by Christopher Hitchens

May 3, New York City:

To the Lou Dobbs show, on CNN—Mr. Middle America at prime time. Mr. Dobbs displays a satirical paragraph from my book, about the number of virgin births that all religions have always claimed. He tells me off-air that he quit Sunday school as a very small boy, and that he’s raised all his children without religion.

 

He lets me bang on a lot. At the end, he refers to my new American citizenship, the oath of which I swore at the Jefferson Memorial on April 13 (Mr. Jefferson’s birthday, and mine). I get to try out my latest slogan, echoing what Jefferson said about the “wall of separation” between church and state: “Mr. Jefferson—build up that wall!”…

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The documentary will be released by Lions Gate on Easter 2008. Directed by Larry Charles of “Borat” fame.

The debate will be held in Iowa, Televised on ABC this Sunday morning.

The broadcast times are kind of screwed up(8am Chicago/Los Angeles), (9am NewYork/Dallas), (10am Houston) check this for your: local broadcast time

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With the help of Christopher Hitchens

Part I

Part II

Was the Nazi Party Based on an Atheist, Anti-Christian Ideology?

Myth:
Atheism is more dangerous than religion because atheists like Adolf Hitler killed millions in the name of their atheistic ideologies like Nazism. That’s far more than have been killed in the name of religion.

Response:
A popular image of the Nazis is that they were fundamentally anti-Christian while devout Christians were anti-Nazi. The truth is that German Christians supported the Nazis because they believed that Adolf Hitler was a gift to the German people from God.

Was Adolf Hitler an Atheist?

Adolf Hitler was baptized in a Catholic Church in 1889 and was never be excommunicated or in any other way officially censured by the Catholic Church. Hitler frequently referred to God and Christianity in his various speeches and writings.

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Ron Paul speaks and answers some questions.

Its surprising to see how yellow Florida and the mid-Atlantic states are.

Talking religion and god on Hardball with Chris Matthews.

(Video 1 of 5)

Check out the rest of the videos on RichardDawkins.net

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The debate will be held from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30p.m. on the campus of Howard University in Washington, DC. The event will be televised live on PBS and simultaneously webcast at pbs.org.

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