The Discussion

A good friend of mine is a theologian. He's smart. Sharp as a razor, and very evangelical.
Recently I posted a comment about my heroes and I included Christopher Hitchens. Hitch remains one of the few voices of reason from the atheist side of the chamber. For me, it was one of many acquired tastes to get to know Hitch. I disagreed with literally everything he said.
He was offensive, boorish and English.
Not that there's anything wrong with being English, but there is an ingrown sense of fear of their use of the language.
I included on the list, Orwell, Hitch, Jesus.
My friend commented and said he did not think Hitch should be on the list.
My friend is too smart not to observe that I have deconverted. But it provided an opportunity to show the place of Judas in the Passion.
We are taught that he was bad. The worst. Yet, even with that, had not Judas sold Jesus to the Sanhedrin, would we have had a Passion?
I agree with nearly everything Hitch says, now. He's gone, but not forgotten.
Wherever he's gone, if anywhere, he helped one person divest all the bad philosophy and contradiction and hypocrisy in Christianity. Things I've found I cannot tolerate any longer.
If that means I'm a sinner, so be it. But if that means I am now free to move ahead in my search for Truth, well, Amen.
Here's to Hitch, to those who challenge the Establishment and to those who are learning to fear no longer.