Why I Wanted There to be No God as a Young Revolutionary: Peter Hitchens

Socrates in the City

Peter Hitchens — brother of the late Christopher Hitchens, staunch atheist and bestselling author of God Is Not Great — talks about his transition from Trotskyist to Believer, drawing from his book The Rage Against God. In this segment, clipped from an older SITC conversation, Hitchens says, 'people are terrified of changing their minds. Changing your mind is a door you don't want to open because you're afraid of what's behind it. Changing your mind means losing all your friends. Changing your …