Christopher Hitchens on Religion and the Separation of Church and State (1994 Part 9)

[benehan]

0:28 "I certainly didn't say that" *mumbled*

[kennyingram]

at 1:52 she is essentially mocking that arguement that we don't want indoctrination of school children. What a ridiculous statement

[8Zeitgeist]

1:18 im glad that babbling bitch shut her mouth

[folkhippy]

2:29 - I LOVE his shameless book promotion! "Available at fine bookstores everywhere"

[mr19932001]

Religion is the root of a lot of evil in this world. Just my opinion.

[df61660a]

@mr19932001

i would say there is no "root" of all evil- but forcing religion on children is unquestionably evil.

[rusty2029]

The School is an institution of indoctrination and teaching. If Children are to be educated by such an establishment then where is there a limitation against spiritual or moral instruction? Hitchens is presenting a fallacy. There is a variety of religious experience inside the home and outside. What he wishes is for the absence of religious instruction to be by default Atheist indoctrination. Where is the equal protection in that?

[Killerjosh89]

@rusty2029 school is about education and talking about facts and theory- NOT what people believe is going to happen in the afterlife and comparing moral systems. Religion needs to stop forcing its way into public schools, if you dont like it, send you're kid to private school but dont have my tax dollars pay for kids to be taught babble just because some parent's weak faith feel threatened. boo hoo, get over it.

[lovesXtoXspoog]

@rusty2029 He just wants schools to be secular, he says nothing of schools convincing kids that God is not real. And religion should stay out of school. What does the rest of the world think of America, when a teenager does not know the basic principles of Evolution? Most adults don't know what evolution is or what a theory is.

[Relbl]

I'll never get tired of whenever Hitch slips in little plugs for his books... 'available in fine bookstores everywhere' ALWAYS makes me laugh from him.

[xn117]

wow that chick is a bitch

[carlo88moe]

um, yes mona, yes, we can't have a child with undeveloped faculties and mental prowess believing, faith should be a conscious choice informed by reason for and against religion, not something indoctrinated at youth

[Converge88]

Charen claims the media is liberal in one breath, then only a few minutes later states that she is published in 150 newspapers. I don't think she understands irony.

[OolTube02]

@Converge88 Well, the media sometimes timidly questions Republicans, so they must be full of raving left-wingers. Remember, Clinton was a socialist in the eyes of these authoritarians, just like Obama today...