Is Religion 'Built Upon Lies'?

This article is about a debate of God, faith, and fundamentalism. The debaters are between Sam Harris who is a best-selling atheist author, and Andrew Sullivan who is a pro-religion blogger. Sam Harris started the debate first by stating what he believes the two of them have in common, like the world's major religions differ in ways that are nontrivial and concerned about Islam because so many Muslims appear to be "fundamentalists" and because Islam pose special liabilities in a world overflowing with destructive technology. However, what is different between the two is that Sam Harris thinks faith is, in principle, in conflict with reason and, therefore, religion is necessarily in conflict with science. In Andrew Sullivan's response he says that he believes that God is truth and truth is reasonable. Also he said that science cannot disprove true faith because true faith rests on the truth and science cannot be in ultimate conflict with the truth. This debate between these two authors can go on for ever. Each one of them will have their own beliefs and thoughts, and their will be no mind changing, but it is interesting to see what they say to each other.

I agree that this is an interesting debate, but it is one without end. Both Harris and Sullivan have strong and convincing points, making it hard for me to even understand which side to take. However, I am able to relate to Sullivan's views more so than those of Harris. It seems to me that yes, faith seems to be in conflict with reason, but that is why it's faith. It's knowing that something is true without necessarily having anything to prove it. Also, much of the ideasin science are purely theories. There is no factual information to prove them. So, although logical reasoning is used, one must go on faith even when using this reason of science. I find the idea that "God is truth and truth is reasonable" much more compelling, because in my mind, it makes more sense to believe this.