Christopher Hitchens interview on Suffering and Dying (2010)

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  • Christopher Hitchens - an outspoken atheist, a gleeful provocateur and writer who has skewered everyone from Bill Clinton to Henry Kissinger to Mother Teresa - was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus in June as he was on book tour for his memoir Hitch 22. And he's been chronicling all of this in Vanity Fair magazine. It's his journey into what he calls Tumortown.
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  • @fredericbastiat5653
    @fredericbastiat5653 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    I'm a rather late fan of Mr. Hitchens, but I feel good to have found this. The world is the poorer for his passing.

    • @1salahudin
      @1salahudin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @loafersheffield
      @loafersheffield ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You still have his books.

    • @hazeshi6779
      @hazeshi6779 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He even voiced some of the audiobooks! 😉

    • @arthurmurfitt7698
      @arthurmurfitt7698 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@1salahudin#ReligionPoisonsEverything 😂

    • @fionagregory9147
      @fionagregory9147 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      At least we still have Richard Dawkins.

  • @natanunorthodox
    @natanunorthodox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    He might have had cancer and a tumor, but he had balls of steel. His pain was not for nothing. It should make us appreciate life even that much more. Thanks Christopher.

    • @Kouros-y2t
      @Kouros-y2t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Balls of steel? For debating theists in the 21th century?

    • @terabit.
      @terabit. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣 He had balls of cancer 🤣

    • @sie85
      @sie85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Kouros-y2t no rather for having a worldview that has no hope

    • @rockyp32
      @rockyp32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He probably didnt go tot heaven. u must believe in Christ

    • @youtubehatesfreespeech2555
      @youtubehatesfreespeech2555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sie85 he still held freedom as something magnificent and special which if we have to be rational, doesn't lead to anything good either because people interpret the world differently and that leads to fragmentation and breaking down of communication!
      Why do you think people swarm to form ideological unity and start worshipping gods and dictators?... because society is not based on intellectual freedom.
      Or if he doesn't believe freedom is leading at least to some improvement...why listening to him then?

  • @MrBBaron
    @MrBBaron ปีที่แล้ว +96

    One of the greatest orators of the last 100 years. The world has lost a true hero for the search of truth .

    • @SStone-dm7es
      @SStone-dm7es ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And sadly he never found truth

    • @Limosethe
      @Limosethe ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@SStone-dm7esAnd sadly you still believe you're correct

    • @SStone-dm7es
      @SStone-dm7es ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Limosethe There’s nothing sad about knowing. Hitchens spent too many hours in the bedrooms of his (orator and oral) ‘mates’ and not enough hours understanding the Creator who made so many billions of life forms from nothing.

    • @Limosethe
      @Limosethe ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SStone-dm7es I'm willing to bet he understood evolution better than you do. Therefore he knows more about his origins than he needed to in order to be classified as... More intelligent than you.

    • @SStone-dm7es
      @SStone-dm7es ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Limosethe He was a jerk and not very bright, he simply believed the hype that his sad followers spouted. There is no such thing as evolution- it’s a huge lie foisted on humanity.

  • @bunkerbunt3390
    @bunkerbunt3390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    ...the cosmos which doesn't know I'm here... and won' t notice when I'm gone...

    • @tefilobraga
      @tefilobraga 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He or anyone else. And it is no big deal.

    • @markmaloney8154
      @markmaloney8154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We all die, the question is, how well will we die. When I die, my last words will be, whether there is anyone there to hear them or not; gentle peace to man and woman...

    • @amazinglyaverage590
      @amazinglyaverage590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The cosmos thinks more of you than you think. Reality changes by our observation, we are more important than you would imagine.

    • @TheNumbaOneMiss
      @TheNumbaOneMiss 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn't that a brilliant statement?

    • @Yolkamaene
      @Yolkamaene 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perhaps the cosmos is his higher being.

  • @judis8972
    @judis8972 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Echoing so many, Good-by with respect for your dignity and integrity even in your dying.

  • @tommcmahon3200
    @tommcmahon3200 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "To be relatively healthy until 62 is to be dealt a pretty good hand by the cosmos... which doesn't know I'm here, and won't notice when I'm gone"

  • @jenniebugs1
    @jenniebugs1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I will say that I admire a man who had the courage of his own convictions, even if that conviction was diametrically different from mine. He was never to be persuaded of the existence of God, just as many cannot be persuaded that He doesn’t. What I do think is that a huge intellect such as he had, created his own credo. Incredible human being who was brave enough to live without hope. But he never despaired.

