I Question Christopher Hitchens About The Utility Of Religion (4-29-07)

Full video: https://www.c-span.org/video/?197839-1/religion-culture-panel
Sunday, April 29. 10:30 a.m. I get into all the panel discussions I want. I begin with God aka the panel on the place of religion (which is broadcast live on CSPAN). Thane Rosenbaum moderates the discussion between Christopher Hitchens, Zachary Karabell and Jonathan Kirsch. The star of the panel is Christopher Hitchens. The audience of 400 wildly applauds his attacks on religion. Hitchens says that most of Islam’s canon is an "inept plagiarism of Christianity and Judaism." He asks of religious people: "Why can’t they keep their beliefs to themselves?"

I rise and walk to the microphone (starting a stream of people to the mikes) to ask Hitch, "Why can’t you keep your beliefs to yourself?"

Then, while waiting to pose my question, I change to: "Mr Hitchens: How come it took the most religious country in the Western world to rescue your pretty secular country, Britain, from two world wars and to be the bulwark against communism and to lead the fight against Islam?"

Hitchens: "Very good question. I’m going to correct you in two ways. …May I say, ‘My fellow Americans…’ I took my oath of citizenship on April 13…the birthday of Thomas Jefferson…who wrote the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom and drafted the First Amendment, making America a secular country, not a religious one… This has had to be defended several times from religious secessionists… In my country of birth, the Queen is the head of the church and everyone has to pay money, whether they want to or not… That’s what you get from the family values of Henry VIII."
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