Hitchens and Warren
It's hard to believe that Christopher Hitchens really has any particular objection to Rick Warren giving an invocation for the Obama Inauguration, rather than a general objection to the whole idea of an invocation. He attacks Warren as a bigot who thinks Jews and Mormons won't be saved and who looks forward to the apocalypse. But are not his attacks on Warren true of anyone who is a sincere Christian? Obviously Hitchens doesn't believe in any religion and would prefer not to have any religious invocation at all. Most Christians believe that you have to accept Jesus Christ as your savior in order to be saved. Are you really a bigot if you think Jews will not be saved unless they accept Christ? It is likely that these beliefs are completely unfounded but I don't know that I would call them bigoted. Every religion has some condition for eternal salvation. Would Hitchens prefer a hypocrite who is doesn't say anything offensive? At least Warren is sincere in his faith, even if neither Hitchens nor I share it. And he offers a nice target for Hitchen's anti-religious attacks.
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