Christopher Hitchens and Tony Jones 11 of 11 , 07 October 2009 10:00

If there were any doubts about writer and general provocateur Christopher Hitchens ability to pull a crowd, they were entirely dispelled by the sold-out opening night of the first ever Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Presented by the Sydney Opera House and the St James Ethics Centre, the Festival brought together some of the more controversial thinkers from Australia and around the world. Hitchens's keynote address, followed by a discussion with our own Tony Jones, was an expansion on his bestselling, "God is Not Great: Religion Poisons Everything". Hitchens was at his polemical best, delivering a beautifully constructed speech supporting his argument that religion is not only completely implausible, but often actively destructive.

Christopher Hitchens's other books include "Letters to a Young Contrarian", "Why Orwell Matters" and "The Missionary Position: Mother Theresa in Theory and Practice." He also writes a regular column in "Vanity Fair".

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• christopher
• hitchens
• antitheism
• atheism

[GamerWatts]

@Hempflakes

Yeah... stay away from the bong man.

[Hempflakes]

@GamerWatts How does the brain believe? once its cells die and the chemical reactions cease to continue? Sucks cause once you die i wont be able to tell you how stupid you were when you slowly re-enter the carbon cycle

[GamerWatts]

@cornflakeclusters

Oh OK, thanks for clearing that up for me... -_-

[cornflakeclusters]

@GamerWatts I doubt it, since God doesn't actually exist.

[daiellis]

@GamerWatts Obviously not... because he's dead. Dead people can't believe in fairytales and made up nonsense, even if they wanted to.

[BritishArrow]

What a man, forever missed. The Hitch.

[MrTonyInchpractice]

i'll be... i'll be over there... in love :)

[GamerWatts]

I wonder if this idiot believes in GOD now?

[kurnel00]

Hopefully Paradox has Eternally shut up...

[Seano71]

@Frank289100 I don't know and much less care.