Christopher Hitchens -God is Not Great 1/4

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT0h9PneSxs

Interview from 7-06-2007 Point of inquiry podcast

Christopher Hitchens, one of the most celebrated social critics of our time, has been a columnist for Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, The Nation, Slate and Free Inquiry. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including God is Not Great (2007), A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq (2003), Why Orwell Matters (2002), The Trial of Henry Kissinger (2001), and Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001). Additionally, he has written prolifically for The London Review of Books, Granta, Harpers, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, New Left Review, The New York Review of Books, Newsweek International, The Times Literary Supplement, and The Washington Post.He is also a regular television and radio commentator.

In this conversation with D.J. Grothe, Hitchens discusses his new best-selling book God Is Not Great, which is his contribution to the recent slate of best-selling atheist titles. He also explores various strategies for challenging religiosity in our society, the immorality of the Bible, how religion is bad for ones health, his many recent public debates with believers, and what he calls the war between the West and Islamism. He also comments on the relationship between atheism and intelligence, atheism and great literature, and the need for a New Enlightenment.

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[flightoftheunknown]

@beginbydescending You're an idiot for comparing hitchens to palin. Hitchens is a highly educated, intelligent person. Palin is a stupid whackjob cunt that just wants to be a celebrity.

[mistereveready]

Why the fuck would going after someones ideas, whether they think their imaginary friend is "almighty" or not, be out of bounds? Religious people have the right to say "Praise Jesus", and I have the right to say "That's fucking stupid". Censorship is the exact opposite of freedom of speech.

[TheAndiePerson]

This sounds exactly like what my dad would listen to every morning on the way to school. I just learned a couple months ago that he to, is an atheist. But he didn't raise me to be an atheist, he raised me without any mention of religion at all and let me make my own choice about what I think.

[greyxwind]

@OdinLowe I'm just saying, people are throwing dirt. Just state the facts and leave your opinion on the person's integrity out of it, let the facts do all the work.

[OdinLowe]

@greyxwind Look into anything her former aides have said of her; I don't think you'll be able to make those points after you do. I would also suggest that someone accuses people of being born in another country with NO evidence does not strike me as an honest, respectable woman.

[MsPaula46]

People are hating on Palin because she is an IDIOT! Got it? There're a lot of family women & men "doing the best they can to do a good job" but I don't want them in positions of power if they are as dumb as a rock!

[chinopisces]

@greyxwind: You can't seriously believe that a simple minded person like her is worthy of a position of power. 

[greyxwind]

@flightoftheunknown Palin is a respectable, honest family woman who does the best she can to do a good job and help people, and sticks with her beliefs!!!!1 She's out there trying to do good and everyone is player-hating on her!!! what is that???

[EattherichBuddy]

Religion is toxic. Knowledge is power.