Jason, Point taken. I just do not put it past any fundamentalist follower to do this sort of thing considering the bombing of abortion clinics and murders of doctors. It takes one wacko (and we know how many of them are out there) to deprive us of one good human being whether it be in the Netherlands or in the US. I think in general you are correct, although I do not think religious people are generally harmless. To the contrary, I think "harmless" religious people are the exception, not the rule. Just cynical me :-).
Happy New Year all! Stay safe out there! On Dec 22, 11:15 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
