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Grumpy Geezer
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Sorry to see that review, simply because I think arrogance is the exact wrong way to rebutt the subject of secularism vs. theological arguments.
I can only speak of my personal experiences, but the most arrogant, self-rightous people I've ever met are the highly religious people who think it's their right to attempt to inflict their beliefs on me, and then feel justified to judge my character if I don't swallow it.
The way to counter that is not to adapt the same strategy (arrogance), but simply to point it out, present intellectual arguments highlighting certain contradictions, certain hypocritical failures of logic, and anti-scientific rhetoric.
I'm not sure what Hitchin's goal was. Heaping scorn on the religious people of this country is as unappetizing as them doing it to agnostics and atheists. It serves no purpose.