If I'm lonely or depressed, I come to hear the faithful Hitchens. His words always hone the brain, nurture the heart, and humble the ego, among other positives. He is like a great friend.
Nathan, Hitch did not care about truth. Just because man-made religions suck does not mean it's God's fault what man did. Hitch refused to see the truth between his god of nothing and the true God. The secret atheist/agnostic god. I HATE your god, the god of nothing. Your god claims to have given us the universe, fine-tuning of the universe for life, life from non-life, information for life before and after it began, the laws of nature, etc, etc, when we know that your god of nothing can do nothing. Your god of nothing has nothing to offer and its followers only offer nothing of evidence for their god of nothing. That makes them nothing of importance but the followers of the god of nothing are so delusional that they think they do have something to offer to defend their god of nothing. www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/originoflife.html The true God beats the crap out of the atheist/agnostic god of nothing. It's the atheistic/agnostic types that supply the greatest comedy. They think the universe came about by natural means. There's NO science for it and ALL the science we know proves that creation had to be supernatural and done by a supernatural creator, but...., not to atheists/agnostics. Isn't that funny?! You can't do it because you devoted your life to the god of nothing and love being a dumbass.---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.---- Then the extreme order we have in our universe that defies all physics, but....., not to atheists/agnostics. It's just happened by mere chances even though we prove it can't happen by chance. Funny! www.inplainsite.org/html/anthropic_principles.html kgov.com/fine-tuning-of-the-universe And life? Well, it just came from non-life. It's so absurd it's even hard to type that, but....., atheists/agnostics claim to believe it happened somehow by natural means. Again, funny! Many have brought up such issues on how funny it is. th-cam.com/video/zU7Lww-sBPg/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/r4sP1E1Jd_Y/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/Ymjlrw6GmKU/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/L0-hgSjnomA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/5AXkrc2OSs4/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/E4uRWk06Wo0/w-d-xo.html Ribosomes had to be there for life but ribosomes are far too sophisticated. creation.com/media-center/youtube/ribosome-the-most-sophistcated-machine-ever-made?Ribosome%3A+the+%22most+sophistcated+machine+ever+made%22&.creation.com&Creation.com+Daily+-+US+-+Sun+09+Feb+2020+-+1009 Then, what this life did after it started by mere chance can't happen by science, but....., atheists/agnostics believe it did. Funny! Life takes information to form and proceed on. But to atheists/agnostics, chaos through time gave us information. Although it's even hard to write such a ridiculous statement, they believe it. All one can do is laugh at such stupidity. th-cam.com/video/aA-FcnLsF1g/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/7c9PaZzsqEg/w-d-xo.html creation.com/laws-of-information-1 creation.com/laws-of-information-2 Only fools don't believe God was involved. th-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/w-d-xo.html I've kept this very basic and brief. I can provide much deeper, yet there's no need to since each point proves there is no explanation for such things to have happened naturally. This IS evidence against such things happening naturally. Lame excuses of why it can still have happened naturally with no science to support it are just that, lame excuses. There's a ton more. If you want a laugh, see what atheists/agnostics believe.
@@burnwankenobi803 Here's what happens when you give a dumbass common science that they can't contend with, they will completely ignore it and since they are disgusting human beings that don't care, they will think they have something clever to say that makes it look like they are not as stupid as they are, so this is what is considered a good scientific come back to all the science they were provided: Drumroll, please.... their science....."dork" Yes, I'm serious. I'm not making this up. They are really that stupid.
I've been trafficking in audio books in the late senility of my engagement with intellectual life and Hitchens is nearly the only author who's sufficiently-entertaining to keep me going.
I regret not seeing two people on stage in person. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Christopher Hitchens. I discovered Hitchens late but I have been trying to make up on lost time with his books and clips like this. Thank you for posting this.👍
@Bazrad68 i assume you saw Elvis, and Michael Jackson. Jimmy swagger singing on the piano was probably pretty good live, during tbe "crusade" my granny made me sit indian style on the floor in front of the tv on volume 11 would be nostalgic live.
@ Nope, I never saw Elvis (I was 9 when he died) or Michael Jackson. However, I did get to see David Bowie and Eric Clapton when they toured New Zealand and I did get to see Roger Waters perform The Wall when he toured Australia in 2012. Pink Floyd is still my favourite band.
Christopher, I miss you. Your voice was pure intellect and reason. I was raised a southern baptist. I studied Geology my sophomore year in college. At age 19 I became an atheist. I remain one at age 89, but refer to myself as a secular humanist. Maybe it's a copout, but most questioners of my religion don't know what the term means. That gives them something to think about. Thank you for having lived.
I get similar electricity running down my spine while reading some Gibson and Stanisław Lem. The with and style Hitch commanded, mental whisky for the ears ;)
@@rajiyer2964 What is Religion? It is believing in something.- a set of beliefs to follow .Some follow with traditional religion of some sort, some with extreme Political Party Policies, some do it with WEF and Klaus Schwab, some with Finace and Money, some with Technology, some with being part of a Band of Thugs and Criminals, some follow self-designed Cults, some worship Satan and so on. Even elevating this Christopher Hitchens to the level of Philisophical God-like in quality is a form of religion. I wonder how he would have coped with the Global response to the C*vid crisis and the abbominal way Humans were treated - worse than the conventional religions to date but remembering that they were all a part of the "Conventional" approach used by the Deep State and the manipulation of the power of Money and Influence. More like the Roman decrees before the Era of Christ, where they could put you to death for not believing in the decreed set of gods dictated as being "the approved ones" by the City of Rome. In striving to "go forward", we are actually going backward, sometimes slipping thousands of years in a matter of days. Religion is not at fault but man. Man chasing after dreams of perfection. What use is it, if you have a log in your own eye while trying to take the speck out of your neighbours' ? (Exact quote, Matthew 1:17) Keep your eyes wide open and your mouth and mind free of dictates then you can believe as a free man without condemnation. This Time now is a renaissence where once again Man tries to climb the slippery pole of improving himself ad his condition.
It’s still sheer heaven to listen this rare & magnificent man! No one will ever come near his articulate brilliance.How blissfully fortunate we are to listen & view him whenever despite his regrettable loss.
As a lifelong (almost) and dedicated atheist I'm ashamed to have found Mr Hitchens only on the cusp of his death. His 'Portable Atheist' collection landed through my letter box on the day he died. I'll relish the next 10 years catching up with his genius and wisdom. What a guy.
I do have a belief, albeit the fairly benign Church of England, but I find Hitchens' arguments so thoroughly compelling, thought-provoking and winning that it's hard not to fall by his side.
Ashamed is a poor word choice, you had no prior knowledge of the situation and therefore couldn’t have made an effort to prevent your fallacious ashamed feelings
A vast memory, a marvelously functional brain and an exceptional, perfectly controlled voice. What a pleasure it is to hear him speak and what a loss that there will be no more of him.
@Bob Smith I doubt anyone diving on a grenade would be a veteran, more likey he would be in bits on the battlefield! I assume the guy you reply to meant intellectual courage, unafraid to state his views no matter who he offends and that is a form of courage especially nowadays when militant religion, mostly Islamic, has raised its medieval ugly head again with assassins sent after those they see as offending their obscurantist views of religion! By the way, to all Salafists, Wahhabists etc out there, please understand that Mohamed, your founder, was an ignorant, child molesting scumbag and Islam, along with the rest of the religious nonsense out there is a fucking nonsensical fairy tale! Put that in your hookah and smoke it!
Hitch was a dumbass who believed his secret god of nothing did miracles naturally with nothing as proof it could. For such a dumbass, demands dumbass followers.
"Christopher Hitchens is widely read..." That doesn't even begin to describe it. His grasp of these concepts, ability to remember, recite and analyze is incredible. I've read quite a bit, but I don't have his depth of understanding, and couldn't recite it if you held a gun to my head. His was a singular intellect and wit.
One of the most learned primates of all time as well as one the greatest writers, thinkers, and orators. The way Hitchens was able to condense the wisdom of the greatest minds in history and present it in his own unique way to humanity is simply unmatched.
@Jazzkeyboardist1 so he wasn't perfect, so what? If perfection is a requirement to being right about anything at all, then nobody can ever be right about anything, and we know that is not the case
I discovered Hitchens while in Iraq and was fortunate to spend some time in an area the biblical Abraham is said to have lived. Hitchens changed my life for the better and continues to educate me.
As much as he hated the thought, Hitchens found immortality on TH-cam. Yesterday was his death anniversary, and as an homage I revisit my favorite videos of him. Damn I miss this guy
I believe he would be very encouraged by the notion of his legacy and teachings being consumed by so many millions of people due to its ready accessibility on TH-cam. I miss him greatly too.
@@KoenVanDenEeckhaut You mean the abundance of right wing Trumpism, neo confederate christian nationalism an the attack on liberal democratic institutions? Indeed, Hitchens would be disgusted by it.
