Christopher Hitchens: Rhetoric, Religion, and Ramadan
Decoding the Gurus
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The Causal Agency of Religion
Ramadan: I'm kind of conflicted because on one hand I am on board with Hitchens basically atheistic stats right which is that and I'm not in favor of Ramadan's position there. "I don't think religion is particularly helpful" he says but it can function as Rorschach inkblot where people can use it as a justification for whatever they like. Islam makes very large claims for itself very large claims indeed it claims to be the last and final religion, Ramazan argues.
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