LesterG, I don't think that Hitchens is at any serious risk from the Christians--at least of physical harm. For the past five years, a number of atheists in the South have been very vocal about atheism and none of us have received any threats of physical harm even while making a declaration of atheism in the belly of a fundamentalist Baptist or Church of Christ churches. I would probably say the same thing about Muslims because I've lived with a Muslim in California. Religious people are generally harmless.
Now if he were outside of the United States, I think that Hindu, Christian, or Islamic thugs would potentially kill him or us. In addition, if a secular or religious organization is well-funded and organized, its members can be trained to and will kill. Look at United States soldiers, Islamic militants, Afghan Freedom Fighters, etc. for evidence. Jason On Dec 22, 9:25 am, LesterG <[email protected]> wrote: > Jason, I agree completely but can you imagine if he only could employ > atheists to work for him :-). He would get nothing done. I am kidding > but seriously I will give him some slack considering he is on our side > and has done a lot of good work out there where quite frankly, his > life is sometimes on the line. Apparently he makes himself very > accessible which is terrific but with all the religious nuts out > there, sometimes I wish he would be more careful. I am new to > Memphis and would relish the opportunity to see him argue our case. > > L > > On Dec 20, 8:18 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Now Hitchens is not perfect because he allegedly pays Christians to > > work for him because they apparently do a good job despite their > > religious training and allegedly Hitchens even lets his Christian > > employees take off for X-mas to spend time with the family...probably > > really liberal Christians. Perhaps this is sort of like a few MFA > > members (and other atheists) who sing, play music and do other > > services for churches in the South despite being atheist. > > > On Dec 20, 8:13 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > Steve said that Hitchens might do a pro bono talk for MFA given > > > certain conditions--or at least that is what his agent said. Steve > > > can fill you in on the details and we can think about how to get this > > > done, that is, meet the conditions.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
