Last Straw

I’ve been fol­low­ing a debate between Sam Har­ris and Philip Ball, in which Har­ris takes Ball and Nature magazine to task over their capit­u­la­tions to reli­gion. In one pas­sage I was reminded of one of many dis­cus­sions I’ve had over the years with my mother about reli­gion. In this par­tic­u­lar dis­cus­sion she became very dis­tressed and…