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Quote by Christopher Hitchens
A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations

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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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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Im not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children theyll have, immediately the floor will rise. – Christopher Hitchens

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Well, Ill put it this way: you can certainly say belief in God makes people behave worse. That can be proved beyond a doubt. – Christopher Hitchens

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