Totally agree.

I’ve commented several times that the Barackstar Obammasiah is our latter-day Henry Wallace, but this time going for the brass ring.

Christ consorted with whores and lepers to spread his message. He was far less holier than thou.

Ares on April 8, 2008 at 6:40 PM

And the lowest of the low: tax collectors. Made one of them a disciple.

And the one who was holier-than-thou ended up as a traitor.

thuja on April 8, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Anyway, I find that I’m far more informed about Christianity as an atheist than almost all the Christians I know. Is sleeping in Church mandatory? Or do they just daydream when the Bible is read?

You may THINK you are more informed, but I doubt that is really true. When athiests typically say they are more informed they mean that they know more about how THEY (the atheist) interprets the Bible. They miss the big things and whack away at their interpretation, which is often wrong.

And even if it is as you say-you know more about the Bible than believers, it isn’t going to get you anywhere, because you are missing the most important thing-eternal life. You don’t need to know everything in the Bible to be saved, but you do need to believe in Jesus.

You aren’t the first atheist to try to use the Bible to sway or condemn Christians, and you won’t be the last. It’s like the blind trying to lead the person with perfect or weak eyesight. It doesn’t work.

Dave Rywall on April 8, 2008 at 3:53 PM

What do you mean “you all”?

Intellectually speaking, I’m totally gay for Hitch!

Indy Conservative on April 8, 2008 at 1:25 PM

Word of The Day

http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/myopic

The funny thing is people on this board are elated that Hitchens is taking Obama to task over Wright, James and Pfleger the 3 religious idiots, without remembering how he has, without holding anything back, taken mighty dumps on the very religions you all belong to.

It’s like someone telling you you’re an idiot but then 10 minutes later he calls your enemy an idiot and you applaud him.

Dave Rywall on April 8, 2008 at 3:53 PM

Well that just blew up my “Ideological Purity Alert”

Christ consorted with whores and lepers to spread his message. He was far less holier than thou.

Suck that down.

I’m not going to applaud the political opinions -if they coincide with mine- of someone who has extremely different points of view concerning my utmost cores beliefs. Even if he or she is the closest member of my family.

Your ideas are intriguing, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Obama still needs to answer for his advisers and acknowledging his past enthusiastic embrace of them when it suited his political needs.

How long do you want me to keep holding my breath?

Bill O’Reilly is so full of himself, he thinks he’s the next Pope.

Indy Conservative on April 8, 2008 at 2:48 PM

Funny, I think O’Reilly and Hitchens hate each other, don’t they?

He thinks Wright, James and Pfleger are just opportunistic scumbags – he calls them all kinds of names and happily shits on them for several paragraphs the same way he does with all religious figures.

The funny thing is people on this board are elated that Hitchens is taking Obama to task over Wright, James and Pfleger the 3 religious idiots, without remembering how he has, without holding anything back, taken mighty dumps on the very religions you all belong to.

It’s like someone telling you you’re an idiot but then 10 minutes later he calls your enemy an idiot and you applaud him.

Have you read his books? That’ll be one frigid day in hell, metaphorically speaking of course.

Qper on April 8, 2008 at 3:01 PM

LOL, that’s why I put the … at the end. But, could you imagine a decade ago that he would be championing the issues he is now?

His atheism is still a problem, but he has seen the light on several issues, so give him time….

Think_b4_speaking on April 8, 2008 at 2:55 PM

Have you read his books? That’ll be one frigid day in hell, metaphorically speaking of course.

I can’t figure out whether I like Hitchins or not…but he is spot on in this article.

HawaiiLwyr on April 8, 2008 at 1:12 PM

Hitchens started out as a far leftist, but has steadily moved to the right over the years, as he questions the fallacies he was taught. His atheism is still a problem, but he has seen the light on several issues, so give him time….

http://imustimes.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/the-imus-factor-wfan-loss-wabc-gain/

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, maybe?

He he claims to be a practicing Catholic, which I have always doubted. He seems to be more like a John Kerry Ctholic to me.

AprilOrit on April 8, 2008 at 2:34 PM

Bill O’Reilly is so full of himself, he thinks he’s the next Pope.

Hitchens denounces God so you cant stand him and you refute everything he says.

But wait – he’s currently denouncing Obama for not denouncing Wright, James or Pfleger, and you don’t like Obama, so therefore, you like HItchens.

What hypocritical bullshit.

Thats’ why Confession in the Catholic Faith which I belong to, is extremely important. Not only it draws men closer to God, but it is a humbling experience that reminds the Human Being of his unworthiness vis-a-vis the Creator.

Because sometimes people think they are gods, like Bill O’Reilly.

Don’t get me started on him.

Indy Conservative on April 8, 2008 at 2:26 PM

He he claims to be a practicing Catholic, which I have always doubted. He seems to be more like a John Kerry Ctholic to me.

Because god is a fictional creation, but your hatred is real. Religion poisons everything.

JayHaw Phrenzie on April 8, 2008 at 2:08 PM

Men poison the gifts of God.

Creation is God’s gift, if you wondered what I meant by “gift.”

But alas, we always like to blame the ‘other’ for our misdeeds.

Thats’ why Confession in the Catholic Faith which I belong to, is extremely important. Not only it draws men closer to God, but it is a humbling experience that reminds the Human Being of his unworthiness vis-a-vis the Creator.

Because sometimes people think they are gods, like Bill O’Reilly.

Don’t get me started on him.

Wright is just as crazy as John Hagee or Pat Robertson, who enthusiastically support McCain. Big whoop on both sides.

The Media can’t seem to get the idea of separation of church and state. We’re not electing a chaplain this fall, and it’s a completely useless distraction in our national dialog.

Qper on April 8, 2008 at 2:01 PM

Thank you. Enough of this story, it’s so tired already. No one with a funtioning brain really cares, except of course Hitchens. He’s another one who will say anything provacative to remain in those headlines. So Madonna 1990.

It’s fodder for partisan bomb throwers who spend their lives commenting anonymously and listening to Talk Radio all day; getting that reassurance to continue with their small minded lives.

Indy Conservative on April 8, 2008 at 1:25 PM

If you really had the convictions of your belief, you would kill those Atheists and Homosexuals that you hate so much.

Stop sitting on the fence and take a stand!!!

Of course, if God is all powerful, why does he need idiot humans to persecute and kill nonbelievers and undesirables?

Because god is a fictional creation, but your hatred is real. Religion poisons everything.

The Media can’t seem to get the idea of separation of church and state. We’re not electing a chaplain this fall, and it’s a completely useless distraction in our national dialog.

Indy Conservative on April 8, 2008 at 1:25 PM

You must be freakishly lonely.

RushBaby on April 8, 2008 at 1:55 PM

Not really.

I’m not lonely.

I have myself.

That makes two of us.