We'd be better off without religion: Christopher Hitchens
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In this speech from our 2007 debate, 'We'd be better off without religion', the late Christopher Hitchens argues that religion has been at the root of many of the conflicts that have shaped the 20th-21st century world.
He cites the current situations in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Northern Ireland as examples, noting that in these places, it has been intra-faith disputes that have caused or aggravated the conflicts and slowed political and social progress.
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Astronomer Carl Sagan: We'd be much better off with questions we can't answer, than answers we can't question.
that was Feynman i believe
“And since god never actually shows up to talk to us...it is left to human representatives to speak FOR HIM. What could possibly go wrong?”
Faith and belief aways comes up...Sorry..for me to have some semblance of " faith " I first need at least a modicum of irrefutable personal evidence..
He talks through your heart, if you only would listen.
@@niteriderband4713 *Sapient Wisdom* If you take it that the poet has words, the novelist a story, the painter his paints, then a believer’s material is emotions. Emotions are the mortar they construct with.
Everything
@@niteriderband4713 Why does God say contradictory things to different people? All those different sects of Christianity are convinced God spoke to them telling them their particular brand of Christianity is the right one -- yet obviously these sects differ significantly, sometimes in outright contradictory ways. Do you simply ignore this problem and pretend like all those other sects are faking it while yours is the true religion? (Wouldn't that seem awfully convenient?)
He was a gifted orator and a masterful ambassador for reason. Simply put, an intellectual giant who could expound his thoughts to a level where we all could feast on the riches of it. Much missed.
He was a gifted orator and right about some things but wrong about a great many things as well. I'm not sure I would agree with the ambasador of reason part, his language is as religious as anyone and his followers worship him as such. You only need to read the comments to see this. The truth of the matter is to be human is to be religious. It doesn't matter if your athesist or not. Athesism isn't a non-belief, atheists believe a great many thing and behave as religious as any.
@@lukeb8045 “To be human is to be religious”. On what basis do you make that claim? Are you saying that the default setting of humans is to have a belief in the irrational & illogical, and that anything else is to be a deviation of that condition? As for atheists believing a great many things; what's your point? Are you saying that, without religious faith, a person cannot believe anything? Do I really need to explain what's wrong with that statement, or why it is bigoted and ignorant? Probably not, but I will. I am an atheist (which, by the way, is the default setting of ANY human baby born, irrespective of race, culture or nationality...but that is an argument in itself). But I “believe” in a great many things. I won't list them, as they are too numerous. However, suffice it to say, the things that I believe in are those for which there exists empirical evidence to support their validity. In other words, if something makes sense to me, in terms of logical plausibility and probability, I will believe it. By definition, of course I will. Only an imbecile would not. And, as for you saying that “atheism isn't a non-belief”; well, how ELSE would you describe it? That statement alone really does highlight your complete and utter misunderstanding of the term “atheism”, and serves to expose your stupidity, ignorance and woeful lack of logical capacity!
@@lukeb8045 Luke B Not much of what you have said makes sense. 1) Many humans don't have religion. Some countries are almost devoid of it. 2) I know of no worshipers of Mr Higgins unless you are just choosing the word as a synonym for "respect", or "admire". 3) Atheism by definition means "without theism". 4) I looked up the word "religion" this is the definition "
@@lukeb8045 let me guess... your a religious most likely Christian hence assuming everyone is like you unable to accept people can live without all you know.
I'm atheist and have no religious feelings at all and no beliefs.
You shouldn't judge people by your own standards.
@@Jer0867 Well aren't you the superior thinker? I think it is illogical to possess an ego stronger than your accomplishments.
It is hard to believe Hitchens has been gone for 10 years. His brilliance is sadly missed
He’s in heaven now. No need to be sad
@jeff
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Heaven doesn't exist
@@grateful3300 thatd be hell for hitchens XD
@@ChillAssTurtle lol. True
@@grateful3300 imagine having to live forever on your knees singing to a guy thats just spamming childhood bone cancer spells on our friends and families below XD i'd just keep tryna shank that sicko
Mark Twain summed it up best, '' Religion was created when the first con man met the first fool"
@@HarouneOff when you don't understand what atheists believe but your indoctrination gave you the confidence to argue with people about religion
Twain is guilty of plagiarism, God said it Best: Psalm 13 (14) Verse 1 The fool says in his heart, There is no God. Such are corrupt; they do abominable deeds; there is not one who does good. Here the Godless live in the greatest dissolution calling down vengeance, both understanding and the will we’re gone astray. Repent.
@@bluesapphire3737 I understand that your beliefs mean a lot to you and you've probably found a lot of peace in them, but the rest of us have heard what you have to say a million times before. We don't want your god.
@@elijahdick9568 that's up to you it's your choice. Elijah Elijah sitting by the brook look up Elijah look look look See the Ravens as they fly bring you bread through the sky. 🦋✌️❤️
Best way to describe it....It's all about control of the gullible to benefit the ones who can continue making them feel guilty. My best way to prove this is evangelists like Joel Osteen who preach to live a modest life of devotion in poverty and righteousness while he lives in a lavish mansion with his 'partner' paid for by the donations of his followers so big he needs a golf cart to go from his kitchen to one of his 14 bathrooms....But keep donating because 'God loves a cheerful giver'....
During my University years, studying Geoscience, I realized that I couldn't rationalize the incongruency of what I was learning with what I had been taught in Sunday School and Church as a child and adolescent. Mr. Hitchens book, "God Is Not Great" reinforced my feelings that religion is one of the worst things mankind has ever conceived.
Because you dont know how to combine and are merely using your fixed perspective to view the stories of old.
All stories have it essence, if you know what it is then everything will relate even if they are different in perspective.
@@thedarkdivinity7525 that's exactly right
@Angelwing Nipple And for someone who is taking biology class out of interest she have never looked at a human's body before? And she is in college you say? Are you lying your ass off, or did you went to community college for people who cant afford actual score? Because that would explain how dum% she is, and why your story would be believable.
@Allison Bauch ik ik you're right to some extent but this is not rationality because if it is then where are the numbers? I advice to watch lesley hazleton on youtube or read her books. Religion these days is just seen as oppression while I'm not proclaiming that every religious person is arrogant misleading and fake but i do wanna say that a religion as big as including millions and billions of followers has mixed people in it , some who recognize the truth and humble themselves in front of others and some who believe in conviction rather than faith and eventually lead to their own boastful downfall.
