Christopher Hitchens mounts a caustic tryptich at Slate to coincide with the “We'd be better off without religion” debate held in London this week. Careful to distinguish himself from the likes of Dawkins and Dennett he crafts a potent thesis for secularism. “Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, open mindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake.” The Times
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