PSYCHOPATH{=@Christopher Hitchens Disagree,,,, Wounded Knee is full of modernist Pro-indian/anti-white propaganda,,,,, and yes I have studied, including letters written home from Soldiers on the frontier,,,, there are no written records from the indian side, because only one tribe had a written language, so all that is written now is based on the memories of people who were not there... and while heartfelt and passionate in its recruitment, they are not accurate....I know indians, because I have lived with them... as family,,,, dont tell me what was wrong or right historically. My family history, although interesting and well recorded (relatively) hints at the awful treatment the Irish got. In England more recently but in Ireland that historically relentless treatment is recorded, so as far as I've looked, I can go back centuries. The methods and tactics used in America were used by men of power and position in Ireland before the exploitation of Indian land happened. That much is very true. Recent history is only indicative of the true cruelty inflicted upon them. Also, its fair aswell not to deny that England fought and oppressed many nations - aswell as its own people - this is true and well documented with the British Empire but that is really just one shade of the prism if we take a few steps back. We really are a brutal species and it seems like the more I learn about the world history the less hope I have that we will ever change because it used to be a very physical oppression that people struggled against but its now an economic oppression and subjugation thats shaping our societies at large first, with forced invasion and oppression used as a final back up. What stands out is the oppression of settler people in any land comes to those people whom took them forcibly themselves once those lands are genocidally cleansed of the indigenous peoples but the Irish have endured so much hardship its really impossible to think I even know the tip of the iceberg there. Now Im no scholar, but what happens once will happen again but in a slightly different context. Its very sad but thats our nature - we are animals - by that I mean primal and evolved to pursue survival at any cost to others - but we dont even realize we have killed our parents by eradicating alot of indigenous people worldwide in the last centuries alone, so that their ways and knowledge are either subdued and marginalized or just lost. We need that guidance and sacred wisdom more than ever. It makes me think sometimes, is what happened for example in Ireland but also America / Australia etc and elsewhere, what happened before, 100s or 1000s of years ago, but we simply dont get the full real perspective from our current understanding of history / pre-history because its too far back to get anything except the surface of it, it makes me think that thats the nature of us as a species in reality - a species doomed to permanent and repetitious amnesia - self inflicted or otherwise. God knows. God Bless all people because we fucking need it, and let all children coming up in the world be under your watch no matter what, thats all I can say for certain I can foolishly hope for. PSYCHOPATH-Christopher Hitchens the Irish where treated bad that’s why they joined Mexico to stop slavery but they lost and gave the land for exchange for slavery y’all didn’t know that the union was bad mormons wanted slavery and once the union turned they’re back on them for practicing polygamy they went to Mexico this is fact 😂🙄💀.
The incomparable Christopher Hitchens. I regret that it was only after you passed I had discovered your work. Wherever you are Sir, Rest In Peace. From an Australian fan.
@Alexander Leblanc I think he was, rather crudely, making the point that Christopher himself would know that he is nowhere but in the ground. He isn't anywhere ethereal and therefore cant rest in peace. He is, simply, gone.
@Hydin Biden Lol “rest in peace” is just a cultural phrase uttered about respected or beloved dead people. It’s interesting u’re trying to insert your personal religion view into it in a sarcastic passive aggressive way lmao. People even say “rest in peace” when their favorite pets die. So u think they aren’t intelligent enough to know their cats or dogs are just gone and not really “sleeping”?😂
@Hydin Biden Well, I think all the reasonable information regarding this matter has been succinctly packaged in my previous comment. The rest is just u clutching at straws.
LOL, I loved it when Christopher did a string of limericks together! Hilarious. And it reminded me of my English grandad who did the same thing. He knew or made up countless limericks. I really miss him. He was brilliant. He was an engineer, poet, dancer, writer, wood craftsman, carved beautiful wood figures and so much more. All his handwriting was like calligraphy. I hung around him as much as I could trying to absorb his genius. Miss you granddad.
"It's the attempt to live without illusions that I believe is the most dangerous, but the most worthwhile, and in some ways the most enjoyable undertaking, despite its risks, of all. And that's why I'm here." -Christopher Hitchens 7:46
Yes he was very funny I hardly ever laugh but have been cracking up listening to him. What a generous wonderful person he was. We are fortunate to live in a time where we have these recordings.
When I am anxious or depressed I turn to listening to Christopher and he grounds me. He was so generous to give much of his time to enlighten us. I was a Christian for 30 years. What a waste of my time and money.
+Chris W don't think we do unfortunately. I love Dawkins, Krauss, Dennet and the others but they don't have his cool, his calm yet incredibly powerful wit and charisma, his swiftness of mind and deep knowledge, nor his outstanding baryton voice. He is sorely missed...
+James Johnson For those of limited mind, he overwhelms. They take delight in finding some error in how he pronounces some historical figure's name , such as in his point-by-point indictment of the whole Joseph Smith scam, or by pointing out petty details like his crediting Kubrick instead of Stanley Kramer for the film ON THE BEACH, and use that as a reason to throw out everything he has to say...as if these things have/had any import whatsoever to the wider matters he spoke about! It seems that fear of evidence-based truth and his directness must be behind the vitriol his detractors throw his way.
Much respect to the late Christopher Hitchens. Great man and his legacy will live on. He spoke truth and made a big impact which is still rippling today
Yet ? - behind everyones backs he was modelling the first thought crimes since the witch trials - they would first be brought to bare against christians in LAW ( and no other religion ) only to then be turned on EVERYONE ELSE given these model can attack anything they want banned & turned into things we are not allowed to THINK anymore. What did you expect of essentialist metaphysics ? - they are a magic wand that dreams up crime thats not there !!! Ofc Hitchens was hiding behind a wholesome persona. Can you trace thought crime design to anywhere other than new atheism ? NOOOOOOOOOO ! Old Atheists knew as soon as these nu filth opened their gobs that banning religious people would NOT end well for every other human being. For the sake of the cash elite new atheists earned / and for the sake of all that cheering and gushing compliments the fanatics did the cost was a Totalitarian Regime.
Well, yes, he was intelligent, even brilliant, witty, and talented, but meanwhile, I think that he was a conformist, not at all brave. I revere his mind, but not his character.
What??? next you will want them teaching self responsibility and how economics works! Can't have people who aren't dependent on some higher power, like a god, or their government. Might actually solve problems instead of making them worse by throwing others peoples money at them.
@Theseustoo Astyages You realise that most of the world's major charities have their origins with Christianity. Not to forget some wonderful music and buildings. I am sure you can counter with the crusades which have much to do with religion and power rather than the teachings in the Bible. Please try some new quotes that don't involve the usual out of context scriptures on slavery et al. Hitchins himself professed ignorance to what the Bible said having read very little of it.
Even if religion has produced charitable work and beautiful culture, does this give the religion itself any validity? These things also exist outside of religion.
@Zeek Banistor you got that right. Hitch didn't care about science and truth. He was just a dumbass with dumbass followers. 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 dumbass Hitchens.
I loved it when Christopher said he simply "discovered" he didn't believe. That was my experience as well. Thank you Christopher for your thoughtfulness, wit and courage to share your lack of belief in god with a world where many don't want to hear it - logical and comforting as it is. The dark side of religion has hurt so many people and caused so much useless death and suffering.
it has been said, that dawkins showed us how one can be an intellectualy satisfied atheist, i agree and i add, that hitchens showed us how to be a morally convicted one..
+carryall69 You wrote " hitchens showed us how to be a morally convicted one" Can you take those instructions to Isis and stop the wars in the Middle East and everywhere in the world. World peace is the most urgent human need.
Hitchens hasn't tried to persuade me to being an unbeliever. I was an unbeliever due to studying religion and was happy to find someone who agreed with my findings.
Pat, so you're a proud dumbass just like Hitch was. You must be proud. 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 dumbass Hitchens.
I miss this man so much, even though I only found him after his death. Still, I'm so grateful that some of his speeches and debates were captured for posterity.
What a silly thing to say. Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Lincoln all believed in God and you chose Hitchens as your main man, wow. A major blow to humanity, what nonsense.
@@jeffforsythe9514 Oh yes, and of course those gentlemen you mentioned were well versed in modern science! My comment was not intended to undermine the substantial contributions of Aristotle, Plato, or Socrates.
@@jeffforsythe9514 I respect Hitchens so much!...But I still have a "belief" in Agnosticism...We as a species simply cannot be conclusive in the way Hitch was. He had a sort of intellectual arrogance that he ironically believed in!...somehow, he managed to surrender to the void of eternal nothingness, and took comfort in that!...My take is more of a "Whatever" acceptance of the unrelenting fact that we ALL are going to go through "Death"...and somehow that feeling of common Fate comforts me.
@@curbozerboomer1773 We are all created with a Divine soul. We sinned and fell to Earth to suffer and to redeem ourselves. When we sin a black substance called karma forms on our soul. SIn too much and our spark of Divinity goes out and with it our connection to the Divine, thus atheism.
But you are putting all these things on him. He is a Hero because the world no longer believes in Free Speech and you are all being hood-winked by global dogmas of the corrupted WEF, UN, WHO, CCP, Pharma and Political Agendas of those Bischops of Tyranny that came to light in this C*vid Crisis. Be your own Christs. Study what he has to say and you will find the truth and never forget two things: your Humanity and Humility. .
PSYCHOPATH{=@Christopher Hitchens Disagree,,,, Wounded Knee is full of modernist Pro-indian/anti-white propaganda,,,,, and yes I have studied, including letters written home from Soldiers on the frontier,,,, there are no written records from the indian side, because only one tribe had a written language, so all that is written now is based on the memories of people who were not there... and while heartfelt and passionate in its recruitment, they are not accurate....I know indians, because I have lived with them... as family,,,, dont tell me what was wrong or right historically. My family history, although interesting and well recorded (relatively) hints at the awful treatment the Irish got. In England more recently but in Ireland that historically relentless treatment is recorded, so as far as I've looked, I can go back centuries. The methods and tactics used in America were used by men of power and position in Ireland before the exploitation of Indian land happened. That much is very true. Recent history is only indicative of the true cruelty inflicted upon them. Also, its fair aswell not to deny that England fought and oppressed many nations - aswell as its own people - this is true and well documented with the British Empire but that is really just one shade of the prism if we take a few steps back. We really are a brutal species and it seems like the more I learn about the world history the less hope I have that we will ever change because it used to be a very physical oppression that people struggled against but its now an economic oppression and subjugation thats shaping our societies at large first, with forced invasion and oppression used as a final back up. What stands out is the oppression of settler people in any land comes to those people whom took them forcibly themselves once those lands are genocidally cleansed of the indigenous peoples but the Irish have endured so much hardship its really impossible to think I even know the tip of the iceberg there. Now Im no scholar, but what happens once will happen again but in a slightly different context. Its very sad but thats our nature - we are animals - by that I mean primal and evolved to pursue survival at any cost to others - but we dont even realize we have killed our parents by eradicating alot of indigenous people worldwide in the last centuries alone, so that their ways and knowledge are either subdued and marginalized or just lost. We need that guidance and sacred wisdom more than ever. It makes me think sometimes, is what happened for example in Ireland but also America / Australia etc and elsewhere, what happened before, 100s or 1000s of years ago, but we simply dont get the full real perspective from our current understanding of history / pre-history because its too far back to get anything except the surface of it, it makes me think that thats the nature of us as a species in reality - a species doomed to permanent and repetitious amnesia - self inflicted or otherwise. God knows. God Bless all people because we fucking need it, and let all children coming up in the world be under your watch no matter what, thats all I can say for certain I can foolishly hope for. PSYCHOPATH-Christopher Hitchens the Irish where treated bad that’s why they joined Mexico to stop slavery but they lost and gave the land for exchange for slavery y’all didn’t know that the union was bad mormons wanted slavery and once the union turned they’re back on them for practicing polygamy they went to Mexico this is fact 😂🙄💀.
