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Hitchens' Horrible Hypothesis

  • 16-10-2011 1:20am
    #1
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭


    This is Hitchens' anti-theist position:

    "Who wishes that there was a permanent, unalterable celestial despotism that subjected us to continual surveillance and could convict us of thought-crime, and who regarded us as its private property even after we died?"

    The man is truly a gifted orator with tremendous insight and the more I listen to him and read his work, the more I feel embarrassed of the gullibility of mankind.

    The majority of the 'intelligent' species continues to fall for the fallacy of religion, even without a shred of evidence to justify their devotion and life sacrifice.

    As humans evolve, my hope is that common sense (reality) prevails and secular society becomes the norm.


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  • #2
    AhSureTisGrand
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭AhSureTisGrand


    Kivaro wrote: »

    "Who wishes that there was a permanent, unalterable celestial despotism that subjected us to continual surveillance and could convict us of thought-crime, and who regarded us as its private property even after we died?

    Not to mention that this being seems to have hardwired our brains so we find this idea abhorrent


  • #3
    IamtheWalrus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,075 ✭✭✭IamtheWalrus


    A great man with the words. He once compared heaven to being at a party, you're never allowed to leave even if you get sick of it and the host insists on you having a good time.

    In November, I'm going to see a conversation with Hitchens and Stephen Fry in London (Hitchens via Satellite). He's very close to the end so it'll be very special. Can't wait.


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