Christopher Hitchens Quotes
In The Summer Of 2007, I Was Sitting In A Studio In Dublin, Debating With A Lay Spokesman Of The Roman Catholic Church Who Turned Out To Be The Only Believing Christian On A Discussion Panel Of Five People. He Was A Perfectly Nice And Rather Modest Logic-chopping Polemicist, Happy Enough To Go For A Glass Of Refreshment After The Program, And I Suddenly Felt A Piercing Stab Of Pity For Him. A Generation Ago In Ireland, The Church Did Not Have To Lower Itself In This Way. It Raised Its Voice Only Slightly, And Was Instantly Obeyed By The Parliament, The Schools, And The Media. It Could And Did Forbid Divorce, Contraception, The Publication Of Certain Books, And The Utterance Of Certain Opinions. Now It Is Discredited And In Decline. Its Once-absolute Doctrines Appear Ridiculous:
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