Contrary to perception and to the opinions of many of his fellow atheists, the late writer perceived aspects of religion to be positive and did not want it to be eradicated – just sidelined

The late Anglo-American journalist, Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) referred to himself as a contrarian. By this he meant that he did not fear adopting opinions that were contrary to orthodoxy if he believed that the evidence warranted it. Within a religious context, he might have earned the name heretic. As a Marxist, he rejected Stalinism because of its totalitarianism and adopted Trotskyism. Once established on the American Left after having immigrated to the US in 1981, Hitchens surprised his left-wing allies by supporting George Bush Jr’s war on terrorism and… (Register to read the rest of the article)