Atheist Christopher Hitchens: An Analysis

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The atheist Christopher Hitchens in his book, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything throws down the gauntlet, defaming the moralist worldview as, “The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species.” Contrasting, Francis Beckwith’s observation in his work, Politics for Christians: Statecraft as Soulcraft that scientism’s post modernism worldview demands a counterbalance of religious moralism in public policy. In 2017, the cognitive war for the soul of America demands an answer. This paper will address the role of religion, morality and worldview on the creation of public policy.
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