Atheism / Belief and Bible Michael Krahn on 27 Oct 2009 11:09 am
Hitchens: “What I’ve learned from debating religious people around the world.”
Full article in SLATE here. A couple of interesting quotes:
On the “Christian Right”: “I have discovered that the so-called Christian right is much less monolithic, and very much more polite and hospitable, than I would once have thought, or than most liberals believe.”
On his respect for Doug Wilson: “I much prefer this sincerity to the vague and Python-esque witterings of the interfaith and ecumenical groups who barely respect their own traditions and who look upon faith as just another word for community organizing.”
I am rarely disappointed when reading Hitchens. There is always something of note in what he writes. He is a far more honest and articulate adversary than Dawkins.
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on 02 Nov 2009 at 11:51 am # Aaron
Read the full article – it was excellent; the quote you pulled, in particular should be an encouragement to all of us to not be wishy-washy in our language.