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Nov 2013
7m 50s

How to talk to a Christian

SAM HARRIS
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This is an edited excerpt from remarks that Sam Harris made in a debate with a Christian apologist at Notre Dame University in 2011. The full debate can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqaHXKLRKzg 
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