Tag: Christopher Hitchens
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God’s Insecurity Complex
From time to time, I like to have discussions with religious people about their faith, be they Christian, Buddhist, Scientologist… I don’t discriminate. I find it a good way to examine my own beliefs, and given how religion has been such an important, some would argue integral, part of human development, it also helps me…
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Does religion poison everything?
Last Friday night I attended the opening night of the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House. The title of the talk was: Does Religion Poison Everything? and involved ABC journalist Tony Jones in conversation with writer and devout atheist Christopher Hitchens. It was a lot of fun. If you don’t have time…