Sam Harris on Creator Exists: Leans deny

The claim: God exists.

Undated: “Either God can do nothing to stop catastrophes like this, or he doesn't care to, or he doesn’t exist.” source
2005-12-09: “The problem with faith, is that it really is a conversation stopper. Faith is a declaration of immunity to the powers of conversation. It is a reason, why you do not have to give reasons, for what you believe.” source
2006-07-01: “You are, of course, free to interpret the Bible differently—though isn't it amazing that you have succeeded in discerning the true teachings of Christianity, while the most influential thinkers in the history of your faith failed?” source
2010-10-18: “Ecstasy, rapture, bliss, concentration, a sense of the sacred—I'm comfortable with all of that,” source
2024-12-12: “you could gather such facts until the end of time, and they wouldn’t begin to suggest that the God of Abraham actually exists, or that the Bible is his Word, or that he came to Earth in the person of Jesus Christ to redeem our sins.” source