“Is there anything that is forbidden to anybody who says they have God on their side?”

— Christopher Hitchens

"Is Christianity the Problem?", debate with Dinesh D'Souza, 22/10/2007.
2000s, 2007
Context: Is there anything that is forbidden to anybody who says they have God on their side? Who says they have God with them? Is there any evil that they forbid themselves to do? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSeHsCPayXM?t=37m36s

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