I also do like his voice, it filled out a bit as he got older and I find it to be particularly emotive. His drumming skills are pretty good too.

Thanks very much that was very helpful. I must get round to reading Hitchens as I do enjoy the erudite and (perhaps ironically) dogmatic opinions he airs when I’ve seen him on television.

Right I’m off to give you guys a 1 star review on itunes.

Thank you for your kind comments.

There are two philosophies of God – deism and theism. Deism postulates a God who created the Universe, but does not speculate on the nature of this God. It also does not consider this God to be particularly involved in human affairs. Most of the founding fathers of America (like Benjamin Franklin) were Deists.

Theism, on the other hand, is where one claims not only that God remains actively involved in human activities, but that one understands his intent (via the bible and so forth).

To paraphrase Christopher Hitchens, it is one thing to believe that an intelligent being of some sort created the cosmos. It is another to claim that you know that He cares about whom you sleep with.

Finally, nihilism is a philosophy which suggests that nothing has objective value or importance, and hence nothing “really” matters.

So antitheistic deism is a deism that specifically and explicilty repudiates the “busybody God” aspects of theism, to a nihilistic end.

I hope this helps.