    • @kevinkerr9310
      @kevinkerr9310 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which god?

    • @umarchowdhury7752
      @umarchowdhury7752 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinkerr9310 Allah alone with no partner. No God except He.

    • @boat1280
      @boat1280 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Living without a childish belief in religion isn’t living without hope lol
      I treasure every day of my finite, illusory life. Knowing I’m just a big sack of organs and stimuli experiencing this blip of “consciousness” is incredible to me. Even the sensation of breathing in the air on a beautiful clear day, or cuddling with my partner, or seeing the sun set are all profound
      Life only has meaning if it ends. To claim non religious people don’t have “hope” is absurd

    • @skronked
      @skronked ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@umarchowdhury7752 grow up

  • @charlesnwarren
    @charlesnwarren 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    When asked if he was a Clinton hater, by Larry King, Hitchens replied, "I don't hate the Clintons; I despise them; it doesn't rise to the level of hate."

    • @thatdaddyal
      @thatdaddyal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Charles Warren exactly right.

    • @mjsmcd
      @mjsmcd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      not good to despise or hate

    • @AmbyJeans
      @AmbyJeans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jazzkeyboardist1
      He didn't like Bush either. He had other reasons for supporting the war and I don't believe he fully supported it for very long. He made mistakes too. In my personal opinion, that was one of the things I thought he was most wrong about.

    • @bhowardist
      @bhowardist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mjsmcd use a dictionary sometime

    • @angelozachos8777
      @angelozachos8777 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bhowardist
      Nerd ✌️

  • @lorenpriest7604
    @lorenpriest7604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Here is a man who honestly searched for the answers or he couldn't have been as eloquent as he was.May he find peace!!

  • @DorothyPotterSnyder
    @DorothyPotterSnyder 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    We are so lucky that he lived in a time when he could be recorded so much. Can you imagine if we could still listen to Thomas Paine now? He proved that he not only had brains, he had guts.

    • @joesmoke9624
      @joesmoke9624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      D.P. Snyder What is having Guts?

    • @gregorycohane2037
      @gregorycohane2037 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Need him now more than ever, but I believe I know very well where he would stand with this current administration...he’d cut Trump a new asshole.

    • @shaunmcgee4204
      @shaunmcgee4204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joe Smoke Courage.

    • @shaunmcgee4204
      @shaunmcgee4204 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Compassion Christopher Hitchens, certainly wasn’t overly fond of Hilary Clinton either. On the plus side, I feel sure that Mr Hitchens would’ve applauded the Trump administration’s stance on preventing Iran from getting their hands on nuclear weapons.

    • @joesmoke9624
      @joesmoke9624 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shaun McGee Nothing but labels

  • @kimsherlock8969
    @kimsherlock8969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I agree 👍 he had the opportunity in a good education 👏
    And he gave it to us in his lifetime.
    He did the public proud to hear such a gentleman who spoke truthfulness.
    He will never fade in death .
    His voice will continue in his wonderful writing and debates.
    Love and thanks to you Sir Christopher Hitchens a true Night of the people's.

  • @mechanicjobs
    @mechanicjobs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    I miss him.

    • @thatdaddyal
      @thatdaddyal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cliff - I along with hundreds upon thousands knew him enough to miss him. What have you done with your life? I dont care.

    • @2000Betelgeuse
      @2000Betelgeuse 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He does not miss u

    • @Swansea-hu5ok
      @Swansea-hu5ok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ron M me too 😢

    • @Swansea-hu5ok
      @Swansea-hu5ok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dejavaux you’re comment doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Anyone can miss somebody, especially someone famous with a silver tongue and fast wit like Hitchens.

    • @Swansea-hu5ok
      @Swansea-hu5ok 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2000Betelgeuse you’re comment is irrelevant.

  • @khadim4allah
    @khadim4allah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’ve lost many people to cancer, over 15 since 2012. I’ve also had 3 who’ve survived with varying levels of resulting damage. My mother had a cancer that was only seen 50 times in medical history. I’ve feared I will someday develop it if I don’t die sooner from my traveling the third world and crazy luck

  • @TheShutteredRoom
    @TheShutteredRoom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I admire you Mr. Hitchens and will always do.

