Will Harris
Will Harris
William Taylor Harrisis an American professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies...
faith world would-be
Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only by reason.
believe fall world
To not believe in God is to know that it falls to us to make the world a better place.
different-universes done wanted
To say that I would have done otherwise had I wanted to is simply to say that I would have lived in a different universe had I been in a different universe.
war islam terrorism
It is time we admitted that we are not at war with terrorism. We are at war with Islam.
atheist atheism logical
We rely on faith only in the context of claims for which there is no sufficient sensory or logical evidence.
atheist atheism belief
The faith of religion is belief on insufficient evidence.
believe thinking our-world
It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world.
mother children alaska
It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
thinking racism culture
I think there are universal principles that we should want to understand, but that are not necessarily good for us. We could recognise universal propensities which current cultures can't fully eradicate, which we would want to eradicate if we could. Let's say, a tendency for tribal violence. Or racism.
thinking use landscape
The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms.
self deception strange
Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
want moderates lunacy
Moderates want their faith respected. They don't want faith itself criticized, and yet faith itself is what is bringing us all this - this lunacy.
cases made willing
In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
religious familiar critical
Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.