@Allison Bauch Wait a mins, are you that shallow to think that human with ambition and greed wont kill each other for power if religion didn't exist? Are you blind to what happened in communist Russia and china? Do you even read history? You sound like someone who has no experience with human history, only cherry picking and omitted details.
This man was colossal, and remains so in his works and in the minds of people who were inspired by him and by those who newly discover him still. What an intellectual pathfinder we lost way before his time.
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@@frankytrevor7 Yeah, I'll second that. I don't have a religious cell in my body, but the Hitchens/Dawkins variety of intellectualism is WAY overblown
@Generic NameLet me suggest something. Read a book entitled 'The 12th Planet.' Almost everything you see about it on the internet is either ignorance or disinformation. But by familiarizing yourself w/the AAE, the Ancient Astronaut Evidence, you'll understand the origin of that "archaic book." It's well worth understanding, because we thereby see the truth of human origins, which decades ago should've replaced the nonsense on the subject still being taught in school, as well as the literal interpretation of the Old Testament.
There's a lot more I could tell you, but I'll stop there. Should you take my suggestion & read that book w/an open mind, you'll soon realize why I emphasize it.
Just adding one thought here. Dr Arthur C Clarke's most famous quote was, "Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Getting one's mind fully around that, & keeping it in mind, is indispensable to grasping the big picture.
@Generic Name No lesson there folks, just a typical display of ignorance, dime a dozen variety.
There's no connection between the AAE & 'ufology.' The Coast to Coast show has largely been a disinformational vehicle for some time now. My suggestion (probably wasted here) would be to relax that death grip on the irrational belief in non-belief, & take a shot at actually learning something. Who knows, you might like it.
A Godless country is what America is now. Trans people grooming kids, mass school shootings, drag queen story hours.😂 degenerates
Not only was his eloquence incredible, but his knowledge of the politics and religions was absolutely unrivalled. I’ve not known anyone since who could match the Hitch. RIP, sir.
Try Steven Frye...he is a friend of Christopher and just as worldly and highly educated.
There's also Richard Dawkins...
True, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Fry are both intellectuals and eloquent with it. But the Christopher had that wit and confrontational style that was capable of ‘the HitchSlap’ that made his opponents cower and hide. That’s what I think is missing today.
@@acxezknightnite1377 they're all losers and you losers admire them.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
God is the reason for us and all we have.
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Nonsense, Hitch was a giant, and I'm definitely better off without religion. Wake up!
Still recovering Catholic. I know my children have a better life without experienced the cloud of browbeating and taught self-hatred along with sexual predation.
I am a Catholic what church did you go to I'm sorry that the people there were all really horrible to you and the priests raped you the church I go to everybody's pretty nice and to the best of my knowledge the priest doesn't rape anybody but he's a young man so I guess we'll see
@@patrickoneill7070 And when he does he can simply be moved to fresh pastures and all the hullabaloo can be covered up.
@@patrickoneill7070 I am an agnostic atheist but I have noticed over the last 10 years the Catholic Church has softened.....a bit. It still does not absolve them of the ridiculous things they believe, or that any religion believes for that matter. I’m glad you guys are a bit softer now but there are so many things in your book that contradict each other it invalidates the entire scripture. That’s the issue
Congrats, and thank you for not subjecting your descendants to it!
@@patrickoneill7070 Lol did they forget to teach punctuation in Sunday school? Eh, priorities I guess.
Love how Hitchens, Fry and Dawkins form the forefront of British Intellectual Atheist group with Fry being an absolute polite darling and Hitchens being ready to kill you with his sarcasm and would not even look back at your corpse.
If Hitchens doesn't have the lexicon to describe his contempt.... No one does. The man is a wordsmith and he is dearly missed.
except he was jewish so this only applies to other religions
Yes indeed. The king has no clothes.
@@wolfthequarrelsome504 And you have no sense.
@@shouygui4955 so you've not actually listened or read any of his work? He proudly belonged to no religion.
NOT!🤣🤣🤣
The main difference between Hitchens and God is that Hitchens actually existed.
Damn right he did and we’re the better for this!
@@markusbaker1161
Exactly. 👍
Because of people like Christopher and Richard Dawkins I proudly proclaim that I am a born again Atheist.
Would call myself an not dead yet atheist both guys helped me to educate me a lot
@Wildlife Warrior - Atheists don't need an imaginary being in the sky or a book(The Bible) to tell us how to love and live our lives or do good.
Just for the record born again means you have been both born physically in the normal conventional way but then you have also had a spiritual birth to be in companionship with the god atheists deny exists.a contradiction in terms
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@@jerrybrownell3633 that depends on what your definition of good is.In an atheists world I have been advised by other atheists that there is no such thing as absolute right and wrong
R.I.P.
You will be sorely missed even here, in Azerbaijan.
I recently found out my ancestors came from Azerbaijan. I look white as paper.
RIP..... Requiescat In Pace... Part of the Catholic prayer for the dead.
LMAO
@@wolfthequarrelsome504 RIP can also just be "rest in peace". It's not that complicated.
he s never been there.
@@siim605 Requiescat in Pace means rest in peace.
I played with the jigsaw of atheism for many years. Some pieces fit where they could, some pieces were left scattered and without form. Then I found Mr. Hitchens, who unselfishly handed me the box lid, with the whole picture in view.
I am now, thanks to him, a devout and unerring atheist, with all the freedom and joy that that brings.
Thank you sir.
Really? What do you think about all the things going on right now in the world?
@@born2win262 What do you think of them?
@@born2win262 When Ronald Reagan first let evangelicals into government, he sowed the seeds for the immoral world we presently have.
@@born2win262 assuming you're referencing war, famine, climate crisis etc etc...they're largely, if not entirely, man made. Where does superstition kick in on these disasters?
@@born2win262 what's the sick people money hungry for power got to do with an invisible man in the sky who allows all this ...oh but he loves us atleast Jeffery dahlmer found God and will be in heaven now ..wake up
i will have an immense respect for this man for the rest of my life
Why?
His use of the English language was a thing of beauty!
A deadly poem....
I am always in awe of his eloquence. He proves what a beautiful language we have and how we have come to cheapen it. What a huge loss Christopher is to intellectual debate regardless of which side of that debate you are on. How I would have loved to have heard his views of some of the world events that he sadly did not live long enough to see.
