As it's Sunday, we invite you to turn away from the profane, mundane world and contemplate the sacred with a secular saint who expresses his own trademark brand of contempt for religion — Christopher Hitchens, interviewed by Sally Quinn.
In this bit, Hitch talks about his childhood, his religious education, how he regards himself as Jewish although not a Zionist, and how atheists are born not made — the doctrine of innateness again!
On the difference between atheism and agnosticism, which Hitch groups together and seals with a loving QED, and on the downside of having a God to watch over you.
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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