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Anthropologists who deny belief in paradise drives martyrdom

Harris reports meeting anthropologists who deny that anyone has ever blown themselves up expecting paradise, insisting the drivers of human behavior are always economic and religion is always a pretext—a species of secular doubt that none-too-closeted Islamists cynically exploit to brand anyone concerned about Islam as an Islamophobe.

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Sam Harris

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i've met anthropologists who deny that anyone has ever ever blown himself up with the expectation of paradise no one believes in paradise

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144 - Conquering HateMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 7/7/2026, 10:51:10 PM

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