Great Article in Defense of the Christian Faith

Bible-boy · Oct 30, 2007

http://www.newsmax.com/limbaugh/christianlity_defense/2007/10/30/45111.html

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:18 AM

By: David Limbaugh

Limbaugh nails :tonofbricks: Christopher Hitches when he states:

I have since read portions of Hitchens' new book "God is Not Great" and watched his debate with theologian Alister McGrath. Please indulge me in addressing a few of Hitchens' arguments.

Hitchens unfairly and illogically conflates Christianity with other religions, blaming it not only for the evils committed in its own name but also for those committed by practitioners of other religions.

Hitchens' approach is only fair if you accept the modern pluralistic ruse that all religions are the same, which they aren't since many of their truth claims contradict each other.

Hitchens also blames "religion" for the evils of godless secular systems like Soviet Communism because they had religious attributes, such as dictators to whom the state demanded reverence. By identifying secular regimes as religious, Hitchens goes for a twofer: exempting secularism for the evils of militantly secular states and simultaneously condemning religion for them. While clever, this is enormously convoluted thinking....
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TCGreek · Oct 30, 2007

1. Sad to say, but Hitchens is right about religion being responsible for most of the atrocities mankind has witnessed.

2. But the fundamental question is: Are they true religion? When someone engages in atrocities in the name of Christ, such is not following the true teachings of Christ, as in the case of the Inquisitions and so on.

3. But to group (true) Christianity with all other religions, Hitchens is dead wrong.

Bible-boy · Oct 30, 2007

TCGreek said:

1. Sad to say, but Hitchens is right about religion being responsible for most of the atrocities mankind has witnessed.

2. But the fundamental question is: Are they true religion? When someone engages in atrocities in the name of Christ, such is not following the true teachings of Christ, as in this case of the Inquisitions and so on.

3. But to group (true) Christianity with all other religions, Hitchens is dead wrong.
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The points you have raised are the essentially the same points which David Limbaugh makes in his article.

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