Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody—not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms—had the smallest idea what was going on. It comes from the bawling and fearful infancy of our species, and is a babyish attempt to meet our inescapable demand for knowledge (as well as for comfort, reassurance, and other infantile needs). Today the least educated of my children knows much more about the natural order than any of the founders of religion.
―God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
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Posted by onefuriousllama on December 16, 2011 at 7:58 pm
That quote is great. You are not great. You cannot argue with the Hitch.
Posted by Erik R. on December 16, 2011 at 8:03 pm
Excellent. Rock on, Hitch.
Posted by Robin Baker on December 17, 2011 at 5:07 am
I don’t get AlbertMohler. Everybody dies, believer and non-believer alike. The tragedy is that Hitch died before he could say everything he needed to say.
Posted by Robin Baker on December 17, 2011 at 5:09 am
Sometimes I wonder if @AlmightGod believes in Himself.