@Frankie Teague He knew the truth whilst living as do i
I completely agree with you I'm on the opposite side of the debate then he was but I think it's important that a person sharpen their views and challenge their mind and he did an excellent job of challenging my beliefs and even though I disagree with him there is no denying that he was a very intelligent and very articulate man and the world is a poorer place without him
eloquence is not to be equated with intelligence, Hitler, Obama etc
@@andyecheandia8375 Certainly in my humble opinion Christopher had eloquence and intelligence....buckets full of both. I think anyone who has listened to Christopher would be hard pressed to deny he was a man of intellect.
@@66Viscount To BE a man of INTELLECT, one has to have MORE than eloquence. CORRECT solutions and answers have to also be arrived at. Not enough to be just a good talker. Hitchens was wrong AT LEAST on a FUNDAME NTAL question on which all reality rests.
I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment this man was taken too early, but take solace in the fact he walked the earth late enough to have been captured digitally for us all to enjoy for years to come.
"We do believe in evidence, we do believe in skepticism, we do believe in reason. We hold our views with as much conviction and principle as any God-botherer does... and don't let anyone dare to imply there's a moral equivalence between us and the fanatics and the fools and those who think they know God's will, and can tell you what it is!"
Christians place their proof for Jesus on Flavious Vespasian Ceasar's adopted scribe Flavious Josephus. At the time the Jews burned down Rome in 66AD. Josephus was hired to spin doctor and divide the Jews with propaganda designed to keep spreading antisemetism forever. In 69AD the Romans lead by Vespasian destroyed the Jewish sacred city of Jerusalem.Then they built the Coliseum with the spoils that included their menorah. Together the new bible and the Coliseum were a perpetual machine - destroying the Christians for entertainment and spreading hate. People paid to see the slaughter. They were the perfect combo that kept working for many years to come.
The purpose of Jesus dying for all of humanity is to save us from eternity with the devil and these demons. He came to share with us that there's life after death and our choice will determine our destination whether it's heaven or hell.
Sadly that the world would rather take the chance and die believing that there's no afterlife when they know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities his eternal power, and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
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There's nothing phony about demon possession. I challenge you to research what led to the making of the following movies:
The Exorcists, Poltergeist, The Rite, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Veronica, The Haunting in Connecticut, The Amityville Horror, The Conjuring, Ouija Experiment, and Annabelle.
Hitchens has died, but his intellectual legacy lives on, and to me that is the only form of "immortality" that we can be certain of, and that is the only form of immorality that really should matter to us. Hitchens gave voice to those who of us who had no voice. His scathing critique of religion and other irrationalities gave so many of us, who were previously silent, the courage to speak up. He not only imparted great knowledge to the world, but strength to those who valued reason.
Not only the courage to speak up, but to speak up with confidence and conviction. We stopped being "good atheists" who keep our mouths shut. We have stated, emphatically, that we will shut up when theists do.
@@mongoose470 if they just die where do we keep coming from
@@rayolight9744 All your questions can be properly and honestly answered by ‘I don’t know’. But instead you have made the first fatal step down the ludicrous path of the logical fallacy of presuming that you do know, and that somehow you have been given knowledge denied those who are really interested in the correct answers. Such arrogance is entirely normal in religious people. But worse, much worse, is the fact that by answering all those questions with ‘a god did it’ the religious have stopped thinking and questioning- their curiosity about the natural world is stifled by their nonsensical reasoning.
@@rayolight9744 I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about - it’s nothing more than incomprehensible gibberish.
@@srp01983 Archeology is confirming bible characters and places
Christopher Hitchens should be remembered as the genius he was
He will be
@@QUEENOFPATTAYAThaiGirl Please shut up your stupid mouth. You are a disgrace to humankind. Hell doesn't exist by the way. It is just in your stupid and brainwashed head.
Sorry who is disgraced to human kind we see already - people that not respect other people opinions and use negative vocabulary.
@@QUEENOFPATTAYAThaiGirl man I'm calm but what the fuck is even your grammar lmfao + you came on a 8y/o hitchens video just to disagree and argue your points in the comments? lmao what even
he is
christopher hitchens is a man who speakes in such a way that it inspires me to be an atheist speaker like him...rip mr. hitchens you were an intellect mind who had some great ideas
Hitchen`s only spoke the truth , nothing more ,nothing less, that`s why religion was shaking its boots every time he corrected religious spin doctors.
Did you notice how tightly he gripped his podium, how white his knuckles became he was defending the space given him and his chance to vent against that he hated most. These are signs of people overcoming all the good in themselves.
@@edgarlawson1251
What do you mean “overcoming all the good in themselves”?
Men like this scare the crap out of governments and religious leaders the world over, long in the memory live Christopher Hitchens...
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Hitch, you would be my hero... If I had heroes. You were the Thomas Paine, the George Orwell, the embodiment of rhetoric and reason of this contemporary age. You will be remembered. There will be no life eternal for any of us, but I promise to keep your memory alive, and to expose others to your great work, and to keep fighting the good fight. That fight that you championed in your unique way, with a glass of scotch and an amazing wit. We love you Chris.
@paul mortimer Still alive and kicking. I might say now after nearly a decade, that what I appreciated about Hitch was his natural inclination to make others uncomfortable by highlighting contradictions.
I didn't agree with his views on the Iraq War, or his drift away from the Marxism of his youth, but unanimity is not required for me to enjoy his contrarianism, or his beautiful prose. You may not know this, but Hitchens was quite a fan of some of the writing in the Bible as well. He quoted Philippians 4:8 at his Father's funeral.
If you loved him you would not call him Chris he hated that apparently
@@abigailslade3824 That was nearly a decade ago, but thanks for the vital info.
I hate the dingbat liar. He was just a clown.
Your Hitch is dead then will be judged by God, shamed, then thrown into the lake of fire to be now more, just as you fools are heading.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
---"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”--- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the dumbass didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word farting to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Only fools follow Hitchens.
@@2fast2block I find it strange how all these followers of a so called peace loving God reveal in the hopeful ( in their view) eternal torture of someone who doesn’t share there beliefs and who pointed out a number of the flaws in their religion also who would want to worship a God who condemned anyone to eternal torment in a lake of fire and fry.
@metalifytheworld
Threatning me with hell, is like a hippy threatning to punch me in my aura. Also, remember, you're in the minority. The majority of the population of Earth doesn't believe what you believe. All religions can't be right, but they can all be wrong.
I'd rather live and die a as good, honest and non-superstitious man, than to pretend to believe the absurd, just to avoid some laughably stupid punishment.