    • @airbedane
      @airbedane 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome man.

    • @decentgi
      @decentgi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The maggot is dead now burning in hell lol.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@decentgi Google the 6 voices of annelise michel.
      How terrifying is that my gosh.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@decentgi Google the translation of annelise michel.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@decentgi Google annelise michel part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4.

  • @natashalall3553
    @natashalall3553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    what an amazing person he was... to have even a small percentage of his intelligence!

    • @1salahudin
      @1salahudin ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If he was intelligent he would have realised who his creator was

    • @Un1t276
      @Un1t276 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1salahudin please stop with this crap. If you can’t respect others views, you should have no right to speak at all. Your ‘creator’ wouldn’t want you to speak this way about other people. Educate yourself, dunce.

  • @catkeys6911
    @catkeys6911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    I've never known a more courageous individual.

    • @jomc20
      @jomc20 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He was great but you should meet my son Andrew: He's had cancer 4 times in 7 years and is still only 35! He raised money for cancer though he has lost everything. See: _the_hOneybadger_

    • @asparagusbear3323
      @asparagusbear3323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he drank and smoked himself to death.

    • @asparagusbear3323
      @asparagusbear3323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Stacy Caruso He was a nihilist. He offered nothing to the world, worse he tried to take away something critical to the human spirit, faith and hope. His life is a terrible example.
      He was a well educated child who thought he was better than other people. Unfortunately, people like that get promoted in our society. I do have pity on him, what a lost human being.

    • @asparagusbear3323
      @asparagusbear3323 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @John Grygus probably that too.

    • @asparagusbear3323
      @asparagusbear3323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Stacy Caruso C.S. Lewis said that people can be over educated to the point of imbecility. I think he is a perfect example of that. Forest for the trees, Christopher.

  • @josephbernardo2563
    @josephbernardo2563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I still miss him

  • @MrBluemanworld
    @MrBluemanworld ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the way he can express himself

  • @quentinkumba6746
    @quentinkumba6746 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m in pain and being tortured. I have a friend who has autism and learning difficulties and she was being systematically and ruthlessly bullied. I stood between them and her so they are now trying to bully me. They are trying to destroy my life, but I don’t care, I am glad they are doing it to me, because then I know she is not alone.
    On Wednesday evening we met with the Met, and her bullies are in for a nasty surprise.

  • @martinwright9238
    @martinwright9238 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I miss his indefatigable profound energy ,a man is only remembered for his wealth or legacy Christopher left us with both a wealth of knowledge and his legacy of truth ..

    • @danullah9163
      @danullah9163 ปีที่แล้ว

      Died like a sick dog though.

    • @deanvo503
      @deanvo503 ปีที่แล้ว

      @danullah9163 You probably wouldn't leave here in a better way, but unlike you, he left a legacy, his life had value, unlike yours.

  • @judithpriestess7781
    @judithpriestess7781 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Love him. Miss him. An intellectual rogue until the end. So admirable.

    • @kayess2634
      @kayess2634 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love that - Intellectual rogue - how wonderful

    • @jackhilton4591
      @jackhilton4591 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love that, too... I really miss Hitchens. He has always been a hero of mine ever since I discovered him in the early 2000s

    • @AmairaKhan-r3f
      @AmairaKhan-r3f หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@jackhilton4591 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 shows what brain u have

  • @carguybikeguy
    @carguybikeguy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a beautiful intellect we lost. This is a man whose work I needed when I was questioning my own cultural faith long ago when his most divisive work was being published. And in my own figurative backyard too.
    If ever there was occasion to time travel…

  • @neilparry14
    @neilparry14 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Total legend

  • @wiredog771
    @wiredog771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    It’s always the cool ones that go. Peaceful journey, Hitch.

    • @asparagusbear3323
      @asparagusbear3323 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, chain smoking alcoholics are so cool.

    • @trippingtonproductionsco.7641
      @trippingtonproductionsco.7641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Surely now you’re dying your fears will overcome your reason”

    • @BorisW150
      @BorisW150 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Everyone will "go" in the natural course of things. If there is no God or afterlife as Hitchens proffers then there is no journey.

