Arm yourselves

I encourage you to read Sam Harris' latest letter to the scientific journal Nature. [via Pharyngula]

Here's a little blurb:

At a time when Muslim doctors and engineers stand accused of attempting atrocities in the expectation of supernatural reward, when the Catholic Church still preaches the sinfulness of condom use in villages devastated by AIDS, when the president of the United States repeatedly vetoes the most promising medical research for religious reasons, much depends on the scientific community presenting a united front against the forces of unreason.