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  <title><![CDATA[Letter to a Christian Nation]]></title>
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  <default_description>From the introduction: &quot;While this book is intended for people of all faiths, it has been written in the form of a letter to a Christian. In it, I respond to many of the arguments that Christians put forward in defense of their religious beliefs. The primary purpose of the book is to arm secularists in our society, who believe that religion should be kept out of public policy, against their opponents on the Christian right. [...] In Letter to a Christian Nation, I have set out to demolish the intellectual and moral pretensions of Christianity in its most committed forms.&quot;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Sam Harris]]></name>
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  <date_updated>Wed Feb 27 07:39:49 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This seems like a completely unhelpful, pointless book. Sam Harris knows full well that the likelihood the people he purportedly addresses in his 'letter' (conservative Christians) will actually read it is close to zero. OK: he does state in the preface that its primary purpose is to &quot;arm secul...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16490023">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8176802">
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  <votes>8</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[a Christian who needs their faith challenged]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 24 08:40:23 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 24 18:21:19 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[What is interesting about this book, as in most atheist thought, is that in lambasting fundamentalist institutional religious dogma, the author ends up doing exactly what he accuses his opponents of: polarizing, claiming to know what truth and reality are better than anyone else, and pushing moderat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8176802">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12915318">
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    <name><![CDATA[QueenieCarly]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 19 13:33:40 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 26 06:33:28 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Letter to a Christian Nation is the kind of work that leaves me giddy in its ability to beat down the sometimes inane beliefs of the religious. Written in response to the feedback he received after his first book, The End of Faith, was published, Sam Harris does a great job of picking apart the argu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12915318">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8731777">
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    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[People who appreciate critical analysis of religion]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 05 22:34:39 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 05 23:42:37 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I agree with other reviewers that there are no new or surprising arguments here. He goes over ground which is thoroughly familiar to those who think critically of religion. What makes the book so worthwhile is not, therefore, any (ahem) great revelations.<br/><br/>What I found thrilling about this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8731777">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15610114">
    <user id="667234">
    <name><![CDATA[James]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Albuquerque, NM]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>9</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone interested in religion's impact on society]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Mar 03 09:38:05 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow!  Concentrated essence of critique.  This book is passionate, and tightly reasoned and put together.  It catalogues some of the problems organized religions have inflicted on humanity, past and present, ranging from causing division, hatred and war to putting the brakes on truly free scientific ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15610114">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12633412">
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    <name><![CDATA[Bruno]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 15 19:45:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 17 05:49:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr. Harris book is an easy and fast read as well as a 'must read' for anyone who values rational and moral thought over religious faith as a guide for behaviour. The current rise of the religious right in America frankly frightens me. As Mr. Harris says in his preamble 'the truth is that many who cl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12633412">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1916511">
    <user id="92438">
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 13 06:51:19 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 24 05:56:49 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's clear that <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Sam Harris" title=" Sam Harris"> Sam Harris</a> wrote this book out of frustration with Christianity in particular, and religion in general.  The book's style and tone conveys the author's frustration--in such a way that makes it largely a turn-off for many Christians who might otherwise earnestly listen to what he has...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1916511">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7164376">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[bigots]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Oct 02 15:09:50 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Oct 02 15:11:11 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In his later work, Letter to a Christian Nation, Harris takes up Christianity and the Bible directly. It is notable, however, that Harris never discusses Christians or the “Christian world” with the same language that he directs against Muslims.<br/><br/>There is an incredible level of dishone...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7164376">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15126327">
    <user id="876639">
    <name><![CDATA[Rob]]></name>
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[atheists, Christians on the fence]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 26 09:41:24 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 11 06:03:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 11 18:10:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Seems to be more of a letter to atheists than to Christians. I've yet to find a truely compelling message to divert humanity away from religious thought, and Letter to a Christian Nation is far too accurate and on point to be convincing to a Christian mind.<br/><br/>One concept which I've found to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15126327">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17437082">
    <user id="182193">
    <name><![CDATA[Radhika]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 10 10:00:08 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 10 10:34:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is very quickly read as it is pithy and direct.  In it Sam Harris responds to the many comments and views addressed to him by believers in the United States.  The idea of reason versus religion is not new and has been expounded as well by other scholars.  However, Sam's approach is still v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17437082">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7541178">
    <user id="65295">
    <name><![CDATA[Brett]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[everyone]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 10 12:05:54 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Nov 06 11:01:39 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not going to lie, Sam Harris is pretty abrasive in this book.  He is not open-minded and this is clearly a rebuttal for the letters he received in response to his first book (have not read it yet).  Considering that he is responding to some (probably pretty volatile) hate mail, I like the intens...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7541178">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6549601">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Sep 21 09:28:56 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 04 10:22:34 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish Sam Harris at written this before The End of Faith or I had read this book first. In Letter to a Christian Nation, he takes a more gentle tone and walks the reader through his disbelief in Christianity and other religions. I found it hard to dispute his point of view. The connections he makes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6549601">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6994635">
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    <name><![CDATA[Buckets]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[militant atheists]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 29 10:21:08 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 29 10:24:24 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love atheist literature mostly because extremely intelligent people contribute to the body of works.  This book, however, was a little extreme.  Although I am a Bright and therefore agree with nearly everything said in this short number, I often found myself thinking thoughts defending the silly C...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6994635">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2540693">
    <user id="158571">
    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Harris has all his arguments in order, all the footnotes covered and has layed out a perfectly rational essay.  Yet nowhere, either here or in 'End of Faith' does he adequately address the fact that Atheism, in this country and other first-world countries anyway, is essentially a comfortable positio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2540693">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="615321">
    <user id="20589">
    <name><![CDATA[megan]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wonder if Sam Harris was really trying to be persuasive in this book--a lot of his statements seemed a bit tongue in cheek and the audience who would read it, I would imagine, is not the audience the book should reach.  I mean--no convincing needed here that we have to be in a society that's not r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/615321">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="41082625">
    <user id="1805439">
    <name><![CDATA[Steve]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 28 08:36:20 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 28 15:34:40 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is perhaps the worst book I've ever read the whole way through. Harris makes atheism look like the religion of angry high school kids, filling 90 pages with oversimplifications and visceral disgust with most human beings. He has not a single good argument going for him; all of his arguments are...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41082625">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just about everything Harris says in this book, he also says in various articles, speeches, and debates available on his website; so if you're familiar with any of Harris's work beside his books, you'll likely recognize material in this book.<br/><br/>None of that makes this book any less valuable...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24749591">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I approached this book as a person who has a religious/spiritual Christian background. While critical of many organized religions and the damage that they do, I still feel a connection to my spiritual roots.<br/><br/>Perhaps it was too much to expect a well-reasoned invitation to dialogue in picki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8791114">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So. . . lots of rational arguments are made in this earnest epistle.  But. . . and I--whatever--.. . is there any point to engaging irrational people in rational argument?  The assumption in any fruitful debate is that both sides are willing and ready to entertain reasonable arguments for the oppost...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8651386">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book out loud in about 2 hours to my son and husband.  It's very accessible and quick to read.  Good if you are really interested in Sam Harris, but don't have the time for reading _End of Faith_.  He focuses specifically on Christianity too, which is one of the reasons I really liked it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5330877">more...</a>]]></body>
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