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Entry: Hitchens Unhinged Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/hitchens_unhinged_part_i#6746 Post contents: Nice reply Maud. I particularly liked the refrence to a "Skylord". I'm not quite sure how I obscured anything by mentioning Hegel or Marx; but maybe you could elaborate. In any event, as far as "God" is concerned, I see no reason why "Believers" and Athiests should have sole possession of such a useful word. They too often sound like a couple of adolescents in a school playground arguing over whose team is better; while in the background is a whole world waiting to be explored that these two completely ignore. They are at the heart of the Polarization one hears so much of these days. And I do think that no matter how fond one is of God they are better off exemplifying it in their lives rather than in explaining to anyone what God REALLY is. Really though, I have never had trouble silencing such people. I simply tell them that I have no problem with conversations about God; but I do have a problem with LECTURES about God. But then, that would include the atheists. But for me, growing up in the 70's, as an young adult in the 80's in college, and from then on; the problem has always been the condescending, and controlling members of what is now known as Political Correctness. This is what I meant when I said that as Religious institutions crumble, the Religious impulse gets stronger, not weaker. And, like the names I mentioned in the last post; these people have a well-practiced, deeply internalized shamelessness when it comes to NOT walking the talk. Squint your eyes and everything from Spectator Sports to Rock Concerts to the Academy Awards, look just like Religious services filled with people who simply do not practice what they preach. It's almost as if the more annoyed the public gets with them on this the more uppity they become. Jung once said that Religion is a defense against a Religious experience. But since these secular gods are representatives of the new religion (Pop Culture) the same holds. If pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth than that explains why these people are so shallow and phoney; so bubble-headed and insular; since their entire existence is deliberately designed to never feel ANY pain. For me, The One True Church of Political Correctness is where you'll find the real pikestaffs and Body Snatchers today. For me, the word God is useful, so I use it; but as something personal; I have no interest imposing my views on anyone; but I also think that silencing anyone who does want to talk about it is just as bad as someone who can't shut up about it. Sent at: 2008 05 16