Posted: Dec 12, 2010 10:49 am
“The cure for poverty has a name, in fact. It's called the empowerment of women... Try it in Bangladesh and Bolivia, it works all the time. Name me one religion that stands for that, or ever has.”
Hitchens has used this before in debates, he elaborates a bit on it, but I don't get why (besides time constraints) he doesn't go to town on it — going in-depth on “Women's Rights in Religion”, religion by religion. For example: you'll never see a female Pope (a Popette?) Also countless examples to choose from for Islam. And even in Buddhism: http://i.imgur.com/XrwBe.jpg
Somebody please write a book on women's rights and religion.