{"id":1641,"date":"2010-08-16T11:13:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-16T16:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2010-08-16T11:13:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-16T16:13:55","slug":"why-hitchens-is-great-part-1-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=1641","title":{"rendered":"Why Hitchens is Great (Part 1): Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, a Dangerous Talker sent me an interesting article from the Washington Times. The article was written by conservative columnist and talk show commentator, Jeffrey T. Kuhner<\/a> and was entitled, \u201cWhy God is great.\u201d It was basically an attack piece on Christopher Hitchens.<\/p>\n

After reading the article, I thought that I would spend a week or more addressing some of Mr. Kuhner\u2019s points because they are ridiculously weak and some of them have been used by other religionists on a somewhat regular basis.<\/p>\n

I know it seems odd to spend this much time on one article, but I think it will be worth the journey. There are many interesting points in this article and are worth dissecting. Keep in mind that I said \u201cinteresting,\u201d not \u201cvalid.\u201d Sometimes the worst arguments for a position can be just as interesting as the best arguments. At nothing else, the worst arguments are at least entertaining.<\/p>\n

I will make one note in advance that while I am planning to write at least a week\u2019s worth of blogs on this one article, if some other breaking news story or issue of interest comes up, I might have to interrupt this series.<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the article, here is the link<\/a>. But I should warn you in advance that it is long and crappy. Part 2 of this series will be about the idea of \u201cCatholic Bigotry\u201d or any type of religious bigotry or that matter.
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