Slaughter

I really don’t want to contribute to the hyperbole that this debate has already created but I can safely say that this is the finest one hour of debate, one-sided as it is, I’ve seen in a very long time. Two amazingly articulate intellectuals take on Catholicism and religious hypocrisy. To be fair, I do wish that the two proponents of the Catholic church would have been a little more, I don’t know, Christlike instead of pretending that (institutional) child abuse and homophobia are urban myths.

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Stephen Fry makes an especially brilliant case against the so called ‘force for good’. Nod along or throw stuff at your computer but this is what good television is all about.

Go watch. Now.

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4 Comments to Slaughter

kalafudra
November 11, 2009

I just got around to watching this – it really is an awesome hour of debate (and the poll at the end – perfect).

prestidigitator
November 11, 2009

Indeed. Isn't it amazing how rational Hitchens and Fry come across as?

Sooraj
November 11, 2009

you were right, its one sided but nonetheless a good watch. I did expect the polls to change for the catholics but honestly not that much.

The Mute Oracle
November 13, 2009

I loved how Fry compared the Church's obsession with sex. I thought it was a brilliant point that is not brought up in debates often enough (this is the first time I've heard it said so articulately).

Took me a while to get around to watching it. Thanks for the link. Loved it.

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