When the usual storm of Christian abuses arrived, he objected strongly to only one - the insinuation that he can't hold a drink.
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The man was more coherent drunk than an entire sober committee.
"God Is Not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything" is less about "atheism" than it is about the deadening hand of religious bullshit on the heart and mind of humanity. You should give it a go, Shel.
I happen to have an electronic version and anyone who wants it should just pm an email address. I plan to read it again in his honor. (December 16, 2011 at 12:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote: "God Is Not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything" is less about "atheism" than it is about the deadening hand of religious bullshit on the heart and mind of humanity. You should give it a go, Shel. I particularly like the audiobook he personally performed.
I enjoyed your debates, especially the friendship you developed with Douglas Wilson. May you rest in peace Hitch.
(December 16, 2011 at 9:44 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Yup yup. I added you to friends and responded to your comment; if you see me, John Cantor and this avvy? That's me. I haven't even accessed that social media enough to acquire any kind of proficiency. Right now, I gotta go access the supermarket for the proper lubrication.
Make sure you have the Google Hangout plugin installed and that your mic and speakers work with it. That's been the biggest problem with hangout virgins so far.
(December 16, 2011 at 12:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote: "God Is Not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything" is less about "atheism" than it is about the deadening hand of religious bullshit on the heart and mind of humanity. You should give it a go, Shel. Shoot it to me, Min! I would love to have it on my phone. I'm assuming you still have me email? Thanks! 42
Oh, yeah.
Hitchins politics were to the right of mine but his take on religion was a much better argued version of mine.
His writings were great. Who knew mother Teresa was such a hypocrit. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_p...arest.html You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid. Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis. |
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