Never stop questioning what you think is true.
A hippy would never threaten to punch you or anyone else in you "aura" or anywhere else. I get and agree with what you're saying, but that is a poor example.
paul mortimer did you even read what you said
paul mortimer thats great and all but religion as a whole has been the reason for so many deaths of innocent people in so many areas so many continents in so many countries and has represented itself as nothing more than a power house that can do whatever it wants. Everything about religion is corrupt and sheep like you just prove Hitchens case
paul mortimer you’ve surrendered to a dictator who you’ll live your life in fear of
paul mortimer you know for a fact? really? through science and reason? what science and what reason? what facts? your thinking is irrational and will never be backed up by factual evidence
I feel very sorry for religious people.
This is just an incredibly display of word craft. What an orator. He manages to not only debate the topic well, but speak with such eloquence and sophistication. And he does it without saying “uh” and “um.” Just wow.
This is the way it is. I do not expect any of you to agree but I hope that maybe these words will get you off of that evil path that you are on. We fell here from heaven to redeem ourselves and to return to heaven. Not to get rich and fat, then get diseased and die. Both Buddha and Christ came here to point that out and if we do not at least try to redeem ourselves we will end up in Hell. That's all folks, good luck.
I always tell young people to learn language skills the best they can, since it is the first evidence people have sizing you up, intellectually. In the professional world in which I toiled for 30 years, one's verbal communication skills were always more important than writing skills. Being able to think on one's feet along with the 'gift of gab' is always an advantage.
@@dhutch71 Yes and know.
You people are all deaf or just not paying attention as I've heard 5 uh's in the last two minutes! His language and style is unquestionably skillful and enthralling!
@@daveatkin7557 His teachings have only one hitch. When you follow him, your chances of going to Hell increase by 500%.
It is always a pleasure to listen to Christopher Hitchens.
Pure intelligence and logic. Sharp as all get out...sad he is no longer around.
@@hammer-r pure dung for clowns like you who believe his junk.
Your Hitch is dead then will be judged by God, shamed, then thrown into the lake of fire to be now more, just as you fools are heading.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
---"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”--- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the dumbass didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word farting to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Only fools follow Hitchens.
@@2fast2block copy and pasting your whiny bible babble. Just like a true Christian.
Have fun believing in a magical being invented during the infancy of our species. What a moron you are.
@@LifeOfRy - @2fast2block has some serious anger issues.
@@jerometaperman7102 of course he has issues - he’s a Christian!
I miss Christopher Hitchens. May his words live on for a long long time and save the human race from the idiocy of religion.
Save us from your crap religion Hitch advocated. How absurd to believe we can get the creation of the universe without God. How absurd to believe we can get the laws of nature without a Lawgiver. Hitch wants his dumbass absurd religion to reign. Not all of us are that stupid.
2fast2block what religion
@@forcedtohaveahandle I said, "How absurd to believe we can get the creation of the universe without God. How absurd to believe we can get the laws of nature without a Lawgiver. Hitch wants his dumbass absurd religion to reign. Not all of us are that stupid."
It's a belief system. Just because fools make up dumb rules about having no religion does not make their religion go away.
creation.com/atheism-a-religion
answersingenesis.org/world-religions/atheism/atheism-is-religion/
www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_is_a_religion
www.wnd.com/2005/08/31895/
Enjoy eternity burning in hell.
@@Avengers24-sw7cv Way preferable than being stuck with someone like you
When it comes to logic and reason Christopher Hitchens is who I hold up as my primary example.
He's your example because you're a loser too.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
God is the reason for us and all we have.
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Rather, his ideas are the very antithesis of logic.
I so miss Christopher Hitchens. His presence at least evened out the playing field especially when we are playing with religious lunatics.
Well you will be reunited with him someday in the torments of Hell
Yep, It’s 2020 & your still on our minds, Christopher. Rest In Peace M8.
-Love From America
The ToeCutter I can’t imagine what he would say at the state of affairs at the moment, which is disastrous. I’m sure he’d have a lot to say.
He will be glad to know that you are thinking of him as he burns in hell.
@@Avengers24-sw7cv
Thanks for further proving the point that we are better off without religion. Especially ones like yours, that desire control through fear.
@@Diviance Desires such as what?
@@Avengers24-sw7cv
You tell us, after all you're the expert.
Every time I hear him speak i feel a need to applaud afterwards
I usually puke!
@@mysticwine I know, he’s that good right
@@mysticwine If CH makes certain people throw up that means he is being effective.
@@kiwitrainguy Satan is very effective. CH is not Satan but he has been well indoctrinated, as we all have. Saint Paul was a killer and torturer of Christians, until he was set straight by Christ.
@@mysticwine - nobody here believes in your fairytales
To the children:
“I’d urge you to look at those who tell you, those people who tell you at your age, that you are dead until you believe as they do. What a terrible thing to be telling to children. …and that you can only live by accepting an absolute authority. Don’t think of that as a gift. Think of it as a poisoned chalice. Push it aside however tempting it is. Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way.”
Christopher Hitchens RIP
Religion convinced the world that there's an invisible man in the sky who watches everything you do. And there's 10 things he doesn't want you to do or else you'll go to a burning place with a lake of fire until the end of eternity. But he loves you! - George Carlin
I can listen to him forever - we are a lesser species without him.
I’ll rather put it this way: “WE ARE A LESERE SPECIES WITHOUT THE LIKES OF HIM”
Lesser
Love him and will always miss him
@@2fast2block Faith is what you call when you believe in something without sufficient evidence. It is the foundation of all religions. You quoted a bunch of stuff above as if they are all true. There are other world religions out there that have their own view points and often times in contradiction to christianity. How do you know that they are all wrong and your interpretation alone is right. You can only do this by clinging on to your faith: something that you force to believe yourself without sufficient evidence....
@Kitalia the kitsune where in your dung reply did you get around what I wrote?
Sadly missed, an Intellectual Giant with Amazing Charisma
Religion was born when the 1st con man met the 1st fool. How true
We need Christopher now more than ever!
That’s how you debate!!!!!!!
Especially when you cannot distinguish between debate and a monologue
@@santos122122 You need to watch the complete debate to understand the format, which is the traditional debating format conducted at all U.K. universities (and other institutions) where both sides state their cases, both sides have an opportunity to respond, and the whole process is choreographed by the chairman.
@@srp01983 Here we cannot see what the other side has to say, so this clip by itself it is not a debate.
