“Why do you hate me?”

“I don’t.”

“Then why are you treating all religious people as if they were imbeciles, dumb, misogynistic – even the women – and psychopaths?”

“Because I try to be kind.”

I wish that Hitchens was still alive. Above exchange never happened – but if it did, it could have been him. So why do I play to the stereotype of the dumb, dogmatic and egocentric believer? Because it is much simpler to explain things when using high contrast. I’m fully aware of the more subtle issues involved in religion, belief, morals, and spirituality. But they are nothing more than embellishments for what is essentially a crude, ugly and primal issue.

There is no need to discuss the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin when we know that there are no angels. We do not need to discuss the problems incurred by various shades of grey when we know that they are all created from black.

I discuss black.