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re: Was Christopher Hitchens Most Enlightened Thinker of Our Time?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:47 pm to lsucoonass
Posted on 7/7/15 at 7:47 pm to lsucoonass
This was another good one LINK
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Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:01 pm to chunk
By the way this was a direct quote from the late Mr. Hitchens before the above debate
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can tell you that my brothers and sisters, my co-thinkers, in the unbelieving community take him very seriously. He’s thought of as a very tough guy; very rigorous, very scholarly, very thoughtful. I say that without reserve. Normally I don’t get people saying to me ‘good luck tonight’ or ‘don’t let us down’ but with him I do.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:05 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Greg Graffin
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:05 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Harris is right there with him.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:06 pm to REG861
Thanks for the link, that was a very good read.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:17 pm to PygmalionEffect
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A combination of narcissism and fear that I haven't been infected by since I was 12.
Unfortunately it's also a little narcissistic for a pseudo-intellectual 30 year old in black rimmed glasses to disregard thousands of years of humanity that came before him now that he's acquired a Philosophy minor.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:19 pm to AU4real35
I am a Christian, but I have a healthy respect for Hitchens...he was far from a moron and I have followed and watched many of his debates.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:57 pm to REG861
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Then 9/11 happened and he saw a bunch of leftist self-blame (ie we brought this on ourselves, blah blah blah) when he recognized it as an assault on society by Islamic fanaticism. It changed his world view considerably and he became an outspoken proponent of the War in Iraq, much to the dismay of a lot of his friends and the intellectual community.
Arguing that the war in Iraq would make the world less safe because it would breed new terrorists is not self-blame. He said that anyone that argued that the war in Iraq would make the world less safe should be laughed at in ignored (typical of his bullying, irrational style of debate). Time has shown that he was resoundingly and disturbingly wrong in that particular belief, but he would never cop to it.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:58 pm to Jimbeaux
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No offense, but that's a naughty school boy's understanding of "religion". Religion is simply a belief system and a structure to help a person abide by the convictions of that belief system. "Progressing" past a belief system is not a possibility. Transforming, adjusting, or regressing, maybe, but not progressing past.
Let me rephrase.. getting rid of evangelical Christianity and extremism in all religions. Especially Islam or any other belief system that lends itself to violence.
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:05 am to BigAppleTiger
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It's amazing how an intellectual atheist can make you all abandon the love of Jesus so quickly. He owned you in life and death.
Nice. Yup.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:14 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
"Hitch is my all-time favorite atheist."
—Jesus
—Jesus
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:17 am to LeonPhelps
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If there is a heaven and a hell, why would Hitchens, who worked hard to convert people to atheism and who spent a lot of time attacking the most important saint of the 20th century in Mother Teresa ever be allowed into heaven? He would be burning in the 9th level of hell.
Because maybe seeking out truth via reason is how you get in...sort of "good job, you figured out the game" from the Flying Spaghetti Monster ,who then changes the rules of it.
...though in that case, William F. Buckley would be in hell.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:31 am to LeonPhelps
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I hate him mainly for his attacks on Mother Teresa.
What has he said about Mother Theresa that you disagree with ?
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:35 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Social philosophy is for people too stupid to be a physicist or like minded field but still need attention for their version of reality.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:36 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
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The guy belonged to another class with Socrates and Plato.
godam you tards are easy to hoodwink, you have no idea do you.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:38 am to OleWarSkuleAlum
Carl Sagan died in 1996 if you would consider him in our time. He has always been a personal favorite of mine.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:39 am to Carson123987
hitchens at his best:
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:42 am to Jagd Tiger
What a sophisticated, mature argument you make. So far in the anti-Hitchens corner in this thread, we have a guy who wants to be molested as an altar boy, a self described Christian who wants his enemies to suffer and burn in hell, and a gif of a pissing monkey. That's the intellectual caliber that's shown up.
Hitchens wins. Like someone else said, he owns you in life and death.
Hitchens wins. Like someone else said, he owns you in life and death.
This post was edited on 7/8/15 at 11:43 am
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:42 am to REG861
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There are a lot of posters with lame schtick here, but your wannabe IRA catholic shite is by far the lamest.
Posted on 7/8/15 at 11:45 am to REG861
sort of like when hitchens runs his load of mouth manure and retards like you get all hot and bothered with excitement, PT Barnum had you pegged.
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