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*"Another familiar mistake by the Ditchkins of this world" <ref>April 8, 2008: "Faith and Reason"</ref>
*"Another familiar mistake by the Ditchkins of this world" <ref>April 8, 2008: "Faith and Reason"</ref>
*"[[Moral relativism]] is an attempt to defuse conflict among other things. And so among other things, I think is, [[multiculturalism]]. Multiculturalism is extraordinarily coy of calling other people's beliefs errant nonsense, or unmitigated garbage. There are huge amounts of garbage around the place that we need to name for what it is. One of the most admirable aspects of [[Christopher Hitchens|Chris Hitchens]]'s ''God is Not Great''—a superbly stylish and well-argued book—is that Hitchens believes religion is disgusting and has absolutely no qualms about saying so. I mean he may be right or wrong about that, but he's properly unafraid to announce it and to take the consequences of it, including getting snagged off by me, his old comrade. [*Eagleton smiles*]" <ref>April 10, 2008: "Culture and Barbarism" video, timestamp range 29 minutes 45 seconds to 30 minutes 49 seconds. [http://www.yale.edu/terrylecture/eagleton.html "Faith and Fundamentalism: Is Belief in Richard Dawkins Necessary for Salvation?" April 1, 3, 8, 10, 2008] </ref>
*"[[Moral relativism]] is an attempt to defuse conflict among other things. And so among other things, I think is, [[multiculturalism]]. Multiculturalism is extraordinarily coy of calling other people's beliefs errant nonsense, or unmitigated garbage. There are huge amounts of garbage around the place that we need to name for what it is. One of the most admirable aspects of [[Christopher Hitchens|Chris Hitchens]]'s ''God is Not Great''—a superbly stylish and well-argued book—is that Hitchens believes religion is disgusting and has absolutely no qualms about saying so. I mean he may be right or wrong about that, but he's properly unafraid to announce it and to take the consequences of it, including getting snagged off by me, his old comrade. [*Eagleton smiles*]" <ref>April 10, 2008: "Culture and Barbarism" video, timestamp range 29 minutes 45 seconds to 30 minutes 49 seconds. [http://www.yale.edu/terrylecture/eagleton.html "Faith and Fundamentalism: Is Belief in Richard Dawkins Necessary for Salvation?" April 1, 3, 8, 10, 2008]</ref>
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