    • @BrawnyStream
      @BrawnyStream 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BorisW150 well there is still a journey even without god or an afterlife however the journey isn’t what comes after but life it’s self, if anything a lack of belief in God or an afterlife just makes the journey that is life more special because it’s all we’ve got so we need to cherish the life we have because it’s all we’ve got. That’s just my personal take on it all.

    • @Asif19871
      @Asif19871 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Asparagus Bear you idiot... go sit on a pinecone, treacle

  • @enigma......7132
    @enigma......7132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh how we miss your well timed "hitch slaps "! Every debate really is lacking without the brilliant mind of Christopher, every debate reminds us just how incredible he was. Christopher we miss you so very much, debates will never be the same. 💛👋

  • @snakeboy7963
    @snakeboy7963 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    ah, he got one of his last wishes, bin laden was killed may 2, hitchens died dec 15 2011. he missed kim jong un being sworn in by 2 days. one world trade center completed construction just a year later. RIP forever and ever to one of the greatest minds of the 20th and 21st centuries.

    • @robertbrowne8893
      @robertbrowne8893 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @piggypigpig Call him if he answers you'll be famous.

    • @rwatson2609
      @rwatson2609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@robertbrowne8893 I too would like to say "Rest In Peace" but since he convinced us that there is no afterlife then all I can say is Goodbye.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rwatson2609 Christopher hitchens should've met anneliose michel in the 1970' it's really too bad he never had an exorcist priest role but he should have.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rwatson2609 Google annelise michel part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rwatson2609 Google the translation of annelise michel.

  • @josephharley9448
    @josephharley9448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Amazing man

  • @Mr_badjoke
    @Mr_badjoke ปีที่แล้ว +10

    ❤ A loss we cannot replace

  • @trippingtonproductionsco.7641
    @trippingtonproductionsco.7641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    “Surely now you’re dying your fears will overcome your reason” this one hit me hitch

  • @derrickgriffines9050
    @derrickgriffines9050 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Miss him

  • @seb0rn739
    @seb0rn739 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    7:11 What he says here is very important and true. If you are religious and "pray for somebody" but not primarily for their recovery but them to "find god" that is a strong sign that you a horrible person who values their beliefs over someone else's wellbeing.

    • @arthurmurfitt7698
      @arthurmurfitt7698 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And that’s why the truly rational thinkers agree with him.

  • @novakingood3788
    @novakingood3788 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My hope is that those who said that Hitch's cancer was a punishment from a god will soon enjoy their own visit to Tumortown.

  • @deepelements
    @deepelements ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I miss this man and his amazing mind. RIP brother

  • @TheCountBlackula1978
    @TheCountBlackula1978 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All the way till the end he spoke the truth about thiest ❤

  • @BreenyLee
    @BreenyLee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.”
    Hebrews 9:27 (Holy Bible)
    I know why you’re here, you have your own mortality in mind.
    I want you to know, dear reader, there is in fact a God and after you die you will stand before Him and He will judge you.
    The good news is that since you are still alive you still have opportunity to reach out for His mercy by believing in the Son of God who paid the penalty for your sins so you don’t have to stand before God and be judged for your own sins.
    Give your life to Christ today! believe on the Lord Jesus and be saved!

  • @SolSystemDiplomat
    @SolSystemDiplomat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I grew up a young earth creationist. Kent hovind is a mind blowing genius... to an 8 year old. Took me a long time and a science based education to break free from much of the nonsense my childhood was based on. I’ll never be an atheist, hardly a theist... but in that transition from escaping genesis as a science manual for the creation of the universe.... I missed out on this great mind. I’ve only ever known of Hitchens post Hitchens. 😕😔

    • @shakeybritches8089
      @shakeybritches8089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is a wonderful thing to meet Mr Hitchens through his books and videos.
      But it was a terrible thing to find out that he had passed long before I had been introduced to him.
      But it makes me appreciate so much more, those who are deep thinkers and still with us.
      Robert sapolsky, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and others.

