believer claims know, God exists, detailed wishes merely knowable know — Christopher Hitchens, Christianity Good World?

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the believer claims to know, not just that God exists, but that his most detailed wishes are not merely knowable but actually known. Since religion drew its first breath when the species lived in utter ignorance and considerable fear, I hope I may be forgiven for declining to believe that another human being can tell me what to do, in the most intimate details of my life and mind, and to further dictate these terms as if acting as proxy for a supernatural entity.

Christopher Hitchens, Is Christianity Good for the World?

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