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I miss Christopher Hitchens

Posted: 04 February 2012 03:58 AM

[ Ignore ]


	God Long Timer Joined 2008-04-03

His unflinching acceptance of our reality remain a true inspiration to me. For those of you who may not be familiar with his eloquence and perspective, I invite you to give him a listen.

Christopher Hitchens Tribute [Great Minds, S01E01] - YouTube

Do any of you miss him?

What would Hitchens do? (My new bumper sticker)

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Posted: 04 February 2012 05:06 AM

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	PJ Long Timer Joined 2009-06-12

God:

His unflinching acceptance of our reality remain a true inspiration to me. For those of you who may not be familiar with his eloquence and perspective, I invite you to give him a listen.

Christopher Hitchens Tribute [Great Minds, S01E01] - YouTube

Do any of you miss him?

What would Hitchens do? (My new bumper sticker)

I too miss him. I really enjoyed his books God Is Not Great and Hitch-22 especially Hitch-22. His so called "Hitchslap" in his debates was and still is great. Though I don't agree with everything he said I do agree with most of it. I would have loved to have sat down and had a chat with him.

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If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people. - House.

You can not convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it is based on a deep-seated need to believe. - Carl Sagan.

Posted: 04 February 2012 10:26 AM

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	danboyle2 Long Timer Joined 2007-05-21

One of my all time favorites....I read two of his books over christmas and gave one to my tbm dad...it will be interesting to see what he thought of Hitch. I wish I had been able to see one of his debates in person. At least we have youtube...Hitchslaps are the best.

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Posted: 04 February 2012 11:43 AM

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	Un-Tarded Member Joined 2011-06-25

Let us not forger Christopher Hitchens Day April 14. Raise a glass of Johnny Walker Black, and smoke a premiun cigar (or cigarette), to celebrate the life of great mind.

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“But by what I have gathered
from your own relation, and the answers I have with much pains
wrung and extorted from you, I cannot but conclude the bulk of
your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious
vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the
earth.”
-Gulliver’s Travels

Posted: 04 February 2012 12:27 PM

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	delusionall Sr. Member Joined 2009-09-11

I've been thinking about how he handled his illness, having been faced with my own. His response to the rumors that he he had become a Christian makes ne smile.

Posted: 04 February 2012 03:02 PM

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	PJ Long Timer Joined 2009-06-12

delusionall:
I've been thinking about how he handled his illness, having been faced with my own. His response to the rumors that he he had become a Christian makes ne smile.

This makes me think of his brother Peter, though a Christian, he defended Christopher's right to his beliefs and condemned the notion of a death-bed conversion. I admire him for that. I'm not a fan of Peter Hitchens but at least he stood up for his brother. He wrote a great article after Christopher's death.

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