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Update by Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic. December 14
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The Nixon tapes remind us what a vile creature Henry Kissinger is.
By Christopher Hitchens
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How Can Anyone Defend Kissinger Now?
December 13, 2010Posted by Tom at 18:41 65 comments
Labels: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Henry Kissinger, Slate
Author Christopher Hitchens in conversation
On his Jewish grandmother, his atheism, his writing—and facing his own mortality
by Noah Richler
"I don’t think someone is religious unless they have faith in what St. Paul calls the evidence of things not seen—in other words, the supernatural or supervising deity, presence, force who requires and expects certain kinds of propitiation. If that’s not in your mind, then I don’t think you’re really a religious person at all."
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by Noah Richler
"I don’t think someone is religious unless they have faith in what St. Paul calls the evidence of things not seen—in other words, the supernatural or supervising deity, presence, force who requires and expects certain kinds of propitiation. If that’s not in your mind, then I don’t think you’re really a religious person at all."
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