In short, Hitchens’ answer is no, and he gives examples from experiences he has had in Belfast, Beirut, Bombay, Belgrade, Bethlehem, and Baghdad. Prager asked Hitchens if he would feel safe or unsafe if a group of men approached him having just come from a prayer meeting. Throughout the chapter Hitchens’ thoroughly explains his answer to a question asked to him by Dennis Prager. And it does not have the confidence in its own various preachings even to allow coexistence between different faiths” (Hitchens 19). It may speak about the bliss of the next world, but it wants power in this one. It must seek to interfere with the lives of nonbelievers, or heretics, or adherents of other faiths. “…it can be stated as a truth that religion does not, and in the long run cannot, be content with its own marvelous claims and sublime assurances. A quote that solidifies his view is as follows: He believes that if there is a deity involved then violence will ensue. Hitchens’ discusses religion as a guaranteed violent system, no matter the sect. “ Religion poisons everything.” This is Christopher Hitchens’ mantra in this chapter.
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