If you are a believer…and he thinks belief in God poisons everything…jeez I guess he is an example of what nonbelief does.
Heard him speak today at BEA…more about it when I’m home.
UPDATE: Since I’ve been so remiss in completing my take on this, I offer another person who was in attendance’s summary:
Hitchens minced no words: [...]
Christopher Hitchens Hates You and Wants to Make War with You
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New Books You Will be Interested In
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Should you read Harry Potter? Find out what a homeschooling mom has to say:
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You’ve read Jesus of Nazareth, now read what the Pope has to say about the origins of the Catholic Church and the Apostles:
Want to reinvigorate your spiritual life by [...]
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A Church for China
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From Atlantic Online:
In 1577, the Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci left Italy on a mission to bring the Christian faith to Ming dynasty China. He was neither the first Christian, nor the first Catholic, to arrive in the Middle Kingdom. But his arrival marked the beginnings of a Jesuit presence that would survive erratically in China [...]
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Woman Jumps the Fence at Papal Audience
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From Asia News Italy:
Before the beginning of the audience, while Benedict XVI was travelling the square in his open topped popemobile to greet the faithful, a woman climbed over the barriers in an attempt to near the Pope, but was stopped by security.
