Friday, July 2, 2010

Book Review: Hitch-22 // From The Open House

Full article here // Excerpt below

By Kara Martin

"Christopher Hitchens joins Phillip Pullman and Richard Dawkins at the forefront of the New Atheism. Which presen
ts me a problem in reviewing this book...

There will be many Christian sites that will talk about Hitchens' description of behaviour the Bible would see as immoral, including sexual promiscuity with men as well as women, his lack of attention to family, his excesses with alcohol and his rampant blasphemy.

However, why do we expect biblical standards from someone who is not defined as a Christian nor has the resources of the Holy Spirit?"


Keep reading...

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