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He’ll believe in God the moment after he dies.
yEESH.
Hitchens and Dawkins and the rest all basically come down to “All the smart people are atheists, so there.”
There are plenty around here that admire Hitchens for his writings on the War on Terror. I am one. Just remember that he is every bit as ignorant and dense on religion as he is on economics. His one redeeming quality is that he knows that the Islamists would slit his throat. Pity that more of the Left don’t see it so clearly.
Christopher Hitchens denies that Jesus Christ ever existed. He considers Him to be a complete fabrication and said this on Michael Medved's radio program. Mr. Hitchens said that there is much more evidence for the existence of Mohammed (but made no "equal" claims about the lack of possiblity that Mohammed rode to the heavens on a horse). Odd that he directs his venom primarily at one faith, especially when another is actively murdering in a holy war that goes on around the world.
What can you say about a guy who attacked Mother Theresa?
Yet another neo Marxist, too bad really, even his one good character trait, rejection of Islamofascism, is mollified under the rubric of “There early conquests seemed driven by God”?
Somewhere, Shakespeare’s witches are cackling in with “What fools these mortals be”
He will have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to his doom.
In the meantime he wants everybody to think there's nothing going on once you're dead.
This is worth a bookmark.
BUMP!
For what possible service is something this hate-filled produced? THIS is how he wants to be remembered?
“Mr. Hitchens said that there is much more evidence for the existence of Mohammed.”
Mohammed is easy to find, he’s still in his tomb in the city of Medina.
The evil Nazis proudly exterminated people by the inhuman and ghastly practice of withholding food and water until death occurred.............the Demonrats proudly exterminated Terry Schiavo by the inhuman and ghastly practice of withholding food and water until death occurred........
Terry was not brain-dead, not on a respirator, could swallow water and soft foods, could stay in a chair for extended periods without being strapped in, and could recognize people and display emotions...............
Has Hitchens appeared in public with a gay lover yet?
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Excellent article. I put the mag it came from in my favorites.
One comment in the article caught my eye: “The twenty fifth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel is a more effective spur to charity than is Kant’s categorical imperative, much less a belief that human life is nothing more than a biological accident. Indeed, although Hitchens does not admit it, widespread charity was unknown in the classical world.”
I was struck a year or so ago when I learned that the Hindu belief in Karma did not lead to charity — it is the reverse. They feel that they interfere with that person’s Karma if they give to them; “it is their karma, I must not interfere” sort of reasoning. They must work out their own Karma. Just an interesting little tidbit regarding how easy it is to put your own cultures assumptions into play when dealing with another culture.
Hitchens isn’t really worse than Kant in many respects. He’s just Kant without the vocabulary.
atheist is short for autotheist
I wouldn’t ordinarily read a book like this, but I just might in this case because it sounds like it would be good for more than a few laughs. Kind of an ink and paper banana peel.
The author leaves out sexually active but monogamous couples, heterosexual or homosexual. They also will not contract the disease, short of some wild mischance involving a blood transfusion or something similar.
Despite Hitch being a major idiot in some respects, notably with regard to anything involving religion, he has been one of our most staunch allies in the struggle against militant Islamists. I'll take him over a lot of other people, given that. He can believe anything he wants as long as he fights on my side.