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i'm not sure where Harris gets his definition of moderation. i consider myself to be a moderate...i am not fond of literalizing scripture, but i am not fond of excessive innovation, either.
i do NOT think this is an effective call for rejection. some of the most important conversations i have had are as a moderate talking to the conservative. i don't have to convince them to beleive like i do. what my goal in speaking is to make them aware that my viewpoint is Christian...that it is grounded in scriptures, based in the traditions, and looks to the cross as the central moment of my faith.
the key assumption to this arguement is that the moderate cannot be in conversation. talk to modernity and the projects of secularism. let them know why you hold the values you do, and be an advocate for those values. talk to the project of fundamentalism, show them that there is Christianity outside their walls. Confront them when they make violence, but confront them as brothers and sisters in Christ.
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For God so loved creation, that God sent God's only Son that whosoever believed should not perish, but have everlasting life.
-John 3:16
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