I really think and believe that this man is the best mentor I’ve ever had in my life time right now it’s great!!! I’m really thankful to have met him through TH-cam and his books bloody excellent!!!
His ideas are still with us and that's what counts. I see his words and logical truths paraphrased every time there is a debate or argument about the illogical.
@@franciscoromo9197 you can't fix the stupid of your bitch, 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 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 dumbass Hitchens.
@@2fast2block "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." So what evidence have you seen that you base your faith upon?
@@owen7666 "So what evidence have you seen that you base your faith upon?" MANY things and I already just gave one... 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.
@kim burley bitch Hitch ain't so smart feeling now. 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 dumbass Hitchens.
@kim burley and as we both feel, what a shame, too. Hitch could have had a wonderful eternal life and led others to Christ but he was too prideful. There is MUCH to complain about in religions and I do the same. Even many "Christian" religions have allowed corruption and have been taking advantage of people for many years. Still, that is not a representative of what God is and says. And as bad as religions are, NONE are as bad as the atheistic/agnostic religion. They can complain all they want about how it's not a religion of beliefs but it most certainly is. They live and die with no hope.
@kim burley Jesus was a man whose Father was God. He lived a sinless life to be the sacrifice for our sins. Now Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of God. That's not a religion, it's God's word.
Hitchens: turning over the tables and driving the charlatans and fakirs screaming from their temples. Absolutely marvellous: erudite, articulate, fearless, uncompromising unyielding and unrepentant to his last breath. Gone, but still very much active.
+Phil Courts I still think that's he best 5 minutes, when he's talking about the time humanity has been around with 'heaven' watching with indifference, makes me laugh every time, just because of the painful accuracy of the comment. Nobody else around these days, or I suspect for many centuries who would possess his wit and humongous knowledge.
+Blake Vivaldi Exactly which one of the over 10,000 versions of the lack of understanding of christianity are you referring to? I personally think he nailed them all, to the cross if you will. Nobody died for your damn sins, you you're afraid are responsible for all of them. Time for you and all your like minded mythologists to give binky back to mommy and face the reality of life and become a thoughtful productive part of humanity and not a counter productive apologist for 1st century philosophy and story telling.
dlevitt0508 Let's put some context around the interesting machinations of western society in the current digital era: The pervasive and proliferating media & communication technologies are disseminating an "immorality agenda" or "immoral paradigm" that is: 1) Pro-feminism (& pro industrial scale abortion - women exercising their "right" to kill unwanted human life). 2) Pro-homosexuality (& same sex parenting involving third party transacting of children, then deliberate deprivation of natural complimentary mother-father parenting roles). 3) Pro-multiculturalism (the diluting & polluting of shared community values, ultimately destabilising and destroying nationhood). 4) Pro-catastrophic climate change (an entirely contrived global scare campaign to facilitate centralised government controls). 5) Pro-excess consumption (food, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, digital technologies: facilitating the health, social & moral decline of populations, while big business makes mega-profits). 6) Pro-atheism (particularly anti-Christian agenda of Dawkins style modern atheism. Digital media-conditioning of gullible host populations, designed to demonise and ridicule Christianity and Christians, because Christianity is diametrically opposed to the central constructs of the "immoral paradigm." The pervasive and proliferating technologies of the digital era are being used to spread a dark shadow over western populations. Populations are being dumbed-down in the pervasive digital era, making them receptive to, and compliant with, the degenerate ideas of the immoral paradigm. Ultimately, the intention is to divide and destabilise western democratic society and culture. New markets are being borne out of the destruction of the old ones. The health, social & moral decline of society is very big business indeed - i.e. food & alcohol industries, pharmaceutical industry, and all manner of proliferating digital industries. As society becomes increasingly destabilised, social order will essentially break down. At this point the new order will be introduced - a totalitarian & authoritarian police state, characterised by complete loss of privacies and freedoms via 24/7 digital surveillance of populations. The technology is already available. The shrewd "big business" string-pullers behind the purposefully designed "immoral paradigm" are just waiting until populations are sufficiently dumbed-down and social order is irretrievably broken down, thereby minimising any possible resistance to the new order. We will all be micro-chipped in the soft part of the skin between the thumb and index finger. All of our information will be on the micro-chip: work records, access codes, passwords, monetary credits, tax, personal movements, purchase records, health details, etc, etc. Historical monetary systems will be made obsolete - no more credit-cards, no more cash money. The micro-chip will facilitate 24/7 digital surveillance of populations - no more privacy, no more freedoms. Should anyone decide not to comply with the new order of things, their monetary credits will be electronically removed or reduced, thereby making day to day life very difficult for the "dissident". Accordingly, compliance rates will be very high indeed. Currently, the battle is well and truly on for the hearts and minds of western populations. The immoral paradigm, or immorality agenda, is relentlessly promoting its key constructs with a view to dividing and destabilising society to facilitate introduction of the totalitarian police state. Big business is making huge profits at the expense of the health and well-being of populations. Industrial scale abortion is widespread, and is another very profitable industry - i.e. the destruction of human life for profit, and for the "empowerment" of women by giving them the "right" to kill. You can use whatever terminology you want; right vs. wrong, good vs. evil, truth vs. falsehood, the light vs. the darkness, Jesus Christ vs. Lucifer, etc. but sooner or later we'll all have to make a decision as to whether we comply with the immoral paradigm and its ultimate goal of 24/7 population surveillance via the totalitarian police state (what might be described as the dark order) or whether we don't comply, and turn or return to the values and principles of traditional western democratic culture, broadly based on the Christian tradition. There it is folks.
My wife asked me what I want for Christmas in 2013 I said I'd like several Christopher Hitchens books. " For Christmas" ? she asked. I said " and can I also have the God delusion by Richard Dawkins"?
Nick Caldwell My precious son gave me Hitchens' The Portable Atheist, two books from Stephen Hawking, one Victor Stenger, and others. The young man is right on point.
eltsdim Not that I don't love Lawrence Krauss but it's actually Daniel Dennett that was the other member of the Four Horseman. Though any one of the above mentioned gentleman have enough intellect mixed with charisma to be of the once in a generation sort.
Every single person alive needs to listen to the first 12:30 seconds of this; with huge emphasis on the last 4 minutes. What a brilliant man, and i hope he rests in peace knowing he helped many transcend a way of thinking that has never worked for humanity. Ever.
A brilliant man, it is more like he is just speaking your mind, so you like what he says. A mind that wants to be free of the true God, so you can be your own god, and make your own rules. We are basically all like that, born that way, wanting our own way. The bible is so right about mankind, we sin against God and do not want to bring Him the glory He deserves (Romans 3:23) and we are easily deceived, our hearts being wicked, beyond what we know. (Jeremiah 17:9) Go look it up. This is why there is trouble and injustice in the world, it is not God's fault, He lets us go our own way, and we bring things on ourselves. Go look in the mirror and you will see the real problem, not God, but us.
"Civilization, in my submission, begins where that evil nonsense leaves off." 40:40 In a very strong field, this is one of my favorite Hitchens quotes.
He's talking about how cognitive issues can lead people even of supposed good religious or spiritual will to do things like bombings or worse and then go to a cherry picked verse in the Bible that lets them know that it's cool because hey we all sin. In their minds, eating a piece of chocolate can be just as bad as say (insert irrational behavior).
He's just wonderful. Absolutely. So courageous, intelligent. I walk a thin line on this side of sycophancy -- what a great loss, and what a wonderful legacy.
Absolute legend AND one of the greatest contemporary thinkers of all kind. SO so sad that i missed the opportunity to thank him for his clarity of spoken word and thought! X
Excellent Monty Python interlude - Hitchens was a gem, and this discussion was enlightening and entertaining. Hats off to the interviewer too, well done.
Although there are so many fantastic moments, this may be my favorite intro speech of his. Thank you Mr. Hitchens for your poise, knowledge and encouragement. I've become a better person simply from acknowledging your position on so many important topics sir.
I am grateful for this man’s tremendous talent and ability to write, speak, and debate on controversial ideas, individuals, and topics in a way that highlight outrageous inconsistencies, fallacies, and complete and unadulterated bullshit in a way that is filled with truth, logic, and a completely unapologetic delivery.
@kim burley 2020 and there are still some dopey dumb twats who pathetically cling to this childish infantile iron age ignorant god nonsense, and we wonder why the world is in such a mess, it's bizarre
I miss this man so much. His death felt like losing a good friend and I still grieve his loss because he was an extraordinary force for good in the world. I know of none more moral than Hitch.
