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Oct 2019
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Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God and...

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Eric Metaxas interviews the perspicacious Peter Hitchens, brother of the late Christopher Hitchens, about his book THE RAGE AGAINST GOD.

The post Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God and How Atheism Led Me to Faith first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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