Is it normal to be influenced by christopher hitchens?

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He’s an antitheist, I’m religious and an antitheist, I think theism is dangerous, destructive, and encouraging of harmful behaviour, but worshipping angels isn’t, it’s good, and I worshipped angels for a long time, plus Platonism is good, and Micronesian mythology is good, but religions with God or gods are evil. I’m antitheist because Christopher Hitchens encouraged it, is that normal?

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  • Boojum
    4 years ago

    I don't like fanatics of any sort, and many have called Hitchens that. On the other hand, those who believe that the best response to destructive religious fanaticism is reason, sympathy and love are just as deluded as those who believed the problem of Hitler could be solved by the same approach.

    Pacifism would work great if everyone in the world was a rational, reasonable pacifist, but unfortunately that's not the reality. Respect for the religious beliefs of others is fine as long as they keep their irrational views to themselves, don't try to force others to accept them and don't impose laws that take away the right of people to live happy, peaceful and fulfilled lives.

    People should be free to believe whatever they want, no matter how silly, illogical or flat out ridiculous it is. But once they cross the line of trying to force others to conform to their distorted view of the world and their opinions of morality, the gloves should come off and they should become the target of ridicule and ostracism.

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    • Ellenna
      4 years ago

      Your second and third paragraphs give an accurate description of Hitchens' beliefs.

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    • Hansberger
      4 years ago

      I think those antitheists should be in a debate, like Christopher Hitchens, against religion, and I think Buddhism, Luciferianism, and Noahidism aren't religions, it gets out of hand when you put God in the picture, hence my reasons to reject the latter. I think I ought to quit alcohol to attain enlightenment, and I think the no-God quasi-religions are the best, so there's a need to get spiritual. There's only a need for scientific "religions" like Buddhism and Luciferianism, because anything outside of science is bad.

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  • RoseIsabella
    4 years ago

    Hansberger strikes again!

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    • Hansberger
      4 years ago

      Yes! The very same, the antidisbeliever who will soon refuse to question his beliefs for a whole lifetime.

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      • Boojum
        4 years ago

        Surely the double negative means "antidisbeliever" is the same as "believer". (Or at least it would be if such a word existed.)

        Or do you mean an ISIS-like mentality where any disbeliever must be bloodily slaughtered or - even less humanely - bored to death with religious gibberish.

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        • Hansberger
          4 years ago

          I'm referring to "believer", as you call it, the double negative, I made that word up, since it's my own made up belief.

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