How sad, loser you missing loser 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. th-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/w-d-xo.html
My day is better for knowing others acknowledging our Brother , Christopher Hitchens ; Thanks to you all ! ; Thanks Mr. Christopher Hitchens ! , WE ARE WITH GRATITUDE & CLOSER TO EACH OTHER ❤
20:27 - 23:58 The truly most accurate and moving description of the burden placed on our species by monotheism. The best true framing of the tenants that I have ever heard. Utterly brilliant. Cheers from Florida.
One of my only regrets in life is being to young to ever hear this great man speak he truely is the greatest mind of our time and may he rest in peace for all eternaty and if there be a god as thomas jefferson said he must appreciate reason over blind ignorance and fear
If there really were a God, an all knowing being, supremely intelligent, wise and benevolent, and truly worthy of worship, Hitch would surely have to be one of his favourite ever creations.
Some of his best work was right here in Australia - this speech is one of his best works along with his appearance on Q&A again with Tony Jones - to cap it off look at the final interview by Jones in Washington DC with Hitch when he was sick - superlative and compelling viewing, but also sad that this great man went so young and at the top of his game. How I wish he was with us today in these uncertain times. RIP great man.
listening to Hitch is like listening to a favourite album or rereading a favourite book or re-watching a favourite movie, he never gets boring, even when on repeat
Although admittedly on the role of devils advocate here, this Australian interviewer seems to me one off the better antagonists of Hitchens that I've ever seen him interviewed by - and this makes for a much more enjoyable and informative interview than when he is interviewed by someone who actually takes their criticism of Hitchens seriously and tries - usually unsuccessfully - to destroy his arguments
Curiously, Hitch was the last official 'devil's advocate' when he testified to the Vatican against Mother Teresa when she was being beatified. If somebody ever gets around to writing the definitive biography of Hitchens, I'll bet that I already know the title :)
Christopher Hitchens wil live in his books, documentaires about him, his speeching, his debating, forever. Thanks Christopher for everything I have seen sofar.
I read "humble blows to this brilliant man", and wasn't sure if you meant blow job, or blows like punches to the face. Made me chuckle...Bows, ok, you said bows xD
The wit, the intellect, the fug of tragic grandiosity - all in spontaneity. Like a one-man Oscar Wilde play in real time. No one would say Hitchens was Antitheism's finest mind, but he was surely its greatest communicator. Or at the least its most lovable.
Thank you TH-cam for. reminding us of this great man. He says what I have always known, but so brilliantly, and with such humor, that I’m overwhelmed when I hear him speak. « Thank god » we have these recordings of your talks to keep us going.
Christopher is still sadly missed today. On his feet or in a live debate, there was no one to touch him. He always finds the right word or phrase without slavishly reading notes (eg William Lane Craig - who is unlistenable !) and has a wicked sense of humour. You are sadly missed Christopher
20:27 - 23:57 Years ago, when I was still searching for answers and struggling to hold on to the vestiges of my belief, hearing this is what finished off that last flicker of faith.
You give him too much credit. Deconstruction is all you. It is the application of critical thinking to help you see reality in a better light. Great men like Hitchens can help you understand but the real work is done by you or not at all. Give yourself the credit you deserve. I believe he would see it that way as well.
Religion gets its morality from us when It's not preaching death and hell for the nonbeliever. All the people that believe every word of the Bible or Koran know very well that a modern science education will make children reconsider the word faith. Religion forces otherwise honest people to lie about reality and to be sure of what they do not know.
Husnain Anwaar what like pore people voting conservative ,suck upthat austerty you mug's oh yer hitchins was the man and just shows the delusionals for wat they are imbersil's compleat gulable fool's
+Husnain Anwaar With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil peopledoing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." Weinberg
I never really followed Carl Sagan, but my impression of him was more than he was the Mister Rogers of cosmology and science. Meaning that his goal was pure education, with no political agenda at all.
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If I'm lonely or depressed, I come to hear the faithful Hitchens. His words always hone the brain, nurture the heart, and humble the ego, among other positives. He is like a great friend.
I really identify with this
Nathan, Hitch did not care about truth. Just because man-made religions suck does not mean it's God's fault what man did. Hitch refused to see the truth between his god of nothing and the true God.
The secret atheist/agnostic god. I HATE your god, the god of nothing. Your god claims to have given us the universe, fine-tuning of the universe for life, life from non-life, information for life before and after it began, the laws of nature, etc, etc, when we know that your god of nothing can do nothing. Your god of nothing has nothing to offer and its followers only offer nothing of evidence for their god of nothing. That makes them nothing of importance but the followers of the god of nothing are so delusional that they think they do have something to offer to defend their god of nothing.
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The true God beats the crap out of the atheist/agnostic god of nothing.
It's the atheistic/agnostic types that supply the greatest comedy. They think the universe came about by natural means. There's NO science for it and ALL the science we know proves that creation had to be supernatural and done by a supernatural creator, but...., not to atheists/agnostics. Isn't that funny?!
You can't do it because you devoted your life to the god of nothing and love being a dumbass.---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.----
Then the extreme order we have in our universe that defies all physics, but....., not to atheists/agnostics. It's just happened by mere chances even though we prove it can't happen by chance. Funny!
www.inplainsite.org/html/anthropic_principles.html
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And life? Well, it just came from non-life. It's so absurd it's even hard to type that, but....., atheists/agnostics claim to believe it happened somehow by natural means. Again, funny!
Many have brought up such issues on how funny it is.
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Ribosomes had to be there for life but ribosomes are far too sophisticated.
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Then, what this life did after it started by mere chance can't happen by science, but....., atheists/agnostics believe it did. Funny!
Life takes information to form and proceed on. But to atheists/agnostics, chaos through time gave us information. Although it's even hard to write such a ridiculous statement, they believe it. All one can do is laugh at such stupidity.
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Only fools don't believe God was involved.
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I've kept this very basic and brief. I can provide much deeper, yet there's no need to since each point proves there is no explanation for such things to have happened naturally. This IS evidence against such things happening naturally. Lame excuses of why it can still have happened naturally with no science to support it are just that, lame excuses.
There's a ton more. If you want a laugh, see what atheists/agnostics believe.
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@@burnwankenobi803 Here's what happens when you give a dumbass common science that they can't contend with, they will completely ignore it and since they are disgusting human beings that don't care, they will think they have something clever to say that makes it look like they are not as stupid as they are, so this is what is considered a good scientific come back to all the science they were provided:
Drumroll, please.... their science....."dork"
Yes, I'm serious. I'm not making this up. They are really that stupid.
One of my greatest regrets was not seeing him in the flesh - sorely missed
This video is worth a very careful listen. The late Christopher Hitchens was a thoughtful and fiercely honest debater who will not soon be forgotten.
Mr. Hitchens is the author of several books I have read and respect. Hitch 22 and God is Not Great are two of them.
I've been trafficking in audio books in the late senility of my engagement with intellectual life and Hitchens is nearly the only author who's sufficiently-entertaining to keep me going.
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I regret not seeing two people on stage in person. Stevie Ray Vaughn and Christopher Hitchens. I discovered Hitchens late but I have been trying to make up on lost time with his books and clips like this. Thank you for posting this.👍
@Bazrad68 i assume you saw Elvis, and Michael Jackson. Jimmy swagger singing on the piano was probably pretty good live, during tbe "crusade" my granny made me sit indian style on the floor in front of the tv on volume 11 would be nostalgic live.
@ Nope, I never saw Elvis (I was 9 when he died) or Michael Jackson. However, I did get to see David Bowie and Eric Clapton when they toured New Zealand and I did get to see Roger Waters perform The Wall when he toured Australia in 2012. Pink Floyd is still my favourite band.
Christopher, I miss you. Your voice was pure intellect and reason. I was raised a southern baptist. I studied Geology my sophomore year in college. At age 19 I became an atheist. I remain one at age 89, but refer to myself as a secular humanist. Maybe it's a copout, but most questioners of my religion don't know what the term means. That gives them something to think about. Thank you for having lived.
thank you for this as at 72 I am tiring of explaining why Xmas means so little to me.....although being seen as a curmudgeon ain't so bad really
@ralpholiver1519 In my life and part of the world, Christmas has lost its religious emphasis a long time ago
I get similar electricity running down my spine while reading some Gibson and Stanisław Lem. The with and style Hitch commanded, mental whisky for the ears ;)
The world is a much poorer place for having lost this man. What a gem he was. Never be another like him.
@Raj Iyer True
Totally agree, we will never have another like him
@Raj Iyer any religion. not just conventional
If ever the world needed a resurrection we need hitch back now!
@@rajiyer2964 What is Religion? It is believing in something.- a set of beliefs to follow .Some follow with traditional religion of some sort, some with extreme Political Party Policies, some do it with WEF and Klaus Schwab, some with Finace and Money, some with Technology, some with being part of a Band of Thugs and Criminals, some follow self-designed Cults, some worship Satan and so on. Even elevating this Christopher Hitchens to the level of Philisophical God-like in quality is a form of religion. I wonder how he would have coped with the Global response to the C*vid crisis and the abbominal way Humans were treated - worse than the conventional religions to date but remembering that they were all a part of the "Conventional" approach used by the Deep State and the manipulation of the power of Money and Influence. More like the Roman decrees before the Era of Christ, where they could put you to death for not believing in the decreed set of gods dictated as being "the approved ones" by the City of Rome. In striving to "go forward", we are actually going backward, sometimes slipping thousands of years in a matter of days. Religion is not at fault but man. Man chasing after dreams of perfection. What use is it, if you have a log in your own eye while trying to take the speck out of your neighbours' ? (Exact quote, Matthew 1:17) Keep your eyes wide open and your mouth and mind free of dictates then you can believe as a free man without condemnation. This Time now is a renaissence where once again Man tries to climb the slippery pole of improving himself ad his condition.
It’s still sheer heaven to listen this rare & magnificent man! No one will ever come near his articulate brilliance.How blissfully fortunate we are to listen & view him whenever despite his regrettable loss.
