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It is as though a portal in time has opened, and the Christians of the 14th century are pouring into our world.

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Sam Harris
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 9
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Samuel Benjamin Harris
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Where we have reasons for what we believe, we have no need of faith where we have no reasons, we have lost both our connection to the world and to one another.
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To not believe in God is to know that it falls to us to make the world a better place.
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