Share & Save
Meaning
The quote criticizes using fear in religion and treating women as lesser than men. It asks whether those beliefs and practices actually help society. The implied answer is no.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Hitchens vs Blair (2011)
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
The phrase appears in the book "Hitchens vs Blair (2011)" by Christopher Hitchens (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Christopher Hitchens
British and American author and journalist
Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British and American author and journalist. He was a public intellectual of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, known for his work as a columnist and speaker, and for his role among the so-called “Four Horsemen” of New Atheism. He became widely noticed for sharp, argumentative writing and for the principle often linked to him that claims without evidence need not be accepted. That idea, sometimes called Hitchens’s razor, is cited in philosophy and law, and it reflects the evidential style associated with his work.
More from Christopher Hitchens (397 quotes) →Keep reading Christopher Hitchens
- “My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a ne…”Christopher Hitchens
- “Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.”Christopher Hitchens
- “This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII. At a point in the…”Christopher Hitchens
- “I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.”Christopher Hitchens
Feminism: more sayings
- “It's a shame for a woman's history to be all about men-first boys, then other boys, then men, men, men. It re…”Elizabeth Kostova
- “I stand in my own power now, the questions of permission that I used to choke on for my every meal now dead i…”Beth Morey
- “My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.”Ruth Bader Ginsburg
More Religion quotes
- “The key to the Almighty's favor is to hold on with firm belief that the promises of God's Word are true.”Garth Coonce
- “You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.”Eckhart Tolle
- “I tell you as well as myself: what we see with our own eyes is nothing other than a cloud concealing what we…”Kahlil Gibran
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Christopher Hitchens
God Is Not Great
2007
Thomas Jefferson
2005
Is Christianity good for the world?
2008
The Missionary Position
1995
Thomas Paine's Rights of man
2006