The Creator is here right now on earth and if you were not so confused by Hitchens, you might hear Him, I do...................falun gong
"No one will ever come near his brilliance". I hope not! Btw, are you clairvoyant?
Yes he gained the whole world and lost his own soul I hope he repented and cried out to Jesus Christ for salvation before he died
👏🏻👌🏻
@@jeffforsythe9514Yes! Praise Zeus!
As a lifelong (almost) and dedicated atheist I'm ashamed to have found Mr Hitchens only on the cusp of his death. His 'Portable Atheist' collection landed through my letter box on the day he died. I'll relish the next 10 years catching up with his genius and wisdom. What a guy.
People of faith had no argument that could get past Hitch...he is sorely missed in these most troubled of times
Same as me....
I do have a belief, albeit the fairly benign Church of England, but I find Hitchens' arguments so thoroughly compelling, thought-provoking and winning that it's hard not to fall by his side.
Ashamed is a poor word choice, you had no prior knowledge of the situation and therefore couldn’t have made an effort to prevent your fallacious ashamed feelings
Terry Bull yep, now we got the Dinesh D’Souzas and the Denis Pragers taking over again.
" The man had more wit and style and substance than a few civilizations I could name" - Sam Harris on Christopher Hitchens
It was the WIZARD OF OZ who had more wit and style.
No one had more the the great Hitch.
None of those qualify him as sagacious.
The very sad, horrible fact that atheists are unaware of is, this plane of existence does not forgive and the consequences will be dire. Dire.
@@jeffforsythe9514 how do you know you have the right religion?
A vast memory, a marvelously functional brain and an exceptional, perfectly controlled voice. What a pleasure it is to hear him speak and what a loss that there will be no more of him.
The very sad, horrible fact that atheists are unaware of is, this plane of existence does not forgive and the consequences will be dire. Dire.
Well put.
Thank God, ahem, for youtube where he may carry on in perpetuity, or until at last when we as a species have done ourselves in...
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@@jeffforsythe9514 Hirarious bro. Dumb, but hirarious.
A man whose ferocious intellect was only matched by his ferocious courage.
Not to mention a ferocious thirst....for knowledge, of course.
@Bob Smith I doubt anyone diving on a grenade would be a veteran, more likey he would be in bits on the battlefield! I assume the guy you reply to meant intellectual courage, unafraid to state his views no matter who he offends and that is a form of courage especially nowadays when militant religion, mostly Islamic, has raised its medieval ugly head again with assassins sent after those they see as offending their obscurantist views of religion! By the way, to all Salafists, Wahhabists etc out there, please understand that Mohamed, your founder, was an ignorant, child molesting scumbag and Islam, along with the rest of the religious nonsense out there is a fucking nonsensical fairy tale! Put that in your hookah and smoke it!
And his ferocious appetite 🤣
@@stevebrindle1724 I love fairy tales. Tell me another please. Hahaha! 🤣
Hitch was a dumbass who believed his secret god of nothing did miracles naturally with nothing as proof it could. For such a dumbass, demands dumbass followers.
One of the best orators ever born. it's a great pleasure to listen to him.
How do you know?
Christopher Hitchens lives in our hearts and minds ; Missed , not forgotten ; a grateful recipient.
"Christopher Hitchens is widely read..." That doesn't even begin to describe it. His grasp of these concepts, ability to remember, recite and analyze is incredible. I've read quite a bit, but I don't have his depth of understanding, and couldn't recite it if you held a gun to my head. His was a singular intellect and wit.
The very sad, horrible fact that atheists are unaware of is, this plane of existence does not forgive and the consequences will be dire. Dire.
@@jeffforsythe9514 Or not. Provide evidence and we’ll talk.
@@tracycampbell4526 You have all the evidence that you need, just look inside yourself...................falundafa
@@jeffforsythe9514 Clearly, the definition of “evidence” escapes you.
@@tracycampbell4526 No, who and what you really are escapes you.
One of the most learned primates of all time as well as one the greatest writers, thinkers, and orators. The way Hitchens was able to condense the wisdom of the greatest minds in history and present it in his own unique way to humanity is simply unmatched.
@Jazzkeyboardist1 As if his error on the Iraq war is the sum of his output. He was mistaken on that and not much else.
@Jazzkeyboardist1 Oh I didn't realize. You're a fuckwit. My mistake.
Modern Voltaire? :D
@Jazzkeyboardist1 so he wasn't perfect, so what? If perfection is a requirement to being right about anything at all, then nobody can ever be right about anything, and we know that is not the case
@@johnmulligan455 he wrote books too, that makes him a writer by definition
I discovered Hitchens while in Iraq and was fortunate to spend some time in an area the biblical Abraham is said to have lived. Hitchens changed my life for the better and continues to educate me.
Are u from Iraq?
No.
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As much as he hated the thought, Hitchens found immortality on TH-cam. Yesterday was his death anniversary, and as an homage I revisit my favorite videos of him. Damn I miss this guy
So do I. And we need him more than ever now that the liberal elite in America and the US is capitulating more and more for radical Islam.
I believe he would be very encouraged by the notion of his legacy and teachings being consumed by so many millions of people due to its ready accessibility on TH-cam. I miss him greatly too.
Hitchens filmed some amazing documentaries. Against William F. Buckley, Jr. and others. BUT THIS SHOW THIS EVENING IS FEEBLE AND A TRAVESTY
@@KoenVanDenEeckhaut You mean the abundance of right wing Trumpism, neo confederate christian nationalism an the attack on liberal democratic institutions? Indeed, Hitchens would be disgusted by it.
PSYCHOPATH{=@Christopher Hitchens Disagree,,,, Wounded Knee is full of modernist Pro-indian/anti-white propaganda,,,,, and yes I have studied, including letters written home from Soldiers on the frontier,,,, there are no written records from the indian side, because only one tribe had a written language, so all that is written now is based on the memories of people who were not there... and while heartfelt and passionate in its recruitment, they are not accurate....I know indians, because I have lived with them... as family,,,, dont tell me what was wrong or right historically.
My family history, although interesting and well recorded (relatively) hints at the awful treatment the Irish got. In England more recently but in Ireland that historically relentless treatment is recorded, so as far as I've looked, I can go back centuries. The methods and tactics used in America were used by men of power and position in Ireland before the exploitation of Indian land happened. That much is very true. Recent history is only indicative of the true cruelty inflicted upon them. Also, its fair aswell not to deny that England fought and oppressed many nations - aswell as its own people - this is true and well documented with the British Empire but that is really just one shade of the prism if we take a few steps back. We really are a brutal species and it seems like the more I learn about the world history the less hope I have that we will ever change because it used to be a very physical oppression that people struggled against but its now an economic oppression and subjugation thats shaping our societies at large first, with forced invasion and oppression used as a final back up. What stands out is the oppression of settler people in any land comes to those people whom took them forcibly themselves once those lands are genocidally cleansed of the indigenous peoples but the Irish have endured so much hardship its really impossible to think I even know the tip of the iceberg there. Now Im no scholar, but what happens once will happen again but in a slightly different context. Its very sad but thats our nature - we are animals - by that I mean primal and evolved to pursue survival at any cost to others - but we dont even realize we have killed our parents by eradicating alot of indigenous people worldwide in the last centuries alone, so that their ways and knowledge are either subdued and marginalized or just lost. We need that guidance and sacred wisdom more than ever. It makes me think sometimes, is what happened for example in Ireland but also America / Australia etc and elsewhere, what happened before, 100s or 1000s of years ago, but we simply dont get the full real perspective from our current understanding of history / pre-history because its too far back to get anything except the surface of it, it makes me think that thats the nature of us as a species in reality - a species doomed to permanent and repetitious amnesia - self inflicted or otherwise. God knows. God Bless all people because we fucking need it, and let all children coming up in the world be under your watch no matter what, thats all I can say for certain I can foolishly hope for.
PSYCHOPATH-Christopher Hitchens the Irish where treated bad that’s why they joined Mexico to stop slavery but they lost and gave the land for exchange for slavery y’all didn’t know that the union was bad mormons wanted slavery and once the union turned they’re back on them for practicing polygamy they went to Mexico this is fact 😂🙄💀.
His command of the English language is absolute bliss to listen to
Great, he was a dumbass that knew English. He's still a dumbass.
Totally. What an orator!
The incomparable Christopher Hitchens. I regret that it was only after you passed I had discovered your work.
Wherever you are Sir, Rest In Peace.
From an Australian fan.
@Alexander Leblanc I think he was, rather crudely, making the point that Christopher himself would know that he is nowhere but in the ground. He isn't anywhere ethereal and therefore cant rest in peace. He is, simply, gone.
Same here, Adam. Trying to catch up!
@Hydin Biden Lol “rest in peace” is just a cultural phrase uttered about respected or beloved dead people. It’s interesting u’re trying to insert your personal religion view into it in a sarcastic passive aggressive way lmao. People even say “rest in peace” when their favorite pets die. So u think they aren’t intelligent enough to know their cats or dogs are just gone and not really “sleeping”?😂
@Hydin Biden Well, I think all the reasonable information regarding this matter has been succinctly packaged in my previous comment. The rest is just u clutching at straws.
@Hydin Biden oh for Christ sake stupid , he was just saying.....
People listen to music when they work. I listen to Hitchens.
LOL, I loved it when Christopher did a string of limericks together! Hilarious. And it reminded me of my English grandad who did the same thing. He knew or made up countless limericks. I really miss him. He was brilliant. He was an engineer, poet, dancer, writer, wood craftsman, carved beautiful wood figures and so much more. All his handwriting was like calligraphy. I hung around him as much as I could trying to absorb his genius. Miss you granddad.
Once performed by Monty Python.
