Exactly. When atheists have the chutzpah to go after Islam with the fervor with which they attack Christianity, maybe I’ll have some respect for them.
This should be interesting. I’m going to run out and buy this book, just for the ammo.
To his credit, Hitchens does go after Islam.
I guess it is flattering that they see us as THE enemy.
It’s their subconscious way of publicly declaring the identity of the real God.
I know, I’m a glutton for punishment but I’m going to spend Thanksgiving with the family, militant atheist. I actually find him amusing most times because he has his anti-theology all mixed up.
He doesn’t believe in God but blames Him for a lot of things. So when he’s expounding on the non-existence of God I just say “whatever” and when he’s blaming God for bad things I just calmly say, “but I thought there was no God”. He usually shuts up then and we have a nice time.
Perhaps you missed Richard Dawkins' comment about "testosterone-sodden young men too unattractive to get a woman in this world" who are so desperate they are willing to execute a suicide mission for the promise of "72 private virgins" in the next life.
I'll admit that his writings are far more centered on Judeo-Christian tradition than on Islam, but his audience has that as their cultural background. You know very good and well that any Arabic translation of his works would get fatwas issued at lightning speed, and anybody carrying such a book in Islammunist lands would be subjected to even worse treatment than somebody carrying a Bible.
That's probably what would have happened in Europe five hundred years ago if his book had been written then.