Matt Friedeman, InTheFight.com

Christopher Hitchens, one of the foremost proponents of atheism, was recently interviewed by Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell. In other words, an atheist being interviewed by a Christian in name only. During the course of the interview Hitchens repeatedly puts the smackdown on Sewell's claim that she is a Christian.

The audio of the whole interview along with a partial transcript can be found here.

Some of the nuggets from the interview. Hitchens actually knows what defines a Christian. Unfortunately Sewell has no idea.

The religion you cite in your book is generally the fundamentalist faith of various kinds. I’m a liberal Christian, and I don’t take the stories from the scripture literally. I don’t believe in the doctrine of atonement (that Jesus died for our sins, for example). Do you make and distinction between fundamentalist faith and liberal religion?

I would say that if you don’t believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and Messiah, and that he rose again from the dead and by his sacrifice our sins are forgiven, you’re really not in any meaningful sense a Christian....

I agree with almost everything that you say. But I still consider myself a Christian and a person of faith.

Do you mind if I ask you a question? Faith in what? Faith in the resurrection?