Hitchens light interview

The Hour as smll light interview

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[thefranstastics]

"one major basis for communism is hardcore atheism"

You couldn't be more wrong... and offensive.

[thefranstastics]

Communists typically regarded religious organizations as a hinderance towards the creation of a worker's paradise. Some religious groups also opposed the communists. Once again, we are generally looking at political issues, not a question of atheism. Some of these people were killed, and yes, they were christians. But they were killed because they were viewed as POLITICAL enemies, not because they were specifically christian. Thats like saying they were killed because they liked borscht.

[HKragh]

Oh... how I miss him. I'm running in circles by now, as I can't find stuff I haven't already seen. And to know no more great thoughts will be made into sentences by this mind, is just... sad. No wonder people invented religions to cope with it. To fully grasp how a mind can just vanish, is really hard work.

[gateshead1000]

@logan3134 i nearly agree with you, which is a great start. But I don't think that it was good for its time.

[thefranstastics]

@emeryemery I agree, I never said it was!

[emeryemery]

@thefranstastics Atheism is not the basis for communism. This is a horrid slanderous fallacy which has been debunked by numerous people including Hitchens.

[adzug]

he sez theres been enuf books about that.and that it doesnt matter in that since ppl do good without relig why we need it?also he sez you can imagine a person doing good for their religion but then you can also imagine them doing evil for it. even if they wudnt personaly do evil.they can for relig.

[stenokhoria]

No one is denying that religious people can do good things, but its irreverent to a situation where humanity is at stake from religious people.

[logan3134]

yea

i think he would agree with you

and so do i.

religion was good for its time.

but we dont need it anymore.

and it is becoming a inconvienence for humanity.

[BassicFunktion]

I think my take on that, would be that if there is no God (Which is the belief that I hold), then it wasn't Religion that enabled them to do good, as it was already in themselves. I guess my point would be, that if there is no God, then it isn't God, nor Religion, that is motivating us to do these good deeds. We are already capable. Maybe Religion has influenced good, but I think if you took Religion away, we should still be able to achieve the same. If not, then we are a sorry creature.

[Weirfan69]

I don't want to seem like I'm criticizing Hitchens, because I only found out about him the other day and I already love him (and happen to agree with him in terms of atheism and anti-theism), but he seems to deny that religion has done ANY good in the world whatsoever. And though people can act charitably and kindly without religion, it's also true that religion has motivated some people to do good.

[therealtruth123]

What makes you think God is good? (in reply to ChristianNewsWatch)