Tag Archives: Christopher Hitchens

two shovels: digging for lazarus

The society of the spectacle to which we all belong  treads a thin line between derealization  and the ambiguous nature of our cultural code that straddles reality and kitsch. And if any place on earth becomes part of the spectacle … Continue reading

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return on investment: kabul estates

The problem with the concept of the word evil, is that it resembles a black hole, a field that stretches toward infinity. The world is short of many things, but the supply of evil-doers and their willingness to act is … Continue reading

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writing on the temple wall

Hunger and anxiety at the Damascus gate. The Jerusalem Grabathon?… Of course, its all about what the future has in store. The fear of Israel is falling into a cycle of concession, sapping its vitality to endure challenges until the … Continue reading

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the mono men: back to me, myself and sigh

The Hawkins, Hitchens legacy… The atheist, too, would not dare deny himself a god and why not get personally involved in the god business; they have a god and it is themselves.  You could say that the pagan, the idolator … Continue reading

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muggeridge…punch for compass

Its always fascinating how people can make surprising unexpected transformations in their lives that leave one reaching for a guide for the perplexed. A classic case was Malcolm Muggeridge the fiesty agnostic editor of Punch, the irreverent British magazine, who … Continue reading

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sailing against idiot winds

…Chris Hitchens would have disagreed, but the question can be posed nonetheless as to whether reason can accept Divine Revelation, the proposition that god can, and does communicate with the individual? To the believer, reason is no obstacle to the … Continue reading

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atheist camping guide: mapping divine revelation

Of course, one can’t be surprised that Christopher Hitchens made a handsome living refuting attempts to prove divine revelation. All the attempts are sterile unless there is agreement on what would be considered valid proof. And, the initial burden of … Continue reading

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he won all the battles and lost the war

Of course Christopher Hitchens won every debate. “Can you prove it?” being the standard parry thrown at Revelation, which is in itself an elusive concept, one that is insubstantial, unpalpable, unfamiliar to common human experience, something outside esthetics and utilitarian … Continue reading

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waugh: enjoying the little box

Phantom voices.Evelyn Waugh was a strange bird: the sort of upper class British snobbism that has been washed away; the reactionary conservative with an almost paranoid fear of the “other” with particular emphasis on Jews, who, based on his own … Continue reading

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darwin: missing links on those facts

…Huxley made the famous retort, in response to Bishop Wilberforce’s gibe, that he would prefer to have an ape for a grandfather than a man “possessed of great means and influence” who used his influence to bring an important scientific … Continue reading

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