tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328301737610513476.post1886419672601784251..comments2023-05-03T05:57:13.880-04:00Comments on Ethics, Culture, & Policy: Another View of Christopher HitchensPaul Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18102737143876952898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328301737610513476.post-52097145268132431002013-11-14T09:33:20.387-05:002013-11-14T09:33:20.387-05:00What a sad case! He was clueless about God, Christ...What a sad case! He was clueless about God, Christianity, and theology. A sad commentary on the decline of religious literacy that he could make a fortune exposing his ignorance and hatred. How atheism has declined since its early years, to attacking a straw man version of God that no-one over the age of 5 in any major faith tradition actually holds. His call for evidence already implies a primitive, childish view of God as a being within nature like a supposed Yeti or Loch Ness Monster, not the ground of all being, the reason nature exists in the first place. Who believes in Hitchens's version of God in any developed religion? <br /><br />For a serious and informed discussion of the issues, as opposed to Hitchens's supercilious one-liners, see David Bentley Hart's new book, The Experience of God (http://www.amazon.com/Experience-God-David-Bentley-Hart-ebook/dp/B00E64EH0K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384439278&sr=8-1&keywords=david+bentley+hart+experience+of+god).Paul Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102737143876952898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328301737610513476.post-77474080544056109202013-11-13T22:26:53.955-05:002013-11-13T22:26:53.955-05:00“That which can be asserted without evidence, can ...“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” <br />― Christopher Hitchens <br />onto the next blog looking for factsAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01490741100292340735noreply@blogger.com