    • @davdmi8638
      @davdmi8638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Jacques Suvenir I hope you know that Hitchens was strong in his rhetoric and whit, but, respectfully, he really had no substance for his arguments against Christianity. Listen to his debates with John Lennox or William Lane Craig and you’ll see that if you come in with an objective attitude

    • @woodytheduke
      @woodytheduke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davdmi8638 give me a break,,,,he wiped the floor with both those two knobs,,,, the only reason some might give victory to those idiots was the fact that the audience consisted of their flock or sheep minded people like yourself

    • @davdmi8638
      @davdmi8638 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@woodytheduke there is no substance to what u said, just like your pal Hitchens. U have a lot of fluff but nothing substantial holding your arguments together

    • @woodytheduke
      @woodytheduke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@davdmi8638 and what substance do you have for your side? The book that says Eve was made from Adams rib? The talking snake? The hippy curing lepers and turning water into wine? The 300 year old fart that builds a boat? Yaa you got some good evidence there buddy,,,,,you win for sure,,,LOL

  • @tovahswu
    @tovahswu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    R. I. P Hitch... You are thoroughly missed. Truly one of the brilliant minds of this century... You shall live on..

    • @joesmoke9624
      @joesmoke9624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tova Swu R.I.P? He's either dead or he's passed on, and seeing energy can't be destroyed it can only transformed, then I would say he's passed on, which is wonderful to say the least, even for Hitch!!

    • @tovahswu
      @tovahswu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@joesmoke9624 Agreed!

    • @tovahswu
      @tovahswu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @John Grygus well... I won't miss you too.. If that's what you're getting at.... But for what it's worth, why good riddance?

    • @joesmoke9624
      @joesmoke9624 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tova Swu 😂😂 I love funnies, but in absolute truth we are all one, so when we say I won't miss you we end up missing our selves! No matter what, Hitch is fine now 😊

    • @tovahswu
      @tovahswu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joesmoke9624 Amen to that? 😁

  • @markmarsh27
    @markmarsh27 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was great! Much appreciated. The people who matter the most always leave us too early.

  • @Krazy8ts
    @Krazy8ts ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He did suffer for a better cause, every moment a gift to us

  • @paulstillman2878
    @paulstillman2878 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Great intellect and wit. Sorely missed.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He would've made an excellent exorcist priest.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

  • @gamejedi
    @gamejedi ปีที่แล้ว

    Pray for Hitchens Day. He was absolutely correct in his assessment of its effectiveness.

  • @mavrosyvannah
    @mavrosyvannah ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I made my own cancer. Since it is part of me i love it like the rest of me. Eventually, my stage four death sentence was commuted.

  • @bloomfieldguitars6889
    @bloomfieldguitars6889 ปีที่แล้ว

    I do think the concept of battling is relevant when you do have a chance of remission. For those with terminal cancer or degenerative disorders, I agree it’s just about you recognizing and accepting this powerful force of nature is outside your control and will overwhelm any response until you die, so you’re not battling, you’re just waiting and making the best of your remaining existence in the waiting room.

  • @animalbird9436
    @animalbird9436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a man..truth

  • @acxezknightnite1377
    @acxezknightnite1377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God I miss his cool, visceral wit and wisdom. He was so matter of fact about everything, so opinionated, but he has clearly formed his opinions very carefully and intelligently. We need more like him. Jordan Peterson is in the same vein, and has a huge intellect also, but Hitch’s demeanour and his voice give him an irrefutable edge. We miss you, Hitch.

    • @sendnoodles5437
      @sendnoodles5437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In retrospect Peterson is a whiny god fearing sophist compared to the likes of Hitchens
      I’d love fo have been able fo see them debate though

  • @BMC867
    @BMC867 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

  • @kennetholiver954
    @kennetholiver954 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does this not show that chemotherapy is for the most a waste of time? I know quite a few that have passed away after having chemotherapy and they seem to be strung along by their doctors. My father in law was told he was getting better, then told he was terminal right at the end of his chemotherapy and he died soon after.

  • @mickeyray3793
    @mickeyray3793 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Christopher, you have proved that God does not exist. When such a good guy dies so young that is itself proof of the non-existence of a god that gives a crap.

  • @nylehaywood2471
    @nylehaywood2471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love you man

  • @pauldavies9360
    @pauldavies9360 ปีที่แล้ว

    This may be a shallow comment but What the hell is going in with stacking his books like that!?
    I've seen it more than once in in other videos.

  • @subtle0savage
    @subtle0savage ปีที่แล้ว

    He wrote well; such will live for a long time.

  • @richardcrouse9074
    @richardcrouse9074 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of my favorite quotes for dear Mr Hitchens is “burning the candle at both ends but it does give a beautiful light”.