@@santos122122 Yep you’re right, this is a clip and not the whole debate. And it necessarily consists of a number of ‘monologues’ if you want to use that word because that is how these debates are formatted and conducted. If you want to watch all the ‘monologues’ then you have to watch the whole debate. Try th-cam.com/video/tWOZi_OUQL8/w-d-xo.html
His points about sectarianism clearly shows how intelligent he was. It's a curse upon our Irish and our British friends lands. We have to wipe the blackboard. We should be friends.
Absolutely, and Hitchens has been a hero of mine...but it was ill-advised of him to state that the ' cause origin of the sectarianism was partition.' It's goes much further back of course. I'm always fascinated by the irrelevance if your creed if you live in Dublin 4 or the Malone road in Belfast or Belgravia in London. No quarrel there. The opportunity to pursue advancement with a decent education standard- unhindered by the social circumstances you find yourself born into, is the key to a more stable future
Hitchens was an Idiot...
One thought Experiment.
You are in Power of a strong Nation and a cult beside you is sacrificing their babies by cooking them alive in the hands of an Idol and taking ppl of your Nation as captives Peeling their skin off.
What would you do?
A: conquer and destroy that cult
B: let then keep going
And what would be more evil. A or B?
Amazing and brilliant man, I will miss Hitchens for the rest of my life.
Aron Ra, the TH-camr, has lots to say about this. He has a pretty hard Stance and even many other Atheist-TH-camrs are softer.
But damn, he has good, good arguments that Religion has 'inheret' Problems that, no matter ohw un-armed and nonextreme
a Theist is, it would still better if he de-constructed his Religion and stzopped
believing in ancien superstitition.
In fact, he has so good Arguments for his harsh, not-sugarcoated Words, that many cant even finish his videos - aint that telling?
@@nenmaster5218 I like Aron Ra aswell cuz he is a original & stays true to himself.
Few are the number of people who's use of the English language elevates it into artistry and joy as Chris Hitchens does. Never mind the content for a moment....listen to the the sounds the chosen words make when strung together. It's beautiful.
Christopher intellectually changed me 10 years ago. He's the reason why I'm the only one in my friend circle that watches debates of all kinds and wants historical and intellectual stimulus. Half the time, I feel like some people think I'm a know-it-all, when on the converse, I feel like I'm the one trying to discuss major issues that effect people's lives (obviously depending on the vibe and other contributing factors) and supercede Tik Tok and other mindless scrolling platforms. Does anyone else feel this way sometimes?
Absolutely. People spend their time watching other people's phony reactions to stuff or watching others play video games, but apparently I'm the weird one because I'd rather learn about something. Modern culture is depressing.
Also, long live The Dead!
Brandon - don't worry what others think of you. Stay interested in intellectual pursuits.... and never stop learning!
Yes! Feels lonely sometimes.
@@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King ✌❤ brother
Yes, I oftentimes feel that way. I discovered Hitchens on my journey to de-conversion, and I have never looked back. I’m certainly more careful around some folks, but like you, I love having the discussions, so I’m always willing and confident to share my views. It’s okay to be who you are now, so enjoy your life.
Christopher Hitchens was a brilliant intellectual and a force to be reckon with. His rhetorical skills were extremely impressive. He was well informed on a wide variety of subjects and a skillful debater. He was razor sharp and had such amazing wit and command of the English language. He was undoubtedly well read. He is sorely missed but his legacy lives on through his works he left behind and in our memories and hearts he will forever be cherished, admired and remembered ♥.
This is the way it is. I do not expect any of you to agree but I hope that maybe these words will get you off of that evil path that you are on. We fell here from heaven to redeem ourselves and to return to heaven. Not to get rich and fat, then get diseased and die. Both Buddha and Christ came here to point that out and if we do not at least try to redeem ourselves we will end up in Hell. That's all folks, good luck.
Why would anyone want to deny the existence of God so powerfully, why?
Gee, I wonder if he went to heaven or hell, not.
@Jack Probert Because the entire world has lost it's ability to discern.
@Jack Probert Education is nothing without wisdom. In case you have not noticed, this is the End of Times, exactly what Buddha predicted 2500 years ago. We all should be seeking our lost divinity instead of playing in the mud.
What a great speaker. Respect and appreciation.
RELIGIONS AND IGNORANCE ARE THE MOST POWERFUL TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED TO CONTROL HUMANITY...
Religion and ignorance go hand in hand.
Just look at Islam or the Creationists who don't even believe in evolution.
It infuriates me.
He really gets going when he gets into abuses, then you really see his humanity.
So human beings that do not act perfectly make something they are in charge of DISQUALIFIED?
Does that same standard apply to Martin Luther King because he was unfaithful to his wife?
@@andyecheandia8375 "So human beings that do not act perfectly make something they created out of thin air of DISQUALIFIED"
Here, i fixed your shitty comment.
@@VRDejaVu No the shitty part is what little you know. The REALITY of God is not " created out of thin air "
@@andyecheandia8375 You seriously wanna discuss your imaginary friend?
" No the shitty part is what little you know." - your fairytale book sais that you can't judge others. Only your imaginary friend can. Guess you are going to imaginary hell now.
Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.
The best wordsmith I've ever heard. RIP brother
simply impossible for him to rest in peace, he made that impossible
@@rep3e4 Awwwwww. Does it arouse you to fantasize about people writing in eternal agony? Saint Thomas Aquinas agrees with you. He said that the greatest joy of the redeemed was to hear the shrieks of the damned.
Lol
@@rep3e4 That's all you have to say when confronted with your gleeful sadism? You need professional help.
@@rep3e4 pretty sick to worship a authority that would behave like that. This is exactly what Hitchens hated about religion
I was baptised into the CofE. None of our family never went to church so I don't really know why they bothered. I rejected Christianity and religion in general quite early on. I was in the Boy Scouts. At one point a new lad joined our Scout troop and shortly afterwards our excellent scoutmaster Bob resigned. It turned out that the new lad was a Catholic and the vicar of the church we were affiliated with barred him. That set me thinking about whether all the brotherly love and tolerance my church was preaching was actually practised by them. As Hitchens points out, the new lad was the wrong kind of Christian. This wasn't in Northern Ireland, however, it was in an east London borough in the 1960s.
Ladies and gentlemen, that's what a bonafide genius sounds like.
A genuine ass sounds like.
