Here\u2019s an example from Bo Sanders<\/a>:<\/p>\n\u201cHitchens helped me by rabidly critiquing that false god of Empire and cutting open the giant bloated carcass of Christendom with razor-sharp clarity.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HT The Lead While there have unsurprisingly been arrogant, misguided and unhelpful comments from Christians, there have also been some particularly appreciative ones. Here\u2019s an example from Bo Sanders: \u201cHitchens helped me by rabidly critiquing that false god of Empire and cutting open the giant bloated carcass of Christendom with razor-sharp clarity.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[870,871,1848,1862,1991,3329,4666,5677,8286],"class_list":["post-5105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atheism-religion","tag-atheism-religion","tag-atheist","tag-christians","tag-christopher-hitchens","tag-coffee","tag-faith","tag-hitch","tag-jesus","tag-obituaries"],"yoast_head":"\n
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