Moishe3rd
Yehudi
I wasn't criticizing. I agree with your point of view.No, the purpose of the debate was "is islam a religion of peace"
Since you spoke for Hitchens, I will speak for the other guy
Since he knew it was impossible to call islam a peaceful religion, he said it was both a religion of peace and war.
And constantly played the goal posting game and more or less, on the peace thing, he basically said "takes time just wait"
I also agree with both speaker's points of view wherein they said that discussing whether or not Islam is a religion of Peace is moot at best and inapplicable at worst.
Both claimed it was not a valid point upon which to frame a debate on Islam.