran and the Hadith and express their outrage at their elevation as great texts.

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