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Originally Posted by FLAMESRULE
^^ Damn Thor, great post. So much win.
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Please, most of what you call "win" here is the same tired tripe about how bad catholicism is. Maybe your issues aren't with the religions themselves but rather the organizations?
As for the part of "win" being the comments about other religions being fine, just not mine, its laughable at best. I told you a few pages ago that I'm mostly agnostic. I really don't have a horse in this race.
I see what you tried to do Thor. You gave me the "you're a cool dude" socratic dialectic approach. Valiant effort. You missed the part where I'm not your intended enemy though; you can talk about how horrible these organizations are and try to back me into an indefensible position to suit your needs to feel right - I couldn't possibly care less.
Like I say I spent hours arguing religion when I went to University. Good times. Entirely useless though. The answer at the end of the day is that we won't know until we die. I have friends of all different faiths, and some very good friends of the religions that you might deride and dislike. They're kind, giving, friendly, non-violent and overall good people. Sorry to disappoint you with this next one; they may have become this type of person because they were told that a god required it of them. They may have gained a positive outlook on life today and the energy to work towards amazing goals and dreams for the betterment of all society because of their belief in a centuries old document filled with half-truths and lies (in some peoples opinions). Why would you work to take that from them? Why not just accept the fact that some peoole arrive at a similar place in worldview as you and leave it at that?
In hopes of steering this back to Hitchens though here is a great piece he wrote about Sen. Craig when he was caughtin the airport sex scandal. I can't recall whether this mentions religion, but its far from the focal point if it does. This to me is why Hitchens should be celebrated. Sure he was an atheist. More than that though he wrote some great pieces on a wide variety of topics. This particular one is funny, informative and entertaining. It shows some of the true genius of a man like Hitchens IMO.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...ttle_time.html
He wrote about so much more than religion, its a shame to see his legacy defined by one topic.