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1. 

   Well said, Mr. Hitchens.

   And not only do the Abrahamic religions necessitate humanity’s destruction, but by implication it spits upon their own god’s creation, as if it were a worthless debacle that god screwed-up and can only be left behind so that they can join him in his heaven. What makes these pointed-headed believers expect that his heaven will be any better than the earth he has already demonstrated he couldn’t get right???

   Comment by DeSwiss — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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   Can’t get any of these to play!

   Comment by pagecottage — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

3. 

   Agreed.

   “It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.” (Albert Einstein, 1954, The Human Side, edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman, Princeton University Press)

   Comment by cgrbutterflyfish — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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   The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter.
   – Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams, April 11, 1823, quoted from James A Haught, “Breaking the Last Taboo” (1996)

   Comment by cgrbutterflyfish — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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   Put you tarot cards & crystal ball aside. I endorse no religion. I’m only against yours as it demands autonomy over a subjugated humanity.

   Comment by ParadiseOnLand — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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   While your statement is only partially true, the thing you’re not even attempting to understand is by in large they championed religious freedom AND freedom from religion.

   So the fact that this issue even bothers you this much means you’ve missed the point.

   If you think they were all practicing Christians you are patently mistaken, though I do not expect you to actually read any objective literature on the matter, you can certainly find something to agree with you on a Christian website.

   Comment by 10TonGoldfish — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

7. 

   Parole is in your future.

   Comment by ParadiseOnLand — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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   Historical tailor Christopher Hitchens reports that the Framers of the U.S. Constitution were not Protestant Christians. They said otherwise. Whether our beltless youth like the idea is immaterial. Altering historical accounts to fit the occasion is a Hitchens tradition.

   Comment by ParadiseOnLand — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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   one of the best damn vdeos on youtube!
   this should have had more than 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 views cause even ALIENS can tell that he is making perfect SENSE!

   Comment by metalheadz44 — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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    Einstein was an atheist for quite a while before his death.

    Comment by thekiezer — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

11. 

    Yeah, he wasn’t clapping, either. He knew he got FUCKED…like his mamma did.

    Comment by lotanddaughters — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

12. 

    That guy who asked the question looks like he is SEVERELY constipated.

    Comment by rudenoodle — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

13. 

    Thats the beauty of science and information, it is constantly being updated and improved.

    Comment by Freshhhhh1982 — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

14. 

    That may be the deepest comment I have ever read on youtube.

    Comment by Freshhhhh1982 — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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    “I see only with deep regret that God punishes so many of his children for their numerous stupidities, for which he himself can be held responsible; in my opinion, only his non-existence could excuse him.” – Albert Einstein

    Comment by DataWaveTaGo — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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    Einstein believed in god very strongly. It wasn’t until after he had sat down with the great quantum physicists of the day in the later years of his life to discuss observation affecting reality that he was forced to accept that god did not exist before his death based on his own mathematical principles of probability and uncertainty.

    Comment by tsunami2322 — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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    I agree that “wrong” is too strong a word for someone who couldn’t have possibly known about relativistic effects. It takes away from Newton’s genius and I don’t think it’s quite fair.

    But it’s true that he was wrong. “F” definitely doesn’t equal “MA” for example. There’s a correction for relativistic influences even though they’re very small in our day to day lives.

    Comment by warren52nz — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

18. 

    He is not wrong.

    Comment by digidave — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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    I DO think that there’s a vast number of moderate religious people who may be convinced that religion is a load of nonsense. My mother did…she used to be catholic and she used to attend church…she now says she honestly cannot believe in a ‘god’ anymore…
    I sincerely hope that humanity will shake off religion, slowly but gradually.

    Comment by JohanPer1972 — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

20. 

    I actually don’t believe in moderate religious people. I think once you give up rationality and science for superstition you are making a big leap.

    Comment by FrankinHolland — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

21. 

    OK, let me rephrase that: his words might convince ‘moderate’ people to re-consider ttheir religious convictions and question fanaticism.

    Comment by JohanPer1972 — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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    Religious fanatics thinking? That seems more like an oxymoron to me. I used to argue with orthodox jews I went to school with and found the exercise pretty futile. Christians mostly cave in and don’t get agitated except for things like stem cell research and abortion and gay marriage.

    Comment by FrankinHolland — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

23. 

    Hitchens arguments on morality really reinforce the stagnation argument.

    Comment by FrankinHolland — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

24. 

    Nah, the celestial teapot would kick everyone’s ass lol.

    Comment by NihilisticLogic — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

25. 

    Einstein didn’t prove him wrong, he just came up with a better theory. Also, relativity isn’t a perfect theory.

    Comment by NihilisticLogic — June 9, 2009 @ 7:00 pm

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