The Intelligence Squared Debate (2 of 5) Hitchens, Fry, Widdecombe, Onaiyekan on the Catholic Church

Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry versus Ann Widdecombe John Onaiyekan in a debate on "Is the Catholic Church a force of good in the world".

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• Ann
• Widdecombe
• John
• Onaiyekan

[paranoidAndroid23]

Watching Hitchens lay into Catholics is intellectual pornography

[RaisuliLordoftheRiff]

Widdecombe vs Hitchens is like a rowing boat taking on HMS Invincible.

[Denchanter357]

LOL ann is so ignorant... the catholic church and the pope were alongside hitler. just because some small section of it saved a few out of millions of jews is laughable. She needs to shut her poor sad uneducated face.

[raptorjesus11]

Widdecombe has that stereotypical voice people make when attempting to impersonate the queen.

[pcferret]

Christianity - One woman's lie about an affair that got WAY out of hand..!

[mrfoozy47]

She left the Anglican Church because it gave her the potential right to be equal to men? Wtf

[Jakesonaplane]

@Pipebombdreams Agreed. Every time I hear her speak, it takes a great deal of restraint not to shove a fork in my ear.

To put it in perspective, her voice is almost as horrible as what she says in this debate!

[Pipebombdreams]

I know this is out of order, but I hate  Widdecombe's shrill voice.

[mchandler2112]

First time viewer here. How often do these debates happen? Are there a bunch of subjects covered?

[amar1989]

@SammyYoung82 thanks mate... i'll def check it out :)

[ThePhantom135]

This is what annoys me about Anne Widdecombe and other supporters of the Catholic Church: they believe that without the Church, the world would be in a state of despair. It seems so arrogant to think that without this one church humanity couldn't possibly prosper. This is how the Catholic Church has survived for so long; they scare people (usually poor and illiterate) into thinking that without the Church they cannot make it on their own and cannot achieve salvation.

[SillyEddyPhotography]

@davidjarvissound Sounds like some really bad statistics there. I can't imagine that every single one of those rapists had no religious belief. Regardless, as an atheist they have nothing to prove to a deity. Religious types are supposed to act in a better way.