Mr. Hitchens writes in the first pages of his book God is Not Great his opinion about 'people of faith':
"As I write these words, and as you read them, people of faith are in their different ways planning your and my destruction, and the destruction of all the hard-won human attainments that I have touched upon. Religion poisons everything."
He does go on to describe why he feels this way - and it includes the usual accusations about pushy religous non-thinking automatons.
Here's some responses:
-"I never wanted to destroy any hard-won human attainments!"
-"Let me describe how Christ unpoisened my life!"
-"Sir - I believe in complete freedom of choice from God - let me describe why I choose to believe"
-"I know - I can't stand people who are 'too religious' - that's why I'm a 'mere Christian'"
Any others?
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