Hitch gave me the PERFECT WORD to describe my attitude toward ALL religion: CONTEMPT! I "respect" religion to the same degree I "respect" so called "psychics," astrologists, Tarot card readers, creationists, faith healers, mega-church millionaire preachers and all other examples of silly, childish, ancient superstition and primitive magical thinking.
The early 20th Century American journalist H.L. Mencken said that you should respect your neighbours religious faith, the same way you respect his belief that his wife is pretty and his children are clever.
Theramintrees is a youtuber that has tackled that very question.
th-cam.com/video/r_5yUXjXizQ/w-d-xo.html
It can be boiled down to that your neighbours belief that his wife is pretty is a estetic judgement. Something subjective to him alone and there for only matters to him.
While his belief in a god doesn't just affect him alone, but all people since he's arguing for a reality which everyone are part of.
Similare logic as in
"The earth can't be a flat disk to you, while it's a sphere for me"
Religion is usually manmade and you were created by the Lord.
@@jeffforsythe9514 Your arrogant presumption is astounding, but typical for followers of Iron Age superstitions.
@@DEPARTMENTOFREDUNDANCYDEPT It appears to me that your hero, the guy in the video, tried his best to kill God and something went wrong with his plan. Not my fault.
A brilliant mind. You changed my thinking. Thank you
My pleasure.
Ah yes he seems very adept at drawing conclusions from faulty statements
Technically you yourself changed the way you were thinking. Hitchens may have just planted the seed, thank yourself. Thank yourself for having the ability to not have blinders on and be afraid of not believing anymore. So many just want to believe their beliefs so bad they don't even entertain anything that argues against what they already believe.
A man lives a short fast living self explained existence . That's just a child writing his fantasy a body and mind that doesn't allow anything to be above him ,his laws are only his own ,
There it's all in his own lunch box. What school did he go to learn about beginning and end .God give man science to study plants and creatures not to lie about what he truly doesn't know
Yes exactly....the doubts were always there...he just solidified it for me ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Hitch was and always will be the most honest and incredible truth of the harm religion has caused on civilization.
Religion isn't good or bad. It's just part of human nature
@@you-in5iy It is naive to be indifferent about a belief that may very well bring about the extinction of mankind.
@@you-in5iy If it isn't and doesn't result in the overwhelmingly good, then you've just argued for its abolishment. Why would we keep around a large, influential, money-draining artifice when, per your own admission, it doesn't do better or worse than not having religion at all?
In 2022.... we need Christopher more than ever.
No, only you dolts do.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
God is the reason for us and all we have.
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The odds are NOT there.
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Master of words. Brilliant thinker👏
When we figure out how to bring humans back to life, Hitch has to top the list of humans first to bring back.
God replied " good luck on figure things out "
@@Sorryitwasplanned God doesn’t exist lol
@@onewon264 only the intelligent recognise a creator......that statement is every bit as ridiculous as the belief in a non existent god.
@@onewon264 recognize which "creator" tho?
@@jayadams681
You aren't recognizing a creator, now are you?
I'm agnostic but I miss Christopher Hitchens. RIP brother.
I MISS HIM SO MUCH.
This man was so eloquent and brilliant. I miss his intelligence in the world.
Christopher Hitchens was intelligent enough to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court! Chief Justice Christopher Hitchens.
This is the way it is. I do not expect any of you to agree but I hope that maybe these words will get you off of that evil path that you are on. We fell here from heaven to redeem ourselves and to return to heaven. Not to get rich and fat, then get diseased and die. Both Buddha and Christ came here to point that out and if we do not at least try to redeem ourselves we will end up in Hell. That's all folks, good luck.
Do you realize how stupid that sounds? Do you? Huh?
trumps eloquent intelligence of 'inject bleach' not doing for you? 😋
@@jeffforsythe9514 Buddhism is not a religion,it's a philosophy,don't get the two mixed up.
This sums up everything I've ever tried to verbalize when I left religion as a teen. I'm now 38. Plus being a nurse for over a decade... I just want more realistic and science based thinking instead of religion. How else will we survive?
What words can you offer someone who only have hope left? Do share your experience in dealing with terminally ill patients. Hope and acceptance is what religion offer, hope and miracle to heal the ailing mind.
So before you spew more shits out without any relevant story attached, think of one and then relate it to your "Realistic and science" when dealing with people who are in a very dire situation.
@@thedarkdivinity7525 did you miss the part of being a nurse or did you even read. Not only have I taken care of terminally ill patients, I just lost both my parents and took care of them at home. Don't tell me I'm spewing stuff when it's my opinion. We are allowed to think and feel how we want. You choose to be rude to me so take your triggered self somewhere else
@@Adrian-zd4cs Sorry that your parents have died. I agree that people should be kinder addressing others online. One never knows what burdens others are carrying. I believe in the afterlife myself and that you will be reunited with your Mam and Dad again
@@thedarkdivinity7525 "You've seen abundant evidence for God. "
Argument from emotions, logical fallacy. Just because it feels good doesn't make it right. Cocaine feels good. I guess we should all use it then. Right?
@@con.troller4183 Pick a scenario and let's talk about it. Are you that inept to the point where you say abundance and CANT EVEN PICK ONE? It seems to me you are scared of a discussion and merely want to strawman behind vagueness.
We miss you Hitch. Listening to your sermons on this appropriated pagan Holiday to remind myself how absurd this Irgun of commercialism really is. You may be gone, but you are eternally reverberating throughout the universe.
The best is sorely missed but will always be remembered. If anyone wants to worship a god like being simply think of Mr. Hitchens for his logic, wisdom and love for mankind.
"A chruch founded on the family values of Henry VIII." LMAO
It's spelt CHURCH.
Why would anyone want a church founded on any man's values when they can found a church on _God's_ values? That's why we have the Bible.
@@rubiks6 And the Mahabarata,Koran and Homer.All regigions are true to those believe in them.Christian belief is a pagan religion.
@@donaldgoodinson7550 It's spelled religion
@@MrRazorblade999 Sorry,bad spell day.
*Love the fact that Hitchens gave this opener at the oppositions' podium, albeit unknowingly.*
I love Christopher Hitchens and it's too bad he's gone because he was brilliant
I always found it incredible how he could talk in such vast depth and with such conviction, with practically no pause for breath or rethink. I honestly couldn't talk this convincingly if the subject was what I had for dinner.
He's diabolical that how.
May the veil of separation be lifted ever so slightly so Self realizes who it is (One) and why it is (Love) again. 🙏
The main thing that impresses me about him is that he used his valuable life's energy to even argue against just stupidity. But I guess that was his calling. RIP Mr. Hitchens. You are greatly missed.