It's called "Bruce's Philosophers Song" from Monty Python
"It's the attempt to live without illusions that I believe is the most dangerous, but the most worthwhile, and in some ways the most enjoyable undertaking, despite its risks, of all. And that's why I'm here." -Christopher Hitchens 7:46
Brilliant. The best orator I've ever heard. His books are exceptional.
People often forget how tremendously funny he also was.
Yes he was very funny I hardly ever laugh but have been cracking up listening to him. What a generous wonderful person he was. We are fortunate to live in a time where we have these recordings.
Articulation. Humour and ability to face the truth A rare combination.
When I am anxious or depressed I turn to listening to Christopher and he grounds me. He was so generous to give much of his time to enlighten us. I was a Christian for 30 years. What a waste of my time and money.
Christopher Hitchens is SO brilliant! One of the greatest thinkers and orators! ;)
Wow!
Christine G. Padua, I can't tell if you are either radiantly beautiful.... or a man.
Christine G. Padua I quote him all the time when it comes to the bible , all ways shuts people up!
He is like Voltaire. Too brilliant to contradict.
@@Anonymous-or4ru - they are not mutually exclusive as my gf will attest!
@@aaronvincent194 - Except by George Galloway...who well & truly ripped Hitch a new one!
Nothing better than spending a night in with a bottle of wine and a bit of classic Hitch!
+James Johnson Couldn't agree more!.. How I miss this guy. Do we have anyone anywhere near him nowadays? Best regards . . . Chris.
+Chris W don't think we do unfortunately. I love Dawkins, Krauss, Dennet and the others but they don't have his cool, his calm yet incredibly powerful wit and charisma, his swiftness of mind and deep knowledge, nor his outstanding baryton voice. He is sorely missed...
We all have the man crush for Hitch.
+James Johnson For those of limited mind, he overwhelms. They take delight in finding some error in how he pronounces some historical figure's name , such as in his point-by-point indictment of the whole Joseph Smith scam, or by pointing out petty details like his crediting Kubrick instead of Stanley Kramer for the film ON THE BEACH, and use that as a reason to throw out everything he has to say...as if these things have/had any import whatsoever to the wider matters he spoke about! It seems that fear of evidence-based truth and his directness must be behind the vitriol his detractors throw his way.
Well said mate.
Much respect to the late Christopher Hitchens. Great man and his legacy will live on. He spoke truth and made a big impact which is still rippling today
I can never express how much Hitchens has done for me. I love and miss the man. There will never be another.
Hero worship of the worst, unquestioning kind.
@@lauriemayne7436 Indeed.
Hitch taught me to do my own research and decide for myself what I believe.
@@earthling8585 He was a GOD amongst prophets !
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@@lauriemayne7436lmao yeah like religion is any better
This is the epitome of a man. Brave and caring and intelligent.
Yet ? - behind everyones backs he was modelling the first thought crimes since the witch trials - they would first be brought to bare against christians in LAW ( and no other religion ) only to then be turned on EVERYONE ELSE given these model can attack anything they want banned & turned into things we are not allowed to THINK anymore. What did you expect of essentialist metaphysics ? - they are a magic wand that dreams up crime thats not there !!!
Ofc Hitchens was hiding behind a wholesome persona. Can you trace thought crime design to anywhere other than new atheism ?
NOOOOOOOOOO !
Old Atheists knew as soon as these nu filth opened their gobs that banning religious people would NOT end well for every other human being. For the sake of the cash elite new atheists earned / and for the sake of all that cheering and gushing compliments the fanatics did the cost was a Totalitarian Regime.
ROFL
Well, yes, he was intelligent, even brilliant, witty, and talented, but meanwhile, I think that he was a conformist, not at all brave. I revere his mind, but not his character.
This video should be required viewing in every school across the world
What??? next you will want them teaching self responsibility and how economics works! Can't have people who aren't dependent on some higher power, like a god, or their government. Might actually solve problems instead of making them worse by throwing others peoples money at them.
I think of Hitch as a humanist. He considered religion an offense to humanity.
And rightly so
@Theseustoo Astyages You realise that most of the world's major charities have their origins with Christianity. Not to forget some wonderful music and buildings. I am sure you can counter with the crusades which have much to do with religion and power rather than the teachings in the Bible. Please try some new quotes that don't involve the usual out of context scriptures on slavery et al. Hitchins himself professed ignorance to what the Bible said having read very little of it.
Even if religion has produced charitable work and beautiful culture, does this give the religion itself any validity? These things also exist outside of religion.
Perfectly said!
@Zeek Banistor you got that right. Hitch didn't care about science and truth. He was just a dumbass with dumbass followers.
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 dumbass Hitchens.
I loved it when Christopher said he simply "discovered" he didn't believe. That was my experience as well. Thank you Christopher for your thoughtfulness, wit and courage to share your lack of belief in god with a world where many don't want to hear it - logical and comforting as it is. The dark side of religion has hurt so many people and caused so much useless death and suffering.
it has been said, that dawkins showed us how one can be an intellectualy satisfied atheist, i agree and i add, that hitchens showed us how to be a morally convicted one..
+carryall69 You wrote " hitchens showed us how to be a morally convicted one" Can you take those instructions to Isis and stop the wars in the Middle East and everywhere in the world. World peace is the most urgent human need.
i missed the "instructions" part..
Hitchens hasn't tried to persuade me to being an unbeliever. I was an unbeliever due to studying religion and was happy to find someone who agreed with my findings.
He doesn't try to persuade you because he respects you. His job was to give an alternative to religion and let you find your alternative.
@@daviddawson1718 Awww! I'm touched. How sweet. Bahahaha. 😂
Pat, so you're a proud dumbass just like Hitch was. You must be proud.
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 dumbass Hitchens.
Totally agree with you Pauline - people like Hitch actually give one hope that the human race is actually evolving intellectually
@@anaderol5408 says your dumb ass who completely ignored my comment.
One of his best speeches by far! And partly because his audience is so awesome too.
I agree , it is Joy to view Christopher Hitchens ! To listen and hear ....Hello out there, with kindness from me to you all ! .
The incredible knowledge of this man, combined by his brilliant humour and quick wit.... Truly one of a kind. We miss you, Hitch!
I miss this man so much, even though I only found him after his death. Still, I'm so grateful that some of his speeches and debates were captured for posterity.
What do you think made him so great over atheist philosophers of the past?
They shall be forgotten, rest assured
Sometimes I just want to hear his voice.
Zeek Banistor Do you need a hug Cupcake?
Dr T Do you need medication, Chuckles?
Irish Mule69 Thanks for the advice Cupcake. Try using you head for something other than a hat stand.
Geordan Gundeifinger,,you will hear him again in the depths of Hell if you are a follower of Him
plasticmoon222 How do you know that Christopher didn’t go to heaven? 🤔
We need more people like Hitchens on this planet. His passing several years ago was a major blow to humanity.
What a silly thing to say. Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Lincoln all believed in God and you chose Hitchens as your main man, wow. A major blow to humanity, what nonsense.
@@jeffforsythe9514 Oh yes, and of course those gentlemen you mentioned were well versed in modern science! My comment was not intended to undermine the substantial contributions of Aristotle, Plato, or Socrates.
@@Dr10Jeeps All three believed in God and reincarnation and Hitchen's believed in a gin and tonic and nothingness.
@@jeffforsythe9514 I respect Hitchens so much!...But I still have a "belief" in Agnosticism...We as a species simply cannot be conclusive in the way Hitch was. He had a sort of intellectual arrogance that he ironically believed in!...somehow, he managed to surrender to the void of eternal nothingness, and took comfort in that!...My take is more of a "Whatever" acceptance of the unrelenting fact that we ALL are going to go through "Death"...and somehow that feeling of common Fate comforts me.
@@curbozerboomer1773 We are all created with a Divine soul. We sinned and fell to Earth to suffer and to redeem ourselves. When we sin a black substance called karma forms on our soul. SIn too much and our spark of Divinity goes out and with it our connection to the Divine, thus atheism.
The Great Hitch quoting the Philosopher's Drinking Song in it's entirety - now I admire him even more !
My absolute favorite Hitchens talk ❤️ it brought tears to my eyes several times.
He's a dumbass. It shows dumbasses could bring people to tears.
No haloes, no golden auras, no big white hat or shiny guns. This man is the epitome of a true hero.
pffff yeah right
he said one shouldn't have heroes though. :-)
(but i agree!)
But you are putting all these things on him. He is a Hero because the world no longer believes in Free Speech and you are all being hood-winked by global dogmas of the corrupted WEF, UN, WHO, CCP, Pharma and Political Agendas of those Bischops of Tyranny that came to light in this C*vid Crisis. Be your own Christs. Study what he has to say and you will find the truth and never forget two things: your Humanity and Humility. .
Well said!
PSYCHOPATH{=@Christopher Hitchens Disagree,,,, Wounded Knee is full of modernist Pro-indian/anti-white propaganda,,,,, and yes I have studied, including letters written home from Soldiers on the frontier,,,, there are no written records from the indian side, because only one tribe had a written language, so all that is written now is based on the memories of people who were not there... and while heartfelt and passionate in its recruitment, they are not accurate....I know indians, because I have lived with them... as family,,,, dont tell me what was wrong or right historically.
