I believe that it was Stalin's last atheistic gesture, to shake his fist in rage up at the cieling. Yes, he knew God was there and after he was dust and memory that God would be in the same full flourish He has always been in in spite of little men's anger. Hitchens is probably the victim of his own frustrating mortality, much as Uncle Joe was. In the end he also knows who the winner will be, and it won't be Christopher.
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We had better start believing in something with the fervor of religious fanatics or ,like it or not, we might... [MORE]
Leo Solomon
May 15, 2007 11:16
Whatever the agenda of Christopher Hitchens may be, his general critique of mono-theism in particular is sound. Unfortunately due to... [MORE]
Ms. Mary Treherne
May 14, 2007 08:29
I don't find religious belief either facile or frivolous, and I am an atheist. Indeed, I do not usually think... [MORE]
Nina
May 14, 2007 01:57
Thank you for well thought out article. Hitchens strikes me as some one with his own ideology (religion?) which he... [MORE]
teejay
May 12, 2007 10:24
I believe that it was Stalin's last atheistic gesture, to shake his fist in rage up at the cieling. Yes,...