I have discovered that the so-called Christian right is much less monolithic, and very much more polite and hospitable, than I would once have thought, or than most liberals believe.
You’ll never guess who said that, or will you?
Being nice about the Christian Right
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Based on my reading of the article, it’s the Christian left that he can’t stand.
I just read that a few minutes ago. I liked seeing that statement, I wonder if Wilson would return the same about non-believers.
Alex Silva is correct – Hitchens really despises the Christian left far more than the Christian right. Which makes sense – he’s a literal-minded person who sees the world in very clear shades of black and white and so its easy for him to understand other literal-minded people who see the world in black and white. It’s just a question of who’s right and who’s wrong. It’s why I’m not a big fan of Hitchens – he’s just as assured of his “rightness” as any American Christian fundamentalist preacher, and usually for reasons that are as equally well thought-out.
Actually he can’t stand the left regardless of its theological stance. I think his point is that he is smarter about the religious right than liberals are.
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