My family history, although interesting and well recorded (relatively) hints at the awful treatment the Irish got. In England more recently but in Ireland that historically relentless treatment is recorded, so as far as I've looked, I can go back centuries. The methods and tactics used in America were used by men of power and position in Ireland before the exploitation of Indian land happened. That much is very true. Recent history is only indicative of the true cruelty inflicted upon them. Also, its fair aswell not to deny that England fought and oppressed many nations - aswell as its own people - this is true and well documented with the British Empire but that is really just one shade of the prism if we take a few steps back. We really are a brutal species and it seems like the more I learn about the world history the less hope I have that we will ever change because it used to be a very physical oppression that people struggled against but its now an economic oppression and subjugation thats shaping our societies at large first, with forced invasion and oppression used as a final back up. What stands out is the oppression of settler people in any land comes to those people whom took them forcibly themselves once those lands are genocidally cleansed of the indigenous peoples but the Irish have endured so much hardship its really impossible to think I even know the tip of the iceberg there. Now Im no scholar, but what happens once will happen again but in a slightly different context. Its very sad but thats our nature - we are animals - by that I mean primal and evolved to pursue survival at any cost to others - but we dont even realize we have killed our parents by eradicating alot of indigenous people worldwide in the last centuries alone, so that their ways and knowledge are either subdued and marginalized or just lost. We need that guidance and sacred wisdom more than ever. It makes me think sometimes, is what happened for example in Ireland but also America / Australia etc and elsewhere, what happened before, 100s or 1000s of years ago, but we simply dont get the full real perspective from our current understanding of history / pre-history because its too far back to get anything except the surface of it, it makes me think that thats the nature of us as a species in reality - a species doomed to permanent and repetitious amnesia - self inflicted or otherwise. God knows. God Bless all people because we fucking need it, and let all children coming up in the world be under your watch no matter what, thats all I can say for certain I can foolishly hope for.
PSYCHOPATH-Christopher Hitchens the Irish where treated bad that’s why they joined Mexico to stop slavery but they lost and gave the land for exchange for slavery y’all didn’t know that the union was bad mormons wanted slavery and once the union turned they’re back on them for practicing polygamy they went to Mexico this is fact 😂🙄💀.
I really think and believe that this man is the best mentor I’ve ever had in my life time right now it’s great!!! I’m really thankful to have met him through TH-cam and his books bloody excellent!!!
It is so sad that he isnt here anymore. I do miss him.
His ideas are still with us and that's what counts. I see his words and logical truths paraphrased every time there is a debate or argument about the illogical.
I THANK GOD EVERYDAY THAT HE DOESNT EXIST!! AND I TOO MISS CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS,
fearless rational intellect
I thank God every day for not existing also. A godless universe is a free universe.
He’s still here. In fact he can usually be found in the hearts of all whom admired him.
this is my fav speech and interview with the great Mr.Hitchens. Thanks for sharing.
What a great speaker and debater Hitch was. An inexhaustible vocabulary which clarified his speech not complicated it.
@Stacy Caruso Don't be a bitch, Stacy.
@kim burley , how can one hate something they don't believe exists ??
@kim burley , but you do know a great white exists don't you and you know what one looks like?? Have you ever seen God??
@kim burley , the bible would disagree with you.
@kim burley try reading your book
Simply another masterclass by Hitchens, a privilege to listen to
A privilege is rather tasting a bottle of fifty year old scotch.
Brilliant man, brilliant mind. Thank you for your time with us Christopher---RIP
He's so majestic in this. Utter brilliance.
Utter stupidity was Chris.
@@franciscoromo9197 you can't fix the stupid of your bitch, 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 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 dumbass Hitchens.
@@2fast2block "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."
So what evidence have you seen that you base your faith upon?
@@owen7666 "So what evidence have you seen that you base your faith upon?"
MANY things and I already just gave one...
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.
I'm so sad that this man passed away I love his mind so much
he is now arguing eternally with God that He doesn't actually exist to which God answers neither do you/
@kim burley bitch Hitch ain't so smart feeling now.
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 dumbass Hitchens.
@kim burley and as we both feel, what a shame, too. Hitch could have had a wonderful eternal life and led others to Christ but he was too prideful. There is MUCH to complain about in religions and I do the same. Even many "Christian" religions have allowed corruption and have been taking advantage of people for many years. Still, that is not a representative of what God is and says. And as bad as religions are, NONE are as bad as the atheistic/agnostic religion. They can complain all they want about how it's not a religion of beliefs but it most certainly is. They live and die with no hope.
@kim burley Jesus was a man whose Father was God. He lived a sinless life to be the sacrifice for our sins. Now Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of God. That's not a religion, it's God's word.
@kim burley well said.
This guy is the most brilliant debater, orator, literary genius that I have ever heard! A shame he is no more amongst us. Miss him!
Hitchens: turning over the tables and driving the charlatans and fakirs screaming from their temples. Absolutely marvellous: erudite, articulate, fearless, uncompromising unyielding and unrepentant to his last breath. Gone, but still very much active.
+Phil Courts Wonderfully said!
Thanks
+Phil Courts I still think that's he best 5 minutes, when he's talking about the time humanity has been around with 'heaven' watching with indifference, makes me laugh every time, just because of the painful accuracy of the comment. Nobody else around these days, or I suspect for many centuries who would possess his wit and humongous knowledge.
+Blake Vivaldi Exactly which one of the over 10,000 versions of the lack of understanding of christianity are you referring to? I personally think he nailed them all, to the cross if you will. Nobody died for your damn sins, you you're afraid are responsible for all of them. Time for you and all your like minded mythologists to give binky back to mommy and face the reality of life and become a thoughtful productive part of humanity and not a counter productive apologist for 1st century philosophy and story telling.
dlevitt0508 Let's put some context around the interesting machinations of western society in the current digital era:
The pervasive and proliferating media & communication technologies are disseminating an "immorality agenda" or "immoral paradigm" that is:
1) Pro-feminism (& pro industrial scale abortion - women exercising their "right" to kill unwanted human life).
2) Pro-homosexuality (& same sex parenting involving third party transacting of children, then deliberate deprivation of natural complimentary mother-father parenting roles).
3) Pro-multiculturalism (the diluting & polluting of shared community values, ultimately destabilising and destroying nationhood).
4) Pro-catastrophic climate change (an entirely contrived global scare campaign to facilitate centralised government controls).
5) Pro-excess consumption (food, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, digital technologies: facilitating the health, social & moral decline of populations, while big business makes mega-profits).
6) Pro-atheism (particularly anti-Christian agenda of Dawkins style modern atheism. Digital media-conditioning of gullible host populations, designed to demonise and ridicule Christianity and Christians, because Christianity is diametrically opposed to the central constructs of the "immoral paradigm."
The pervasive and proliferating technologies of the digital era are being used to spread a dark shadow over western populations.
Populations are being dumbed-down in the pervasive digital era, making them receptive to, and compliant with, the degenerate ideas of the immoral paradigm.
Ultimately, the intention is to divide and destabilise western democratic society and culture. New markets are being borne out of the destruction of the old ones. The health, social & moral decline of society is very big business indeed - i.e. food & alcohol industries, pharmaceutical industry, and all manner of proliferating digital industries.
As society becomes increasingly destabilised, social order will essentially break down. At this point the new order will be introduced - a totalitarian & authoritarian police state, characterised by complete loss of privacies and freedoms via 24/7 digital surveillance of populations.
The technology is already available. The shrewd "big business" string-pullers behind the purposefully designed "immoral paradigm" are just waiting until populations are sufficiently dumbed-down and social order is irretrievably broken down, thereby minimising any possible resistance to the new order.
We will all be micro-chipped in the soft part of the skin between the thumb and index finger. All of our information will be on the micro-chip: work records, access codes, passwords, monetary credits, tax, personal movements, purchase records, health details, etc, etc. Historical monetary systems will be made obsolete - no more credit-cards, no more cash money. The micro-chip will facilitate 24/7 digital surveillance of populations - no more privacy, no more freedoms.
Should anyone decide not to comply with the new order of things, their monetary credits will be electronically removed or reduced, thereby making day to day life very difficult for the "dissident". Accordingly, compliance rates will be very high indeed.
Currently, the battle is well and truly on for the hearts and minds of western populations. The immoral paradigm, or immorality agenda, is relentlessly promoting its key constructs with a view to dividing and destabilising society to facilitate introduction of the totalitarian police state.
Big business is making huge profits at the expense of the health and well-being of populations. Industrial scale abortion is widespread, and is another very profitable industry - i.e. the destruction of human life for profit, and for the "empowerment" of women by giving them the "right" to kill.
You can use whatever terminology you want; right vs. wrong, good vs. evil, truth vs. falsehood, the light vs. the darkness, Jesus Christ vs. Lucifer, etc. but sooner or later we'll all have to make a decision as to whether we comply with the immoral paradigm and its ultimate goal of 24/7 population surveillance via the totalitarian police state (what might be described as the dark order) or whether we don't comply, and turn or return to the values and principles of traditional western democratic culture, broadly based on the Christian tradition.
There it is folks.
My wife asked me what I want for Christmas in 2013 I said I'd like several Christopher Hitchens books. " For Christmas" ? she asked. I said " and can I also have the God delusion by Richard Dawkins"?
how about a kindle bruh?
Dsuranix
Is that a phone?
Mathieu Tran yes. the new kindle bruh. buy one today!
Spot on! The most wonderful irony imaginable. The year before I got 'The Portable Atheist' for Christmas, a deeply satisfying gift!
Nick Caldwell
My precious son gave me Hitchens' The Portable Atheist, two books from Stephen Hawking, one Victor Stenger, and others. The young man is right on point.
I wish I knew of him while he was still alive. His death has lead me to discover Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins through. What amazing thinkers.
I think you'd like Sam Harris too. He has a lot of stuff on TH-cam.
Jack jr Verrelli Those you've mentioned and Sam Harris were part of a group known as the Four Horsemen, the strongest atheist alliance of our age.
eltsdim Not that I don't love Lawrence Krauss but it's actually Daniel Dennett that was the other member of the Four Horseman. Though any one of the above mentioned gentleman have enough intellect mixed with charisma to be of the once in a generation sort.
Jack jr Verrelli Me too.
Jack jr Verrelli I'd suggest adding Sean Carroll to that list... Watch one or two of his videos and I think you'll understand why.