  • @mellowyellow5427
    @mellowyellow5427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2 of those things have somewhat fallen into their place. It pleases me to know that you would find happiness in those facts. Thank you Chris.

    • @shaunmcgee4204
      @shaunmcgee4204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      * Christopher

    • @mellowyellow5427
      @mellowyellow5427 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shaunmcgee4204 isn't Chris short for Christopher?

    • @shaunmcgee4204
      @shaunmcgee4204 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      cameron lu It is, but Christopher Hitchens always strongly objected to anybody shortening his name. I figured you probably didn’t know. Consider it my good deed for the day.

    • @mellowyellow5427
      @mellowyellow5427 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shaunmcgee4204 lol. Thx.

    • @jamesdettmann94
      @jamesdettmann94 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mellowyellow5427 the reason is that his mother wanted him to be high class, and if he was called Chris, his names would be slurred together as Chrisitchens, and dropping the H is low class in Britain, or used to be anyway

  • @hashmihere6379
    @hashmihere6379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    God bless him 🙂 he was honest till his last breath🎗️🎗️🎗️

    • @sie85
      @sie85 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      you know he was an atheist right?

    • @hashmihere6379
      @hashmihere6379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sie85 yes i know, he was athiest, but an honest guidance seeker

    • @umarchowdhury7752
      @umarchowdhury7752 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      God as in Allah?

    • @happybunny6152
      @happybunny6152 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@umarchowdhury7752Yes god is English word,Allah is Arabic and both do not exist

  • @moonshiny1590
    @moonshiny1590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Reading some comment from Christian make me sad that they do not know how to respect others, we need more Christopher Hitchens

    • @michaelseeker9680
      @michaelseeker9680 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just know that true Christians do not celebrate anyone's death or wish death on anyone. If you see someone comment that nonsense just know they are not true Christians and I would say that directly to their face.

  • @benicio1967
    @benicio1967 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I simply wanted him to be well. The spiritual end of things was up to him. I don’t think it’s wrong to pray for the spiritual awakening of another but the only way it’s respectful is to do so quietly.

  • @airbedane
    @airbedane 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love you Chris Hitchens a light in the darkness of a suffocating religious world.

    • @james-ks4vh
      @james-ks4vh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's christopher, not chris!

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Monty 1 I would've love to have given christopher hitchens an exorcist priest role he should met annelise michel back in the 1970's in Germany.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Google annelise michel part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Monty 1 Google the annelise michel translation.

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Monty 1 Google the 6 voices of annelise michel.

  • @benstevinson764
    @benstevinson764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cancer is a Malignant Alien! 👾🧬 Christopher Hitchens!

  • @endsina1270
    @endsina1270 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the reason/s He says he feels better at dusk?

  • @janeflannery8757
    @janeflannery8757 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hitchens had much more than a sharp wit. He had huge depth and breadth and total recall. He was simply brillant, and what's more, he had integrity, or at least endeavored to have integrity. such a rare man, such a loss, so needed today. Oh we are the poorer without him. heartfelt condolance to his family and friends.

  • @arthurmurfitt7698
    @arthurmurfitt7698 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for uploading, always a pleasure to listen to the Hitch.

  • @Theguys1
    @Theguys1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not “against the world, just “ in the world”.

  • @JoSpring
    @JoSpring ปีที่แล้ว

    Miss you, Hitch 💞

  • @frizzneil2590
    @frizzneil2590 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "You are a fluke of the Universe, you have no right to be here, and weather you know it or not the Universe is Laughing behind your back"...Remember?

  • @taylorbrown7625
    @taylorbrown7625 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am very sorry about the religious people who have told you very cynical things. There is a lot to be learned from both sides. I hope you find peace and happiness and most of all, love.

  • @todaywefly4370
    @todaywefly4370 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hopefully not the last clear thinker but one that will be remembered and missed I feel.

  • @AI-Hallucination
    @AI-Hallucination ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hitch ❤

  • @adamfox1669
    @adamfox1669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Didn't always agree with his opinion& ideas but he was so intelligent and well spoken it was hard to ignore what hes said. ( it still hasn't made me feel any better about God and his existence or lack thereof)

  • @christopherreding4862
    @christopherreding4862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He says 'Robert Mugabe' & 'Henry kissinger' but who's the third man?

