Most of us would think those that Hitch cites were/are nuts anyway. Hitch seems to go out of his way to link religion with every deranged act. Evil people will use the most expedient excuse for their actions. If not religion then it would be something else. If my recollection is correct, Son of Sam said a dog told him to do his sick deeds. So, is this then canine dogma?

But the illogic of religion give ordinary people a rationality for evil things. When you don't need your beliefs backed up with reason, then you ca believe anything, and convince yourself your doing "god's work".

Sure, good people do good things and evil people do evil things, and the evil people will often use religion to justify it. (Patriotism, too, I would note.) But as somebody else once pointed out, for good people to do really evil things, for THAT you need religion.

Hitchens' fatuous preoccupation with the pointless religion debate is a sign (one of many) that he has lost all credibility on the most important subject - the disaster in Iraq (that he encouraged with the relish of a cheerleading slut, whore-ishly fawning over his new neocon idols).

His preoccupation with the insignificant Galloway is another sign that he no longer has any credibility on the substantive issue - What should now be done in Iraq? (he merely clings to his tired line that we musn't succumb to the 'evil' enemies)