Greta Christina calls one of Hitchens’ ideas about religion a “terrible argument.”

http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2011/05/29/is-christopher-hitchen...

 

Seems to me that one can interpret another thinkers text and give it – ‘new meaning’, out of context if you will, downright imaginary driven even – rather like the scriptures, whosoever they may be.

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Permalink Reply by Gila Guerilla on May 30, 2011 at 8:29pm
And it seems to me that to understand what might be a confusing or contradictory comment by Hitch, one should ask the man himself to clarify what he meant at the time. He might even admit to having made a mistake, and I'd have no problem forgiving him if he had. Alternately he might have changed his mind. At least if he was asked, then we'd know.
Permalink Reply by Brian Wood on May 31, 2011 at 2:41pm
Hitch is a wonderful, elegant, knowledgeable writer.  A deep thinker?  Not so much.  His "Hitch-22" I felt to be a disappointment, and I'm no more persuaded by his view of Iraq than I was years ago.

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