Hitchens knocks one over the fence
I finally got around to reading Christopher Hitchens latest, God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Twelve Books, 2007). Whew! I find it difficult to believe that any religionist can offer cogent counterarguments to his condemnation of the fundamental immorality and ethical failure of all major organized religions. He explains how religions have actually and repeatedly harmed public health efforts, endorsed genocide, approved of slavery, and aided every other sort of evil while amassing power and wealth. Relegating religion to our species’ childhood, he suggests that it is long past time to abandon myth and embrace science and reason. I couldn’t agree more. Good stuff.
Dude what is wrong with you?!
As Jackson Browne put it, “Doctor my eyes, tell me what is wrong … have I opened them too long?”