Hi Peter, Good to hear from you. What was this debate about? What resolution were they debating? It wasn't clear to me. It appeared as if both these political pundits were promoting their books by rehashing their indefensible positions.
Very few members of Pre-Christian religions and civilizations would be convinced by Dinesh D'Souza that it is Christianity that is responsible for the human civilization, and for everything that is good about humanity. Very few thoughtful individuals would be convinced by Christopher Hitchens that religion at its core is immoral. But if this was simply a political food fight, by which I mean a public show involving empty rhetoric and sound bites without regard to the accuracy of the assertions made, then clearly D'Souza trounced Hitchens. Cheers, Santosh P. S. BTW, the cannibals of Fiji were religious. As everywhere else there was religion in Fiji before Christianity arrived. Cannibalism was their practice of ritual humiliation of their enemies. Authorized killing of one's enemy is not a sin in most religions, nor is it a crime in secular societies. What law or religious dictat prevents you from eating your dead enemy? I submit that the only thing that prevents you from doing it is the instinctive disgust you feel in your stomach. I doubt Christianity, Atheism or any other religion has inculcated that in you. --- Peter D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Santosh and Gilbert, > > I was wondering whether my own bias was the only > thing that told me that > Dinesh D'Souza had won the debate, so I hopped over > to Richard Dawkins' > website and read through about 150 of the most > recent comments (as of a > couple of nights ago). >
