I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it’s a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

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I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it’s a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.

Christopher Hitchens

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Even if I accepted that Jesus – like almost every other prophet on record – was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Even if I accepted that Jesus – like almost every other prophet on record – was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Acceptance Divine Father Record Truth
What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.
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Form Stupidity Superstition
Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.
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Argument Faith Time Wasted Time
The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if there was one. You would never be able to escape.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if there was one. You would never be able to escape.
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Discover Escape God Greatness Oneself
Arguments that explain everything explain nothing.

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Arguments that explain everything explain nothing.
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Argument Explanation
Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Religion is not the belief there is a god. Religion is the belief god tells you what to do.
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Belief God Religion
Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Since it is obviously inconceivable that all religions can be right, the most reasonable conclusion is that they are all wrong.
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Conclusion Religion Right Wrong
I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies.
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Death Devil Enemy Sympathy Time
Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Religion is poison because it asks us to give up our most precious faculty, which is that of reason, and to believe things without evidence. It then asks us to respect this, which it calls faith.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Evidence Faith Poison Reason Religion Respect
It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.
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Experiment Failure Hope Production Transformation
Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
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Image Pathetic Religion
I’m not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they’ll have, immediately the floor will rise.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

I’m not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they’ll have, immediately the floor will rise.
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Children Feminism Reproduction Rise Woman
It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
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Faith Knowledge Wisdom
The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

God Instruction Man Prayer Right Thinking
Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Religion is man-made. Even the men who made it cannot agree on what their prophets or redeemers or gurus actually said or did.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

Agreement Man Religion Talk
I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
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Congratulation Learning Mindset Tolerance

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