This is the way it is. I do not expect any of you to agree but I hope that maybe these words will get you off of that evil path that you are on. We fell here from heaven to redeem ourselves and to return to heaven. Not to get rich and fat, then get diseased and die. Both Buddha and Christ came here to point that out and if we do not at least try to redeem ourselves we will end up in Hell. That's all folks, good luck.
He tried his best to kill God but guess who won that battle.
I sort of do not imagine that he will RIP, sorry.
@@jeffforsythe9514 LOL,
Hitch was a loser and only losers don't see that.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
God is the reason for us and all we have.
th-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/w-d-xo.html
The odds are NOT there.
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Hitchens and his great mind lives on forever. Thankfully we have a lifetime of these great speeches and debates to enjoy.
He had great emptiness, not a great mind.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the dumbass didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word farting to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Only shallow people follow Hitchens.
I would love to see this moron in a hot war foxhole!
Imagine being in opposition to Hitchens and Dawkins in a debate? Knife to a gun fight springs to mind.
and THEY are holding the knife. 😉
The problem with religions is, that their followers think , the rules of their religion should also apply to those,who do not belong to their cult.
And theirs is the ONLY religion that has it right!
I am forever grateful to have heard Mr. Hitchens talk out of reason. There is a void since he has passed and I hope to see him replaced by someone else, we need more of this type of hero now in 2020 and beyond.
This is the way it is. I do not expect any of you to agree but I hope that maybe these words will get you off of that evil path that you are on. We fell here from heaven to redeem ourselves and to return to heaven. Not to get rich and fat, then get diseased and die. Both Buddha and Christ came here to point that out and if we do not at least try to redeem ourselves we will end up in Hell. That's all folks, good luck.
Men like this come but once
@@johnhendry6636 no, there are MANY losers like Hitch.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
God is the reason for us and all we have.
th-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/w-d-xo.html
The odds are NOT there.
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@@jeffforsythe9514 Hail Satan.
I'm pretty sure Mr. John Lennox is capable of reason as well. I guess he's a hero too.
Changed my life.
What a man. What a voice. What a mind.
What a clown.
Your Hitch is dead then will be judged by God, shamed, then thrown into the lake of fire to be now more, just as you fools are heading.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
---"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”--- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the dumbass didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word farting to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Only fools follow Hitchens.
@Rritobak Dutta what?
@@2fast2block The only clown here is you, writing a temper tantrum, not having an effing clue about what you're writing about, - which is patently obvious to anyone who understands this better than you. What more - Hitches does not mention _a word_ about _evolution,_ but about the atrocities done in the name of religion, or where religion is the petty excuse for doing petty atrocities, regardless of religion. But most most importantly - how it is done by vile, blind, mindless - thugs! - it should be obvious this is purely _man made,_ and nothing divine, and has never been divine. But.... Atheism is somehow all about evolution it seems, so that's where you're at, and you play with scientific words that is difficult to many. _"The second law of thermodynamics!"_ Arh... good days....
Whenever you want to use the _Third Way of Aquinas_ argument, or the Kalam Cosmological Argument - it really does not matter. They're both equally fallacious, been debunked too damn many times for me to go another round, you don't have a single ground to stand on, and you base your beliefs on ...Yes what _exactly?_
The only fool here is _you._ And you are running a fool's errand, by even fooling yourself.
You criticize solid science you don't understand, while not giving a single evidence for your own position, because you have none, and you know it. Nothing but _words._ Literally. How fragile a position that is.
You don't like Hitchens because he speaks the truth too eloquently, and you clearly have a distaste for truth. Religion comes first, and you're blinded by it. The fool and the clown is you. Merry Christmas.
@@2fast2block firstly, it’s pretty arrogant of you to presume to know what your God might do (unless of course he is an imaginary character and thus the only decisions He make are the ones believers make for Him). Secondly, in what way does the law of the conservation of energy and entropy point toward a supernatural lawgiver? Thirdly, if there was actually a lawgiver- and that’s a big if- then how do you know he is your God? How can you be so certain he is not a Hindu or a Muslim or even the Greek gods? The answer to if course is, you can’t, you just have faith. An ignorant faith you were most likely exposed to since you were small.
@@ingebygstad9667 "not having an effing clue about what you're writing about,"
And what you gave that proved what I wrote on faith and creation is wrong is....
(blank)
Funny how you Hitch followers always leave that out but somehow you think your empty words mean something.
How I miss Christopher ,what more can I say except that this man is and was an exceptional person
He was a loser like you are.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
God is the reason for us and all we have.
th-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/w-d-xo.html
The odds are NOT there.
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@@2fast2block you're the only loser here as you prove that every time you send a message
You're a poorly educated clown
Bertrand Russel, Thomas Payne, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, Christopher Hitchens, and others
HItchens died a long time ago,but what he said is as relevant now as then. Religion has caused more cruelty and misery than any other human endeavour.
What a load of nonsense. Educate yourself please and stop repeating what you have heard. Christopher Hitchins became a Christian on his deathbed. So much for his ramblings.
By that logic Science has caused the most harm so we should stop learning
I am sure most Native Americans would agree... they were driven from their land and robbed of their culture and way of life to 'convert' to the Mayans in the south.... And remember the Crusades?
@@sallycarroll6329
You were there, while he was on his death bed ? I seriously doubt it.
All you are doing is repeating something you heard. How funny that you should tell someone else to stop repeating what they heard. 🤔😜🤪😂🤣
@@ynwa73 What on earth do you mean? I don't think evolution has caused any harm that can be equated with genocides and wars provoked by religion and religious differences.
'A Catholic priest , Jewish Rabbi and Muslim Iman walk into a New York bar,
the surprised barman looks up and says, " hey ! Is this some kinda joke?".
Christopher Hitchens
Nobody did it better, did they? Nobody will ever do it better. I'm not going to say RIP Christopher because you would say, and I agree, it would be nonsensical, better to say we won't forget you.
Never did, and probably never will.
Well apparently R.G Ingersoll was the 20th century Hitch in era where it was even more iconoclastic but we’ll never hear him speak of course.
In any case he’s been an unrivalled influence on my thinking and communication, as with many others and to that end he’s immortalised
That was one of the most amazing speeches I've ever listened to
The last 4 minutes-ish of this is so powerful. What an absolute treasure of a human being.
You mean now that he is dead?
