Chris Hedges is not only my hero for rightly stating that the Christian Right has no religious legitimacy, but he starts out by using the same St. Augustine quote that I used in our About section. For additional rationality from the lips of a person of faith (something which has been seriously lacking in the public arena for the past decade), check out “I Don’t Believe in Atheists“.

On Tuesday night, Chris Hedges and Sam Harris debated “Religion, Politics and the End of the World.” The following is Hedges’ opening statement, in which he argues that Harris and other critics of faith have mistakenly blamed religion for the ills of the world, when the true danger lies in the human heart and its capacity for evil…

Read the transcript of the debate…