Every single person alive needs to listen to the first 12:30 seconds of this; with huge emphasis on the last 4 minutes. What a brilliant man, and i hope he rests in peace knowing he helped many transcend a way of thinking that has never worked for humanity. Ever.
A brilliant man, it is more like he is just speaking your mind, so you like what he says. A mind that wants to be free of the true God, so you can be your own god, and make your own rules. We are basically all like that, born that way, wanting our own way. The bible is so right about mankind, we sin against God and do not want to bring Him the glory He deserves (Romans 3:23) and we are easily deceived, our hearts being wicked, beyond what we know. (Jeremiah 17:9) Go look it up. This is why there is trouble and injustice in the world, it is not God's fault, He lets us go our own way, and we bring things on ourselves. Go look in the mirror and you will see the real problem, not God, but us.
@@gordoncrawley5826 wise words, but why those bible verses when you're talking about the true God, Allah?
"Civilization, in my submission, begins where that evil nonsense leaves off." 40:40
In a very strong field, this is one of my favorite Hitchens quotes.
What does it even mean?
@@dulls8475 He means religion is evil
The comments leading up to that sentence explain that sentence
He's talking about how cognitive issues can lead people even of supposed good religious or spiritual will to do things like bombings or worse and then go to a cherry picked verse in the Bible that lets them know that it's cool because hey we all sin. In their minds, eating a piece of chocolate can be just as bad as say (insert irrational behavior).
He's just wonderful. Absolutely. So courageous, intelligent. I walk a thin line on this side of sycophancy -- what a great loss, and what a wonderful legacy.
I wish I could be 1% as articulate as Christopher when I have to justify my defiance to religion. He is brilliant.
My powerfantasy as well.
Why would you have to justify that nothing exists?
Absolute legend AND one of the greatest contemporary thinkers of all kind. SO so sad that i missed the opportunity to thank him for his clarity of spoken word and thought! X
Excellent Monty Python interlude - Hitchens was a gem, and this discussion was enlightening and entertaining. Hats off to the interviewer too, well done.
Although there are so many fantastic moments, this may be my favorite intro speech of his. Thank you Mr. Hitchens for your poise, knowledge and encouragement. I've become a better person simply from acknowledging your position on so many important topics sir.
I am grateful for this man’s tremendous talent and ability to write, speak, and debate on controversial ideas, individuals, and topics in a way that highlight outrageous inconsistencies, fallacies, and complete and unadulterated bullshit in a way that is filled with truth, logic, and a completely unapologetic delivery.
The bullshit emanates from Hitchens. Open yer ears and THINK. Drunken drivers are seldom UNAPOLOGETIC but they KILL people.
Wish I’d found him before he died. Can’t get enough of this man. What a brain and that voice
Simply a brilliant mind.
+Roman Hoax and a brilliant team.
+david lyon You're referring to christianity and it's team of wish thinkers I presume?
Hardly
Mind blowing Hitchens in fine fettle. This should be shown in all schools AFTER a religious lecture...then studends could make their own mind up.
Religious delusion is too useful to the oligarchy for that, I fear.
@kim burley Belief in "God" and a need to explain inexplicable phenomenon is precisely what gives rise to religion.
@kim burley 2020 and there are still some dopey dumb twats who pathetically cling to this childish infantile iron age ignorant god nonsense, and we wonder why the world is in such a mess, it's bizarre
There's no religion in school except the cult of darwin
I miss this man so much. His death felt like losing a good friend and I still grieve his loss because he was an extraordinary force for good in the world. I know of none more moral than Hitch.
How sad, loser you missing loser 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.
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My day is better for knowing others acknowledging our Brother , Christopher Hitchens ; Thanks to you all ! ; Thanks Mr. Christopher Hitchens ! , WE ARE WITH GRATITUDE & CLOSER TO EACH OTHER ❤
20:27 - 23:58 The truly most accurate and moving description of the burden placed on our species by monotheism. The best true framing of the tenants that I have ever heard. Utterly brilliant. Cheers from Florida.
Tenets
One of my only regrets in life is being to young to ever hear this great man speak he truely is the greatest mind of our time and may he rest in peace for all eternaty and if there be a god as thomas jefferson said he must appreciate reason over blind ignorance and fear
I miss this man so much. He was truly one of a kind.
9 years later. What a timeless man
If there really were a God, an all knowing being, supremely intelligent, wise and benevolent, and truly worthy of worship, Hitch would surely have to be one of his favourite ever creations.
God is not great - How religion poisons everything! A Masterpiece. Hitch is brilliant
wa1
Such a privilege to have been second row centre at this event. Hitch was on fire that night.
Omg how lucky you are. I only discovered him about 4 years ago. What a loss to the world.
Evolution, thank you for Christopher! More like him please.
This is Hitchens' best oratory. I miss Hitch. 1:09:40 He completes the quotation... Talk about intellectual force. And of course 1:22:45.
Thank you.
Hitchens could be brilliant and right. IT WASN'T TONIGHT
Some of his best work was right here in Australia - this speech is one of his best works along with his appearance on Q&A again with Tony Jones - to cap it off look at the final interview by Jones in Washington DC with Hitch when he was sick - superlative and compelling viewing, but also sad that this great man went so young and at the top of his game. How I wish he was with us today in these uncertain times. RIP great man.
Why Orwell Matters is an important document by Hitchens on a fellow great British writer. True vibrant thinking, I wish he was still with us.
I love how Christopher could size a crowd up and if they were on his side he was even better
listening to Hitch is like listening to a favourite album or rereading a favourite book or re-watching a favourite movie, he never gets boring, even when on repeat
Although admittedly on the role of devils advocate here, this Australian interviewer seems to me one off the better antagonists of Hitchens that I've ever seen him interviewed by - and this makes for a much more enjoyable and informative interview than when he is interviewed by someone who actually takes their criticism of Hitchens seriously and tries - usually unsuccessfully - to destroy his arguments
+Ad Astra Exactly!
Curiously, Hitch was the last official 'devil's advocate' when he testified to the Vatican against Mother Teresa when she was being beatified. If somebody ever gets around to writing the definitive biography of Hitchens, I'll bet that I already know the title :)
I have not seen him lose a debate once
Christopher Hitchens wil live in his books, documentaires about him, his speeching, his debating, forever. Thanks Christopher for everything I have seen sofar.
Yes ,we need more like Christopher Hitchens , you , my friend & us are one ; you & share with Thanks !! .
Humble bows to this brilliant man. RIP.
I read "humble blows to this brilliant man", and wasn't sure if you meant blow job, or blows like punches to the face. Made me chuckle...Bows, ok, you said bows xD
kpzcbttp hahaha brilliant!!! :D You made me chuckle even more now!
Nope, 64 is not to old!
Thank you! Love your name.
kpzcbttp Age = experience = talent! (I wouldn't mind being on the receiving end - Hahaah)
The wit, the intellect, the fug of tragic grandiosity - all in spontaneity. Like a one-man Oscar Wilde play in real time.
No one would say Hitchens was Antitheism's finest mind, but he was surely its greatest communicator. Or at the least its most lovable.
A brilliant man, a clear thinker and so good to be able to watch his videos.
Thank you TH-cam for. reminding us of this great man. He says what I have always known, but so brilliantly, and with such humor, that I’m overwhelmed when I hear him speak. « Thank god » we have these recordings of your talks to keep us going.
How on earth have I not encountered this man before. Even if you don’t subscribe to his views the entertainment factor is through the roof.
Christopher is still sadly missed today. On his feet or in a live debate, there was no one to touch him. He always finds the right word or phrase without slavishly reading notes (eg William Lane Craig - who is unlistenable !) and has a wicked sense of humour.
You are sadly missed Christopher
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved" - Tim Minchin
20:27 - 23:57 Years ago, when I was still searching for answers and struggling to hold on to the vestiges of my belief, hearing this is what finished off that last flicker of faith.
You give him too much credit. Deconstruction is all you. It is the application of critical thinking to help you see reality in a better light. Great men like Hitchens can help you understand but the real work is done by you or not at all. Give yourself the credit you deserve. I believe he would see it that way as well.
Religion gets its morality from us when It's not preaching death and hell for the nonbeliever. All the people that believe every word of the Bible or Koran know very well that a modern science education will make children reconsider the word faith. Religion forces otherwise honest people to lie about reality and to be sure of what they do not know.
it is normal for good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, it takes blind faith .
Husnain Anwaar what like pore people voting conservative ,suck upthat austerty you mug's oh yer hitchins was the man and just shows the delusionals for wat they are imbersil's compleat gulable fool's
+Husnain Anwaar yeahhh by steven Weinberg :)
+Husnain Anwaar With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil peopledoing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." Weinberg
+Husnain Anwaar There are no evil people. There are people who are damaged, misguided but there are no people who are evil.
+zoltan87 apples and oranges
This world needs another Hitch
Maybe it can be you, have you ever thought of that?
Speak up when you can and present the available evidence, perhaps look into street epistemology with Anthony magnobosco
Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate are the closest thing we have:
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Maybe stop reminiscing about him and use his example yourself
@@jandrews6254 those are my intentions though i don't have the same eloquent dictation
discovered Hitchens just 4 weeks ago .His criticism of the dangers of Putin , China and Islam have proven to be completely correct. Amazing mind ....
An all time great genius in Pholosophy. Deserves to be seated in front row with Carl Sagan, Plato, Hegel and Chanakya et al.
I never really followed Carl Sagan, but my impression of him was more than he was the Mister Rogers of cosmology and science. Meaning that his goal was pure education, with no political agenda at all.
Don't believe anything now, but did almost all my life. I liked Hitches in either state. Wish he was still around.
Christopher Hitchens changed my life……for the BETTER!!!
And how's that?
@Jasmine Collis you poor thing. You don't like seeing what a liar Hitch was. You like lies.
I will never get tired of this brilliant interview! Th erudition, the wit, unequal!