    • @Grau_boden
      @Grau_boden 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mother Teresa?

  • @Boatman607
    @Boatman607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Read this story and think about it.....reflect upon it........question it....get the meaning of the story....then be selfish and ask what about me....who am I........and what next for me....
    Rich Man and Lazarus
    19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. 20 At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores 21 and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
    22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
    25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
    27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
    29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
    30 “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
    31 “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”

  • @XeLYoutube
    @XeLYoutube ปีที่แล้ว

    my cancer was close, hodgkinien , (neck ganglion)
    lucky its a "easy" to cure 80% chance survival
    ironicly cancer is one of best gift i ever had.
    now every freakign second are precious, and wont hurt a single sentient being.
    ill die vegan.. but not yet.

  • @oghazal
    @oghazal ปีที่แล้ว

    If there'll b a judgment day, he'll b in paradise. He fought for mind over dogmatism.

  • @joep6017
    @joep6017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ugh, when I heard that people were praying for Hitchens, I threw up in my mouth a little - mostly because I knew they would be praying that he would repent or some ghastly idea like that. What a horror to spite some one with prayer in their death throws. I've heard this directed at me too - people have said they will pray for me. And I ask them, please don't. But they are going to do it anyway without my consent and against my better reason. They that pray for you are going to make sure you know they are praying that you join their gods and churches. And honestly I don't know why they wouldn't - that's what their screeds tell them to do. But it's obviously grotesque and toxic and incredulous.

  • @patrickrutherford5553
    @patrickrutherford5553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just found out that he had passed!

  • @bringyourownsnake980
    @bringyourownsnake980 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see God in Hitchens. His eloquence helps me believe our source of origin wants us to know the sublime.

    • @joeyblogsy
      @joeyblogsy ปีที่แล้ว

      What on earth are you talking about??

    • @PDZ1122
      @PDZ1122 ปีที่แล้ว

      What you said there is an incomprehensible pile of nonsense.

  • @fionagregory9147
    @fionagregory9147 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He should not have started smoking.

  • @pinknachas324
    @pinknachas324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools" - God on Hitchens et al.

  • @p.a.andrews7772
    @p.a.andrews7772 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everybody likes Christopher but truthfully he got his big start after Patrick Andrews created, and presented another Evolution theory that was correct .

  • @wolfsden3
    @wolfsden3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hitchins loved to play book Jenga lol. Miss that son of a bitch. Only the good die young.

  • @leslie19471
    @leslie19471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    if there was a God why would he give anyone cancer

    • @stormflames8036
      @stormflames8036 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haven't seen a bear in the wild or a lion in Africa get cancer.
      Sounds like your prophet hitchens had thousands of books, was a master in debating, denying there was intelligent design and promoted that we were the result of a cosmic accident. But he himself smoked and drank his way to God damned high levels of irreversible cancer and died from it. If he have had the intellect he would have known what substances to put in his body and what not. If a man who doesnt even know how to live this material life without getting sick or cancer, how the hell can I trust his viewpoint on the ineffable and on life after death and the continuation of conciousness. Ha no fucking way. Good luck, hope your path of religius scientism gets you cancer also.

    • @leslie19471
      @leslie19471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stormflames8036 Only your god gives cancer so no worries for me

    • @lightbeing8174
      @lightbeing8174 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leslie19471 Look at rush limbaugh the latest victim of cancer stage 4 lung cancer.

    • @angiek1827
      @angiek1827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stormflames8036 if I show you a wild bear or lion with cancer will you stfu and go away?

    • @tomrogerlilleby2890
      @tomrogerlilleby2890 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who says that cancer comes from God ?
      The Scriptures tells that Jesus healed all kinds of sickness.
      Was He working against God ?

  • @farmuhqas
    @farmuhqas ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Any smart and intelligent person would organise their books in an upright fashion so as to access them easily but not the so called best orator, most intellectual genius of our time 😂😂😂😂😂. Just imagine removing all the books to get to the bottom.

    • @edwinkaze6676
      @edwinkaze6676 ปีที่แล้ว

      And you arrange the books in the best way possible but didn't make you achieve 1% of what he has... explains the irrelevance of your observation i would think

    • @farmuhqas
      @farmuhqas ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwinkaze6676 you're right about achieving 1% of Hitchens. As far as intellect I got more and I'm sure not stupid enough to stack them like that.

