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LeftishBrit

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45. Nonsense

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 05:30 PM

Apr 2012

He never held any office; some people read his work with interest, and considered him clever; but he did not have a big impact on people's views. The people who supported him were already atheists; I don't know of a single person who was converted to atheism by him. The left, who might have appreciated his secularism, tended to be turned off by his support for the war in Iraq; and vice versa in the case of the right.

His Christian Right brother Peter Hitchens, as a columnist in a widely-read tabloid, has far more influence - and even he is not as influential as a government member.

The Republicans in Congress have FAR more power.

I am not a fan of either Hitchens brother, but let us not get paranoid. And if one is going to be preoccupied with negative messages from journalists, what about the vehement anti-secularism of Melanie Phillips, Cristina Odone or George Pitcher? The first of these, in particular, is very widely read.

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Sorry, I didn't realize my standing on it was bothering you. [View all] trotsky Apr 2012 OP

Clearly a person who supports government mandates! n/t HereSince1628 Apr 2012 #1

That's a new level of stupid... Cooley Hurd Apr 2012 #2

That's an exceptionally common and normal level of stupid dmallind Apr 2012 #9

Another Loon From Alaska Possumpoint Apr 2012 #3

Alice is a pathetic human being. Ilsa Apr 2012 #4

I love Snopes. rug Apr 2012 #5

I do too! trotsky Apr 2012 #6

Posting five year old hoaxes leads to such fruitful discussions. rug Apr 2012 #7

Ok, you're almost at the part where Snopes says there's a kernel of truth jeff47 Apr 2012 #10

Any truth, kernel or otherwise, lies entirely outside the OP. rug Apr 2012 #22

Only in the most narrow minded sense. eqfan592 Apr 2012 #49

So let's consider the "hoax" dmallind Apr 2012 #12

You've been Poed. rug Apr 2012 #21

Which again shows how common the attitude is - Poe reflects entirely on the religious. dmallind Apr 2012 #26

pssst Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #33

I would like this person to list... ananda Apr 2012 #8

They believe all criminals are athiests TrogL Apr 2012 #13

That is one informed individual. obxhead Apr 2012 #11

WWJH skydive forever Apr 2012 #14

Now, that's some scary shit!!!! madashelltoo Apr 2012 #15

Absolutely speechless teewrex Apr 2012 #16

George H W Bush thinks atheists should not be citizens longship Apr 2012 #17

Ah, the brilliant logic of the religiously insane. sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #18

The veracity of authorship is irrelevant... Moostache Apr 2012 #19

Ah, it's a metaphor. rug Apr 2012 #23

I think the word here is exemplar. dmallind Apr 2012 #27

It's not too hard to find similar sentiments expressed by atheists humblebum Apr 2012 #20

Really - where? dmallind Apr 2012 #28

If it's not too hard, I'm sure you'll be able to provide lots of examples. (nt) jeff47 Apr 2012 #31

Whoever said that calls have been made for religious people. I merely referred to "similar" humblebum Apr 2012 #32

That's the only phrase you have Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #34

Well I could quote Dawkins' "ridicule and contempt." But repeating humblebum Apr 2012 #36

So...you don't have any actual examples then? jeff47 Apr 2012 #35

I just gave you a Hitchens' quote, but I really don't think you care to play the flame game humblebum Apr 2012 #37

So to you a dead Brit is as effective as a whole lot of Republicans in Congress? jeff47 Apr 2012 #38

That "dead Brit" as you put it, had a following as large as any US congressman.nt humblebum Apr 2012 #39

Yet he couldn't pass any laws. jeff47 Apr 2012 #40

What foreign objects are they jamming into women? You seem humblebum Apr 2012 #41

Mandatory ultrasounds before abortion. jeff47 Apr 2012 #42

Nonsense LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #45

Yes, of course. that 's why they referred to him as one humblebum Apr 2012 #51

I didn't say few people listened to him LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #52

For religioN. Not for stamping out and deporting the religioUS. dmallind Apr 2012 #43

God or Atheism: in which name have more people been slaughtered? Blue Owl Apr 2012 #24

And then again it might not surprise her. humblebum Apr 2012 #30

Educate yourself. It's not hard, and it will deal with that little problem of Stalin Tourette's. darkstar3 Apr 2012 #46

Always hung up on Stalin, aren't you? nt humblebum Apr 2012 #47

So much fail, so little time. jeepnstein Apr 2012 #25

That is also unconstititional--as well a sstupid. nt Thats my opinion Apr 2012 #29

You wouldn't be mocking and ridiculing skepticscott Apr 2012 #48

I belkieve in God... Flying Squirrel Apr 2012 #44

My fellow Americans. Iggo Apr 2012 #50