[Vision2020] Doug Wilson's debate

[Sunil Ramalingam]

As far as 'Left-Right' stereotypes go, these two provide an interesting study.  Hitchens was a hard-core supporter of the Iraq War, while Wilson opposed it.

Sunil

> From: philosopher.joe at gmail.com
> To: godshatter at yahoo.com
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:33:30 -0700
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Doug Wilson's debate
> 
> Unfortunately the book is released by Cannon Press, which is located  
> in Moscow. I think this was a huge mistake. Look, if I were to own a  
> press, how many books would I have? A lot more than I have now!
> 
> IMO Hitchins is as far to the left as Wilson is to the right; I have  
> no use for either view. It would be a shame if we came away from their  
> debate with the view that these were our only options.
> 
> The myth is that the left is swayed by radicals like Hitchins but the  
> reality is the right is swayed by radicals like Wilson.
> 
> Joe Campbell
> 
> On Apr 29, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>  
> wrote:
> 
> > This link was posted in a forum I frequent which discusses religion.
> > Nobody there, to my knowledge, is local here except for me.  Doug  
> > was in
> > a debate with (among others) Christopher Hitchins.
> >
> > http://www.rfmedia.org/RF_audio_video/Other_clips/CT-Expo-Panel/
> >
> > I didn't realize Doug co-authored a book with him ("Is Christianity  
> > Good
> > for the World?").  Congratulations to Doug.  I don't agree with much  
> > of
> > what he said, but kudos for being invited and for doing well (I  
> > thought)
> > in the debate.
> >
> > Paul
> >
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