Comments on: Christopher Hitchens on the Unalterable Celestial Dictatorship of God http://www.openculture.com/2008/01/christopher_hitchens_on_the_unalterable_celestial_dictatorship_of_god.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:01:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Harbour http://www.openculture.com/2008/01/christopher_hitchens_on_the_unalterable_celestial_dictatorship_of_god.html#comment-15812 James Harbour Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:06:17 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2008/01/christopher_hitchens_on_the_unalterable_celestial_dictatorship_of_god.html#comment-15812 I think Hitchens is smarter than both the people who commented here. Positivity does not make your argument correct. Could you imagine a cheerful Jew walking into a gas chamber? Maybe if you realize how tormenting it is for us atheists to hear constantly about peoples' imaginary friends and everything they demand of us - you'd be a little more cynical too. Obviously you've never read the Bible, because Hitchens is being particularly generous towards God considering that fact by simply calling him a Stalinist Dictator. I think Hitchens is smarter than both the people who commented here. Positivity does not make your argument correct. Could you imagine a cheerful Jew walking into a gas chamber? Maybe if you realize how tormenting it is for us atheists to hear constantly about peoples’ imaginary friends and everything they demand of us – you’d be a little more cynical too.

Obviously you’ve never read the Bible, because Hitchens is being particularly generous towards God considering that fact by simply calling him a Stalinist Dictator.

]]> By: Jon Reiland http://www.openculture.com/2008/01/christopher_hitchens_on_the_unalterable_celestial_dictatorship_of_god.html#comment-13608 Jon Reiland Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:23:44 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2008/01/christopher_hitchens_on_the_unalterable_celestial_dictatorship_of_god.html#comment-13608 I think Hitchens has a very good point and makes his arguement very clearly. He is not attacking the more moderate religions like Buddhism and Hinduism but the major monotheisms like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Although Hitchens can come across as very negative, I think his negativity toward religion is well deserved and needed in discussing the major monotheisms. I think Hitchens has a very good point and makes his arguement very clearly. He is not attacking the more moderate religions like Buddhism and Hinduism but the major monotheisms like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.
Although Hitchens can come across as very negative, I think his negativity toward religion is well deserved and needed in discussing the major monotheisms.

]]> By: Gideon Addington http://www.openculture.com/2008/01/christopher_hitchens_on_the_unalterable_celestial_dictatorship_of_god.html#comment-2823 Gideon Addington Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:44:09 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2008/01/christopher_hitchens_on_the_unalterable_celestial_dictatorship_of_god.html#comment-2823 Hitchens is such a pain in the butt. It's not that there are not good arguments against religion, and it's certainly not that all relgiion is good. But how a man that smart ends up being such a twit when it comes to this is beyond me. He always ends up sounding like a shrill jr. high atheist all pissed at the world. Despite what Harris and he may believe, there are many types of religions in the world - and many of them don't conceive of a god that behaves anything like that. What a schmuck. Hitchens is such a pain in the butt.

It’s not that there are not good arguments against religion, and it’s certainly not that all relgiion is good.

But how a man that smart ends up being such a twit when it comes to this is beyond me. He always ends up sounding like a shrill jr. high atheist all pissed at the world.

Despite what Harris and he may believe, there are many types of religions in the world – and many of them don’t conceive of a god that behaves anything like that.

What a schmuck.

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