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A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative. – Christopher Hitchens

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A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other peoples hope. – Christopher Hitchens

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Hope
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Theres been some research in cognitive science, Im told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, its white noise. – Christopher Hitchens

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Faith
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My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them. – Christopher Hitchens

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