Hardball, Soft bats

So Christopher Hitchens is a bit of a radical and his beliefs contradict mine a bit in regards to religion, but regardless of how I feel, I have to give the man credit for making consistently great arguments and has decent evidence in defense of every question being thrown at him.

An interesting point I thought Hitchens made was that religion did not have a part in Bush’s decision to go to war in Iraq. The Methodist and Catholic Church, along with many others, Hitchens says, did not support the war from the beginning, so it seems clear that religion did not give Bush the motivation to send troops over to the Middle East.

The next point is the question of whether everyone prays to one God, or a multitude of gods in respect to political leaders in different regions of the world. My personal belief is that there is one God, who has similar expectations and foundations for any believer regardless of faith. Sharpton thinks that although there is only one God, yet people receive misguided answers from different Gods. I’m not sure what that means, or if it makes any sense at all, but I understand the point he is trying to get at is that people might twist their idea of what story God has given them to gain the advantage they can for themselves and their people.

Sharpton’s comment on Mitt Romney’s candidacy being ended by people who truly believe in God because they will not vote for him is beyond hypocritical and his defense on Hardball is even more pathetic.