Comments on: Sex and the British Empire http://www.sandeepweb.com/2008/01/22/sex-and-the-british-empire/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:04:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ashish http://www.sandeepweb.com/2008/01/22/sex-and-the-british-empire/#comment-220521 Ashish Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:34:25 +0000 http://www.sandeepweb.com/2008/01/22/sex-and-the-british-empire/#comment-220521 I too used to like Hitchens. He is good in certain areas. But he takes that as a license to talk about everything else too, without doing any research into things. Lately it seems he came across this website showing how there were 15 saviours throughout history before Jesus that were born of a virgin, had 3 wise men come to them, were crucified etc. And the authors had included Krishna as one of these 15 saviours. So Hitchens says, "I do not believe in Jesus just as I do not believe that Krishna or any of the other saviours were born of virgins." Krishna was the 8th child of his mother. Just because lots of saviours had motifs in their lives based on popular myths does not mean Krishna was one of them. Hitchens should think twice before talking about Hindus if he wants this Hindu as a fan. If he does not believe in any religion, fine. But get your facts, or myths, whatever he calls them--straight. I too used to like Hitchens. He is good in certain areas. But he takes that as a license to talk about everything else too, without doing any research into things. Lately it seems he came across this website showing how there were 15 saviours throughout history before Jesus that were born of a virgin, had 3 wise men come to them, were crucified etc. And the authors had included Krishna as one of these 15 saviours. So Hitchens says, “I do not believe in Jesus just as I do not believe that Krishna or any of the other saviours were born of virgins.”

Krishna was the 8th child of his mother. Just because lots of saviours had motifs in their lives based on popular myths does not mean Krishna was one of them. Hitchens should think twice before talking about Hindus if he wants this Hindu as a fan. If he does not believe in any religion, fine. But get your facts, or myths, whatever he calls them–straight.

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