Yes, I meant "pugilists" when I said it. Glenn Reynolds caught Christopher Hitchens' latest badge of anger. If God has a blasphemy seismograph up above, it just scribbled a "big one."
Hitchens' attack on the Commandments is probably one of the least-informed screeds from an otherwise professional journalist most people will ever read in a lifetime. Paragraph ten, for instance - uh, Temptation in the Garden, Christopher? Even if someone disbelieves in the veracity of the Bible, the least they could do is crack one and figure out what the book actually says. After that, a single one-hour Bible study at a local church could sort out most of the symbolism on which to debate. A layman could tear this column to shreds line by line (if they wanted to join in earnest these silly games cynics like to play).
As it is, Hitchens has essentially basted himself for the theologians' grill. I'd expect a response or two from the Weekly Standard and National Review. One might as well fly in Stephen Hawking's face and taunt him with "Is it mind over matter or matter over mind?" (which has been done before, and you'll never, ever, ever figure out by whom - no hints, OX!)