Ole Hitch Continues His Crusade Against Theism

For some reason, atheism has been on something of a winning streak over the last year. It all started last in September 2006 with Sam Harris' entry, A Letter to a Christian Nation. Then came the release of Richard Dawkins' latest book, The God Delusion; it later received the highest form of praise in our hyper-ironic culture when it was skewered by the South Park guys. Finally, Christopher Hitchens followed up his attack on Mother Teresa by taking on the big guy himself.

Surprisingly (or maybe not), there has been very little mainstream backlash against this flood of anti-religious literature. In fact, this editor can attest to the fact that his local North Atlanta (a traditional stronghold for all flavors of conservative christianity) Borders was unable to keep Hitchens' book in stock for at least the first week due to high demand. Of course, there were rumors of a massive bonfire being held at a local Baptist church.

Anyways, here is Hitchens' response to a weekend article in the New York Times magazine by Mark Lilla.