The YouTube Rap Debate on ...

...whether religion poisons everything.

The late Christopher Hitchens' poorly written rant "God is not Great: How religion poisons everything" found fertile ground. There is something in the post-modern world that rejects all kinds of authority, except that of the government. Even post-modern, post-evangelical Christians seem to accept Hitchens' premise that "religion poisons everything." Here is a "spoken word" YouTube video that has nearly 10 million views on that subject:



This tendentious, post-modern, knee-jerk video has spun off some terrific responses.



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Update - apparently the original poet, Jeff Bethke, regrets his more "over the top' rhymes.