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1. religions generally reflect the social and economic structures of the societies they exist in
>pagan agricultural societies have deities for the weather and harvest
>the churches old western monarchies were integrated with the crown and feudal system
>modern megachurches reflect the walmarts and hypermarkets which define small towns

2. new atheists like hitchens repudiate all religion as backwards, poisonous, and at odds with the human spirit

ergo, Hitchens "God Is NOT Great" is essentially a criticism of the conditions of late capitalism

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post the cringiest author photos you can find

was he a Nietzschean?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ2LehsA1dk

Why did he have such entry-level views on religion and philosophy? I saw a video of inside of his apartment and he had a huge library. Was it nothing but pop science books? How many pop science books can one man read? Imagine being like 60 years old and still saying the celestial North Korea and "we are all stardust :)" crap. I was reading one of his books last night and it seemed like he was dropping quotations he found on BrainyQuote.com

Is it because he never read Nietzsche?

The late and great Christopher Hitchens, of course.
Charming? Poetic? Rebelling against a corrupt system?

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best bible translation? as in, most poetic and with the best prose?

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