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Entry: Hitchens Unhinged Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/hitchens_unhinged_part_i#6720 Post contents: "Your beloved Taki - the man you simpering pikestaffs flock here for" (Maud) I'm not here for any one person. I'm here to read some well written articles about things I can't read or hear about in the MSM. But nevermind that, why are YOU here? Presumably to swoop down from on high like an Old Testament God or a Shaming Parent long enough to mouth an insult and just as quickly disappear. But you do raise a point about takling his arguments. For me Hitchens will go down as the World's Most Famous Pseudo-Intellectual. He is to the Intellect what Bono is to the Spirit or Michael Moore is to Social Consciousness or Bill Clinton or George Bush is to Statesmanship. But, as far as the God thing goes. Well, his protracted rant against the whole idea of "God", as well as the careers of the names listed above, is proof that when Religious Institutions decline,the Religious impulse gets STRONGER, not weaker. He might prohibit himself from using the word "God" in anything other than a pejorative sense; but the pattern is identical. Whatever word he uses to replace the word "God" it serves the exact same function, ie; to terminate an explanation. This is what is meant by the famous quote "God is Dead", a proposition uttered by Hegel long before Nietzsche. It means that, though we can not live without Explanation, there is no one word that can explain EVERYTHING. From this pov Marx didn't turn Hegel on his head, he merely poured his misunderstanding of Hegel into an already existing Christian mold. That Hitchens can not see this is why I refered to him as a Pseudo- Intellectual. God is Dead = Philosphy Transcends Religion. Or, the Love of Wisdom is more important, more valuable a thing to Mankind, than Blind Obedience to Authority, ANY authority. Hitchens and his well-intended, but misled, followers fail to see this completely. To the point where it's even embarrassing. Either way it explains the wonderful irony when he attacks Believers in an Authoritarian tone of voice. Not only does God exist Mr. Hitchens, but he's a Divine Comic, and your hubris is the brunt of his cosmic joke. Sent at: 2008 05 16