props where props are due

i recently read christopher hitchens's god is not great: how religion poisons everything. in an eloquent and, more importantly, well-researched manner, he writes what tumbled madly through my head as a kid as my parents fruitlessly tried to raise me catholic. man, they could have spent their energy on something infinitely more productive.. hitchens's writings come with my highest recommendation. for you bible thumpers out there, it is merely a different perspective. for heathens like me, it scratched me right where i itched. i'll even go way out on a limb and say he's a better writer than i am. what i wrote in my last post was made better because of having read his book.