Christopher Hitchens passed away

[DRDS]

Here is a link on the story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418


God help his soul.

[B. W.]

Here is a link on the story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16212418


God help his soul.

Well, only the Lord knows if at the last hour he recanted or not... Trust in the Lord and not in man...
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[Silvertusk]

This is so desperately sad. Another soul wasted, such talent misdirected. I can imagine such bitter regret when he see's our Lord. A life spent drawing people away from the source of all joy. Reading the comments on that website as well there are so many people who are lost - who think that he was the voice of reason in this dark age of fantasical religion. So very very sad.

[DannyM]

Sad to hear of his death.



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[wrain62]

Did he have any last words to record?

[Stu]

Saw this on another site:

Hitchens gave short shrift to the "insulting" suggestion that cancer might persuade him to change his position where reason had not, arguing that to ditch principles "held for a lifetime, in the hope of gaining favour at the last minute" would be a "hucksterish choice", and urging those who had taken it upon themselves to pray for him not to "trouble deaf heaven with your bootless cries".

Writing in his 2010 memoir, Hitch-22, Hitchens said that he hoped and believed his "advancing age has not quite shamed my youth", disavowing the "'simple' ordinary propositions" of his younger days in favour of the maxim that "it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties".

"One reason, then, that I would not relive my life," he continued, "is that one cannot be born knowing such things, but must find them out, even when they then seem bloody obvious, for oneself."

Quite sad really.

[PaulSacramento]

My favorite militant atheist

[Callisto]

This is so desperately sad. Another soul wasted, such talent misdirected. I can imagine such bitter regret when he see's our Lord. A life spent drawing people away from the source of all joy. Reading the comments on that website as well there are so many people who are lost - who think that he was the voice of reason in this dark age of fantasical religion. So very very sad.

I hear a lot of people say that. He was apparently a very good writer and had a lot of wit, but sadly not a lot of sense. Nothing we can do now but pray.

[jlay]

I hear a lot of people say that. He was apparently a very good writer and had a lot of wit, but sadly not a lot of sense. Nothing we can do now but pray.

Uh, nothing we can do now. Save your prayers for the living.

[B. W.]

I hear a lot of people say that. He was apparently a very good writer and had a lot of wit, but sadly not a lot of sense. Nothing we can do now but pray.

Uh, nothing we can do now. Save your prayers for the living.

True - look those who still have some prospect of hope - leave this man in God's hands.
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[StMonicaGuideMe]

May God have mercy on his soul.

I just found out by one of my atheists friend's Facebook feed, calling him "the greatest intellectual mind of our time". Yeah, clearly he doesn't get out much.

These comments from the article kill me (from laughter):

"Those who read him felt they knew him, and those who knew him were profoundly fortunate souls."

Souls? Really? Come on. We all know we don't have souls!

"The author and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins described him as the "finest orator of our time" and a "valiant fighter against all tyrants including God"."

This is ridiculous, but coming from Dawkins, I guess it's to be expected. Why do they go out of their way to call someone that doesn't exist "a tyrant", and even give Him the "capital G".

Truth of the matter is, all of them are secularist bigots. At least we know Hitchens got his "surprise".

[PaulSacramento]

This is so desperately sad. Another soul wasted, such talent misdirected. I can imagine such bitter regret when he see's our Lord. A life spent drawing people away from the source of all joy. Reading the comments on that website as well there are so many people who are lost - who think that he was the voice of reason in this dark age of fantasical religion. So very very sad.

I hear a lot of people say that. He was apparently a very good writer and had a lot of wit, but sadly not a lot of sense. Nothing we can do now but pray.

He was very honest on why He had issues with God and Theisim, he didn''t like or agree with the whole notion of God and sin and so forth.
He didn't try to over his disdain with some artificial moral superiority, he was a Live and do what you want type of guy and made that clear.
He was not very knowledgeable about theology or even the bible but what he knew was typical of mainstream religious knowledge and he didn't like it or agree with it.

[StMonicaGuideMe]

This is so desperately sad. Another soul wasted, such talent misdirected. I can imagine such bitter regret when he see's our Lord. A life spent drawing people away from the source of all joy. Reading the comments on that website as well there are so many people who are lost - who think that he was the voice of reason in this dark age of fantasical religion. So very very sad.

I hear a lot of people say that. He was apparently a very good writer and had a lot of wit, but sadly not a lot of sense. Nothing we can do now but pray.

He was very honest on why He had issues with God and Theisim, he didn''t like or agree with the whole notion of God and sin and so forth.
He didn't try to over his disdain with some artificial moral superiority, he was a Live and do what you want type of guy and made that clear.
He was not very knowledgeable about theology or even the bible but what he knew was typical of mainstream religious knowledge and he didn't like it or agree with it.

Indeed. I think the only reason he was so popular because he did have that message -- do whatever you want. And he's responsible for leading many souls astray, too. I'm sure he had a lot to answer for. I don't want to presume where the man is at this very moment, but unless his heart cried to God for forgiveness in his last second, we can safely assume where...

[Gman]

I think it is very sad that Hitchens didn't really know what he was attacking. In others words he didn't really understand that he was attacking the G-d of love. A G-d who truly loved him and died for him.

Unfortunately many many people fail to see this point...

[PaulSacramento]

He made me a better christian a better apologist and I think I speak for many in that regard.
His views made me examine my faith and how to present it and defend it.
I thank him for that.