    • @edwinkaze6676
      @edwinkaze6676 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@farmuhqasMaybe he doesn't need to read any of those again 😌

    • @farmuhqas
      @farmuhqas ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edwinkaze6676 right hmmmm. Good thinking. I've got hundreds of tools in my shed, guaranteed I put one at the bottom of a pile I'd need it sooner or later. Mate just stop making excuses that is not how you set books.

    • @edwinkaze6676
      @edwinkaze6676 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@farmuhqas Okay. I don't represent a dead mahn anyways

  • @CharlieMarno100
    @CharlieMarno100 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't have an opinion.

  • @CharlieMarno100
    @CharlieMarno100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very few original questions.

  • @antoniommancuso1000
    @antoniommancuso1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    ever since we come to this side of our living projject we, become subjets to those that decide when our time is next, according to our behavior, in one way or another, as for myself, I have been already 20 times next to my death ,point starting from sicknesses to incredible fatal survived accidents, and as I am writing this note I may have a few days more to live due to my finacial conditions, I wonder ifnow, I have reched my time, so Dear Richard you may notbe a believer in this existence , but , you must know that Divinity decided that you had to start all over again, with less pepper and more salt. I also take thid opportunity to say good by to this incredible world, many rich people would need my health, but I must die because I don't have their wealth. but I believe strongly in Divinities, where Christ is King.

  • @OneLostWalker
    @OneLostWalker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why me......? lifestyle perhaps....Hitch seems to always skim the surface in a fundamentalist way......he never seem to got below the surface.......it’s always good to check the engine before going on a long one way journey...

  • @malcolmscrivener8750
    @malcolmscrivener8750 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Christopher means Christ Bearer .

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn ปีที่แล้ว

    I envy him.

  • @omara6693
    @omara6693 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At 4:12 it’s so ironic. “In fact one of my occasional silly thoughts is I wish I was suffering for a good cause. A cause larger than myself.” He goes on to say suffering for the liberty of humanity would be worth it. He is saying he wished for something that he spent his entire life attempting to refute. God sent his son to suffer and die for our sins in order to redeem and liberate humanity. Hitchens spent his entire life attacking that and even mocked it at times. And here on his death bed he grasped it for a brief moment, of how wonderful it would be. So tragic and sad.

  • @FM-dm8xj
    @FM-dm8xj ปีที่แล้ว

    Hithcens was not a leftist, early in his career yes but later on no.

  • @druberry6570
    @druberry6570 ปีที่แล้ว

    He would laugh his butt off knowing North Korea has Kim Jung un now and he would be proud of the freedom tower and he would seen osama bin Laden be executed by the us. Rip a legend back when debating was possible -9/5/23

  • @georgedonnellan36
    @georgedonnellan36 ปีที่แล้ว

    If chemo can not cure eusophical cancer, then why waste time? Better to use Morphine, or Heroin to kill the pain, and make his parting less painful...R.I.P😢

  • @SmallC2023
    @SmallC2023 ปีที่แล้ว

    And nobody gives two shots those that do cheer on the massacre

  • @standingvertical3048
    @standingvertical3048 ปีที่แล้ว

    People saying he is in Hell, and they prayed for him, Etc. Mind warped people, that have delusions and low self esteem.

  • @Yolkamaene
    @Yolkamaene 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    🥺

  • @edejong
    @edejong ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A man that clever and insightful. And then the drinking and smoking. He sold himself and the world short.

    • @roddyboethius1722
      @roddyboethius1722 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was fueled by the booze and tobacco. What doesn't make you stronger is what kills you. He did great

  • @mrcross1381
    @mrcross1381 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh how we miss him......he would of disagreed with most of you.

  • @timothycorrey2154
    @timothycorrey2154 ปีที่แล้ว

    💚🌎

  • @adamcoon6489
    @adamcoon6489 ปีที่แล้ว

    The irony is astonishing.

  • @EugeneVerster
    @EugeneVerster ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when you find it disgusting that someone is praying for your eternal soul, praying that you reconcile with God so that you may see the gates of heaven, how much hate for God do you need in your heart that you will hate what someone does out of love?

    • @PDZ1122
      @PDZ1122 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lot. All of us who think hate your god-delusion and the hypocritical self righteousness you cloak yourself in.