Enoch.

That was the entire point of the video. You're putting what harris is saying down to over-generalisation. This is the point he's making in the video - its not.

Religion is fundamentally not true, or certainly the premise of it. If it was true, it'd be classed as some sort of science. Harris is saying in the video that its the non believers who give him the most grief, because they think religion commands some sort of respect, or appraisal.

Fact is, it doesn't. THese 'over generalisations' are not false. This is really what religion is like. The fundamental belief in something not true/no proof of existing and basing an entire life around this false system - this is true in ALL of the 6 main religions in the world.

With regards to the palestinian bomber - why did the IRA not do suicide bombing?? Eh? Because the palestinian bomber believes he is doing something in the name of God, and doing a righteous thing before he dies. This is exactly the point Harris was making - no matter how much political or economic motivation there might be to bomb something - to bomb yourself??? No. How about the fact that they SAY 'Allah oh akhbar' all the time.
I watched a documentary recently where the reporter went to the schools training the kids in the Quran, constantly, every single day, even though arabic wasn't even their normal language.
Now fair enough, lack of education breeds stupidity, which therefore breeds more of a susceptibility of believing in religion, but the fact is, religion and a belief in god IS the tool. What you've said about the suicide bombing is clearly not true, you need to either read more or watch more documentaries on it (I advise you to google Dispatches)

It's exactly people like you that harris was referring to - the religions sympathizers. Its you people who need to realise how dumb and stupid religion is, and how it should be given no respect whatsoever, and mocked at instead.

Fundamentalism is simply following religion to the point of violence, or basically being a 100% retard. Believing religion if you're a 'moderate' - you're still 99% an idiot. Religion says this : 'Believe this, because it says so in this book, and God says so.' It teaches you to believe in something without questioning it, or looking for evidence - by using 'faith'. As westy says - this is the belief in something without evidence. I actually have more respect for fundamentalists - because they are following their religion 100% truthfully as the book describes. No picking and choosing BS that the moderates constantly do.

If you are religious, you're immediately into that cycle of irrational thinking, no matter how moderate or fundamental you are. Forget fundamentalism - get to the core of the problem - RELIGION.

fletch, #5 is misleading. notice how the sick, twisted, powerhungry, murderous leaders of these organisations don't actually commit suicide. i really don't think it's a genuine belief of theirs that paradise awaits the suicide bomber, they just say that to maintain power, because they're psycho.

of course, if you don't invade their country, smash everthing up, and create the perfect environment for their influence to spread (with #1,#2,#3 and #4) then you would find their tactics a lot less troublesome.

but, oh yeah, there's teh oilzorz factor and teh relekshuns.

like Ron Paul says... why are the US not fighting Putin in Chechnya? Juat answer me that one question without squirming in a sea of apologism.

I hear India's justice system leaves a lot to be desired, shall we go liberate the Indians?

How about that crazy Pakistan president guy with his military uniform?

Come to think of it, how about that Saddam guy...? Remind me why the US gave him so much before hanging him?

Basically, don't be distracted by the Allahu akhbar stuff, any more than i should be distracted by jesus freaks in america.