Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Indeed . @ciaran46045415 , I have crossed it by train on my way form Copenhagen to Stockholm. But I believe there are border controls. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

By whom would you be blocked , .@paulmaccio? I spend much of my time on Twitter responding to people who disagree with me, and even to people who are pointlessly rude to me, One thing of which I cannot justly be accused is closing my ears and eyes to contrary views. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Indeed so .@notwebct. So much of our language , so many of our commnest expressions, come from scripture which millions no longer know. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

It is a quotation, .@jehammertime — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 @margaret23456 I'm not sure that your contention that 'pain and suffering are universally considered to be bad' is borne out in reality.The thing about relative commandments from vague authorities is that we can usually find ways round them. Hence the need for absolutes. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 @margaret23456 . And yet the (explicitly secular) US government officially (see confirmation of Gina Haspel) supports the use of torture. And the laws of most western countries now endorse the killing of unborn children, which is the deliberate infliction of pain. . — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@paulmccio. Have you become one of my stalkers? I note you have begun to disagree with *every* opinion I express on Twitter, the first sign of this , er, disorder. . I look forward to you meeting the other obsessives. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Because , @geoff19542 Christianity is the religion by whose laws we have lived at least since the time of Alfred the Great. It is the foundation of our civilisation, our culture, our music, our architecture, our laws, our literature and even our diet. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@SensibleYorks Trident shouldn't be renewed because it is a cold war superpower weapon.The cold war's over and we're not a superpower. I'm pretty sure the USA could neutralise our Trident system if it came to it.A modest nuclear arsenal,similar to Israel's would do us just fine. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

I would not go quite that far @CharlotteTempl . I have observed Justin Welby doing some good things which must have cost him quite dearly. There is hope in surprising places. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Telescope. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@margaret23456 Many pagan gods, most notably Moloch, favoured cruelty and required it of their devotees. The moral opinions you hold, even if you are unaware of it or made uncomfortable by it, originate in 2000 years of Christianity,an era now ending. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

1/2 Of course religion is man-made @margaret23456 . All human opinions and actions are, most especially atheism. So is the Hubble Terkescope. So are hospitals, and ambulances and acts of kindness (and their opposites). How, without God, do you decide what is good? . — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Playerinthgame Didn't you mean to say 'in your humble opinion'? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'And all this happens under a government which refers to itself as “Conservative.” Expect no action from them. If you are surprised, in such a country, that a “Conservative” government is no such thing, then you have much to learn about modern England.' https://t.co/jA0ybn6BEs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'This new regime, the very reign of reason, couldn’t care less about the Resurrection, and doesn’t believe in it. Yet it thinks the law should take the side of a six-foot bearded man who wants to be called “Madam” against someone who thinks this is silly.' https://t.co/jA0ybn6BEs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'Equality and diversity, official aims of the British state, have relegated Christianity to being one of many religions, no more and no less to be respected than any other, and maybe weaker than some—because who is afraid of the Archbishop of Canterbury?' https://t.co/jA0ybn6BEs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'The quarter chimes of Big Ben are based upon Handel's aria (a quotation from the Book of Job) “I know that My Redeemer Liveth.” And the monarchy itself is legally based upon a wholly Christian coronation service.' https://t.co/jA0ybn6BEs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'The Old Bailey has above its main portal the words “Defend the Children of the poor, and punish the wrong-doer.” This is from Psalm 72 (verse 4) Its dignified Great Hall is adorned with the words “Moses gave unto the people the laws of God.” https://t.co/jA0ybn6BEs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'In modern Britain, officially a Christian kingdom whose symbol of authority is the Crown of St. Edward surmounted by a cross, Christian law and morals have been ruthlessly dethroned. But those who did it did it with a kiss rather than with a sword.' https://t.co/jA0ybn63OU — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'Our law has Christian, Biblical origins: The Royal Courts of Justice resemble a medieval monastery. A stone figure of Christ stands above its highest arch. Lower down are sculptures of Solomon and the early Christian king and lawgiver Alfred the Great.' https://t.co/jA0ybn63OU — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

'Human rights create a judgeocracy in which individual judges, most of them left-wing liberals, decide how the country is run' . — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @TalkTV: Peter Hitchens has claimed "New Labour’s Left-wing Supreme Court" weakened police powers to deal with Just Stop Oil activists.… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@margaret23456 The main thing is to stop being surprised. You are only surprised because atheism is assumed to be right and cool in your milieu. Start from first principles. Einstein, though not religious, wasn't an atheist either - see https://t.co/XbQF3HuxNZ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

RT @ClarkeMicah: @Richard_Weiss62 No, I don't. Thomas Huxley, Darwin's chief apostle, did not regard his ally's theory as decisive on the… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@Richard_Weiss62 No, I don't. Thomas Huxley, Darwin's chief apostle, did not regard his ally's theory as decisive on the God/Nogod matter, and famously invented the term 'agnostic' to describe his own undecided position. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@NapalmGodTony is another who has not grasped that, in unknowable matters, people choose to heed the evidence that suits them, and ignore the evidence that doesn't. The existence of Father Christmas would explain nothing which is not already explained, so why bother? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@circenm1. Perhaps so. But in general these 'evidences' would not make any impact upon them if they did not desire to be influenced by them. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Richard_Weiss62 Quite so, but I openly aver that my religious beliefs are driven by desire, so I cannot here be accused of hiding my motives from myself. If we know that we do this, then we can catch ourselves doing it. Atheists generally prefer to pretend. Easy to see why. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@suastusa It would indeed be circular logic, if I said that. But I do not. I say that it is because I desire (and therefore accept for myself) divine justice that I believe in God. Belief is not a claim of knowledge, rather the reverse. Simple, really. — PolitiTweet.org