@@jeffforsythe9514 The memory of such a wonderful man lives on
@@jeffforsythe9514 How intelligent.
Although Hitch passed in 2011 these videos make him more alive than ever
Yeah, they keep spewing his garbage. How nice.
Your Hitch is dead then will be judged by God, shamed, then thrown into the lake of fire to be now more, just as you fools are heading.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
---"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”--- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the dumbass didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word farting to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Only fools follow Hitchens.
@@2fast2block I’m glad we don’t live in medieval times anymore when the likes of you were taken seriously. Go accuse someone of practicing witchcraft hey?
@@vashna3799 wow, so the evidence I gave about faith and creation was somehow disproved by you with your evidence of...
"I’m glad we don’t live in medieval times anymore when the likes of you were taken seriously. Go accuse someone of practicing witchcraft hey?"
And more incredible, you actually think that was a good reply. You should know, you're a waste of life.
@@vashna3799 Ignore him, he's a troll. If you wanna silence him, use the words of Jesus to love your enemiez.
Absolutely
Does anyone want to take the pulpit after that masterful speech? Heck no...
Intelligence Squared: Where can i watch the whole show?
Catholic here, rip Hitchens, whilst I didn’t agree with his views, he were certainly a very intelligent mind, and raised some thought provoking questions
I am from India Tamilnadu state I love Hitchens from my bottom of my heart.
Well you obviously have a lot to learn
@@rep3e4 I loved Hitch from the heart of my bottom too.
I MISS him!!
Never heard of the guy (I’m clearly ignorance) but what a speaker. So eloquent and articulate, without alienating the audience. Such a compelling argument.
Hitch will missed but it will remains in our hearts. ... One of best author who deserve the noble prize for his mankind and contribution ....
Christopher Hitchens had nothing to contribute but his hatred. His was a wasted life. You should follow his brother. He has more sense.
The young generation is carrying on the flame of Hitchens! You might enjoy the Channel CosmicSkepic if you miss Hitchens :)
@Rapid Dragon335 y'all clown know that religion is cancer , nothing else just to blind people , the leads the blind nothing else ....
@@rubiks6 His anger, hatred, contempt, calumny and detraction for everyone and everything he disagreed with shows how shallow was his claim that religion alone was a force for evil.
@@jameshogan6142 - Indeed. He was an evil man. He hated God and today he spends eternity in darkness and fire experiencing only God's wrath.
Respect to this man..From Kerala, India...
Such an articulate intulectual. We exist and then we don't. Why complicate it?
God Dammit I Miss Hitch!!!
Hitchens speaks truth like poetry.
No, he was simply a loser.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
God is the reason for us and all we have.
th-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/w-d-xo.html
The odds are NOT there.
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I can see you are practiced at self referential faith based justifications. Rather less eloquent and compelling than CH though 😂
@@CD-pq1yv I'm looking for how you got around the evidence I gave. Oh, you couldn't give any.
Christoper Hitchens is one of my biggest inspirations. He, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Matt Dillahunty are the four horsemen of atheism and reason.
Dennett, not Dillahunty.
@@toaster4693 Agreed! "Hang-up" Dillahunty shouldn't even be considered in the same universe as the others you mention.
@@toaster4693 I think Aron Ra holds his own, although he speaks so quickly he probably leaves behind a lot of those
for whom English is not a primary tongue.Matt is too loud and confrontational in a way that is not always helpful. I also like Dan Barker and Stephen Fry who speak with a calm rationality, I watch a lot of debates and talks with other atheists and anti-theists, but always return to Christopher Hitchens.
All 4 are Aries. So also, Daniel Dennett and Madalyn O' HaIr.
The purpose of Jesus dying for all of humanity is to save us from eternity with the devil and these demons. He came to share with us that there's life after death and our choice will determine our destination whether it's heaven or hell.
Sadly that the world would rather take the chance and die believing that there's no afterlife when they know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them.
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities his eternal power, and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
Demon possessions have happened every day around the world for over 2000 years.
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There's nothing phony about demon possession. I challenge you to research what led to the making of the following movies:
The Exorcists, Poltergeist, The Rite, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Veronica, The Haunting in Connecticut, The Amityville Horror, The Conjuring, Ouija Experiment, and Annabelle.
my greatest idol, what a legend!
Why would you idolize a human? Do you want to be like Chris? He's dead.
@@black_mountain_death_squad Why can't I idolize a human. People idolize soccer player all the time
I haven’t watched this video yet, but judging it completely by the title, I 100% agree.
just calling in for my "Hitch" refuel as no doubt, many of you are.
if you are new to Christopher Hitchens, clicking on this was a GOOD decision.
@Ariadne Oliver-Postlethwaite the delusion is from Hitch followers. You are such losers.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Only shallow people follow Hitchens.
People are so invested in their religion they are unwilling to listen to reason
Hitch and you pretend to reason even when it's CLEAR you can't.
Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
--"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
Only shallow people follow Hitchens.
It's part of the self defense mechanism of a religion to declare it evil to question the dogmatic tenets of the faith. There are people who will freak out and panic that they are being tempted by the devil, if they hear a good argument that gives them pause, and makes their faith less certain.
@@jimbobeire says you the loser who can't even get around what I wrote so you just ignore it. You make a great Hitch follower since you're clueless like he was.
@@2fast2block I was never a follower of Hitchens. I was an atheist before he wrote his books, I agreed with many of his points on religion, and disagreed with many of his points on foreign policy. He made some good points, he was not a messiah, there is no such thing for atheists. It's about ideas, not personalities. No, as for your self serving cherry picked bits of bible quoting... they amount to nothing but empty assertions that there _is_ evidence and we are without excuse, even though it doesn't present any scrutinised evidence, merely asserts there to be evidence.
As for the Law of Thermodynamics, you quietly exempt your deity from the laws of thermodynamics, which is a convenient cop out.
There is no need for there to be a 'giver' of the laws of physics, they are not a criminal code decided upon by anyone.
There are a _description_ arrived at by studying how matter interacts.
So, toddle on with your hot air until you come back with anything substantial.
@@jimbobeire in your loser life of an atheist, do copy and paste how you got around what biblical faith means, how you got around the laws I gave, and how they came to be all on their own.
Oh, your empty..."they are not a criminal code decided upon by anyone.
There are a description arrived at by studying how matter interacts." just shows how you are never getting around anything I gave. You're a misfit from the start, creation, that actually thinks it could happen on its own.
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