Mr. Hitchens is so clear on the idea that people are capable of great evil and he is justifiably appalled. Perhaps that means he is half way to faith.
I read once that a cynic is a heart-broken idealist. I think maybe somewhere under there is a guy who deeply wants there to be a God who cares, and hope, and a divine purpose, or he wouldn’t be so bitter about not having found Him.
If he were truly a godless unbeliever, he wouldn’t even care about this subject. He’d be doing something else entirely.
Ping for tomorrow, I am sleepy now.