Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bi…

Christopher Hitchens
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Violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children: organized religion ought to have a great deal on its conscience. ✨ Christopher Hitchens (2011). God is Not Great, p.44, Atlantic Books Ltd
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