New Posts For Thread: Christopher Hitchens, Dead at 62http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62Christopher Hitchens; author, TV personality and combatative athiest, died late on Thursday night of complications to cancer.www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418iama: Yes, I, too, was saddened to hear of the death of Christopher Hitchens!I viewed the following video last evening, all the while knowing that Christopher had recently died. Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make? Ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514579905#514579905iama: Yes, I, too, was saddened to hear of the death of Christopher Hitchens!I viewed the following video last evening, all the while knowing that Christopher had recently died. Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make? AWed, 04 Jan 2012 11:27:57 -0600I was sad to hear of the death of Christopher Hitchens. He was a brilliant man and a great fighter against the forces of darkness in the Western world.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514554973#514554973I was sad to hear of the death of Christopher Hitchens. He was a brilliant man and a great fighter against the forces of darkness in the Western world.Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:45:25 -0600This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone. It does, in fact, get into the science vs. relitgion theme extensively and therefore belongs here.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514553479#514553479This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone. It does, in fact, get into the science vs. relitgion theme extensively and therefore belongs here.Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:00:50 -0600As a Trained Evolutionary Biologist, I share your Concerns for Human Interaction with The REST of Nature, and I have some deep Anxiety about The Human Prospect ... We have dug ourselves into a DEEP Hole and I am not optimistic that we're going to STOhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514225685#514225685As a Trained Evolutionary Biologist, I share your Concerns for Human Interaction with The REST of Nature, and I have some deep Anxiety about The Human Prospect ... We have dug ourselves into a DEEP Hole and I am not optimistic that we're going to STOMon, 26 Dec 2011 10:35:31 -0600No ... "Scence" doesn't "'trump' Religion" any more than "Physics" has to "'trump' Poetry" ... They're DIFFERENT ...The Natural Sciences are a (VERY Good !!!) Way of getting Informatiion about How The Universe Works -- measuring The Velocity of Lighthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514225055#514225055No ... "Scence" doesn't "'trump' Religion" any more than "Physics" has to "'trump' Poetry" ... They're DIFFERENT ...The Natural Sciences are a (VERY Good !!!) Way of getting Informatiion about How The Universe Works -- measuring The Velocity of LightMon, 26 Dec 2011 10:13:07 -0600And what "both Sides" have in COMMON is ... People ...And how many books are written each year saying virtually the same about athiests? And my own faith (theistic Satanism) has been accused of pretty much every crime imaginable by the religious, allhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514141027#514141027And what "both Sides" have in COMMON is ... People ...And how many books are written each year saying virtually the same about athiests? And my own faith (theistic Satanism) has been accused of pretty much every crime imaginable by the religious, allThu, 22 Dec 2011 19:23:14 -0600Yes he did make some good argument on some of those subjects and to just say he was amiss is wrong.Shirley[/quote][/quote]The point Teil is not is he "Amiss" The point is that he made the time to prove his point. You should also give him the time tohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514140169#514140169Yes he did make some good argument on some of those subjects and to just say he was amiss is wrong.Shirley[/quote][/quote]The point Teil is not is he "Amiss" The point is that he made the time to prove his point. You should also give him the time toThu, 22 Dec 2011 19:00:23 -0600And how many books are written each year saying virtually the same about athiests? And my own faith (theistic Satanism) has been accused of pretty much every crime imaginable by the religious, all without a shred of evidence. And if it's not the accuhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514139399#514139399And how many books are written each year saying virtually the same about athiests? And my own faith (theistic Satanism) has been accused of pretty much every crime imaginable by the religious, all without a shred of evidence. And if it's not the accuThu, 22 Dec 2011 18:38:29 -0600Yes ... However, The Religious Intrusive Obnoxious-ness of SOME People of Faith is a Problem that arises with THOSE PERSONS -- NOT with the Faith Itself (OR with Persons of Faith like ME) ...The "New Atheist" Guys like Hitchens, et al., (Intrusivelyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514136689#514136689Yes ... However, The Religious Intrusive Obnoxious-ness of SOME People of Faith is a Problem that arises with THOSE PERSONS -- NOT with the Faith Itself (OR with Persons of Faith like ME) ...The "New Atheist" Guys like Hitchens, et al., (IntrusivelyThu, 22 Dec 2011 17:26:56 -0600No but if you lived in a world where virtually everyone did play golf and, not only played it, but inserted references to it into secular matters; where playing golf was a litmus test for electing national leaders; where there was a golf course on evhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28772161/Christopher_Hitchens,_Dead_at_62?post_id=514134999#514134999No but if you lived in a world where virtually everyone did play golf and, not only played it, but inserted references to it into secular matters; where playing golf was a litmus test for electing national leaders; where there was a golf course on evThu, 22 Dec 2011 16:53:45 -0600