Q&A: Christopher Hitchens

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  • @BlackEpyon
    @BlackEpyon 9 років тому +2345

    In death, Hitchens gained immortality... in his writings, the internet, and in our memories. I never get tired of this guy.

    • @cliffordhatton4444
      @cliffordhatton4444 7 років тому +45

      Me either, BlackEpyon....I sometimes listen the entire day.

    • @reshieroo
      @reshieroo 7 років тому +27

      Me too mate me too

    • @whouster
      @whouster 6 років тому +47

      I knew very little about Hitchens until a couple of months ago, and discovering him is a revelation. Such a massive loss, and he'll be remembered for a long, long time.

    • @jabiantakarua179
      @jabiantakarua179 6 років тому +24

      BlackEpyon same here. I've been listening/watching this guy everyday for the past 6months. Amazing man who's given me confidence in my anti theist views. A true legend

    • @LeFARaJ
      @LeFARaJ 6 років тому +13

      I'm really sad that I didn't know him when he was alive , I was 8 when he died ... what a shame R.I.P

  • @rayjay1975
    @rayjay1975 9 місяців тому +19

    RIP Christopher Hitchens 🙏 you shall be missed so unbearably x

    • @kjam1709
      @kjam1709 14 днів тому

      Ubearably is the right word

  • @1389Chopin
    @1389Chopin 10 місяців тому +8

    Man i miss hitch - what a great conversation - great questions

  • @gsmeeuwsen
    @gsmeeuwsen 10 місяців тому +9

    We are the best, and we welcomed you, Christopher, to our great country, and we so miss you now!

  • @wondernexus3d482
    @wondernexus3d482 9 років тому +1319

    This man changed my life

    • @bongmanding
      @bongmanding 9 років тому +15

      +IDKFA - God Mode Activated! I hear you, same here.

    • @BlackPhilosophy
      @BlackPhilosophy 5 років тому +15

      I could not agree more

    • @papnlilly
      @papnlilly 5 років тому +16

      Mine too buddy

    • @Goddess_chick
      @Goddess_chick 5 років тому +28

      Me too! I still have trouble watching videos of his last year. I love you Christopher Hitchens!

    • @adansaenz9042
      @adansaenz9042 5 років тому +14

      Couldn’t agree more with this statement!

  • @jerzybrudnicki6815
    @jerzybrudnicki6815 7 років тому +661

    It is so rare to have an interviewer asking interesting questions and letting the interviewee speak out his mind.

    • @lauraindira8421
      @lauraindira8421 5 років тому +4

      Jerzy Brudnicki so true!

    • @paulhubbard252
      @paulhubbard252 5 років тому +11

      Yes the interviewer is very diplomatic about time

    • @tommytwotacos8106
      @tommytwotacos8106 5 років тому +26

      Brian Lamb is a national treasure.

    • @joem5386
      @joem5386 5 років тому +25

      Brian Lamb is an EXCELLENT host and interviewer.

    • @comanchio1976
      @comanchio1976 5 років тому +22

      Brian Lamb's a class act

  • @mrcat7109
    @mrcat7109 Рік тому +33

    “It’s about me, so I can always make time for it” 🥰
    I love him so much.

  • @joaopauloadlergomesdacosta282
    @joaopauloadlergomesdacosta282 5 років тому +260

    I come to hear to Christopher Hitchens when I feel my brain needs a boost!

    • @ErikVestville-yv9md
      @ErikVestville-yv9md 3 роки тому +2

      CRETIN - learn to read !!!

    • @Irishmule169
      @Irishmule169 3 роки тому +2

      @@ErikVestville-yv9md
      Troll you definitely are !! Truth hurts doesn’t it about your imaginary friends ???

    • @jeffridder1221
      @jeffridder1221 2 роки тому

      Try drinking some vodka. Worked for Hitchens.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      No, you're a loser like Hitch was.
      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.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @Uuyrijies1123
      @Uuyrijies1123 2 роки тому +2

      @@2fast2block
      Brevity is the soul of the wit.

  • @Wright17
    @Wright17 7 років тому +488

    Still pains me to see this incredible man gone. He was perhaps the greatest thinker of the last 30 years. RIP Hitch, I will miss your wit, wisdom and intelligence.

    • @Zachd500
      @Zachd500 5 років тому +6

      Jazzkeyboardist1 you are literally a broken record.

    • @01amare
      @01amare 4 роки тому +5

      Jazzkeyboardist1 loser

    • @paulconnelly4050
      @paulconnelly4050 4 роки тому +7

      @Jazzkeyboardist1 I agree with you. Ignore the blushing eye lid flapping fan boys. Most overrated 'public intellect' in modern history. The gushing fanboys can't really see through the posh accent and the dictionary swallowed words. He was entertaining and very watchable but this guy morally can't come close to Noam Chomsky. A genuine human being, not a social climbing, cocktail party going, name dropping, state spokesperson like Hitchens. Real intellects and radicals aren't celebrated and embraced by right wing neo con governments, they're hated by them.

    • @tylerschoen5643
      @tylerschoen5643 4 роки тому +10

      Jazzkeyboardist1 Jesus Christ. You literally have commented a thousand times on videos about Hitchens and always complain about atheist. Are you by change a follower of Islam

    • @Irishmule169
      @Irishmule169 3 роки тому +6

      @@paulconnelly4050
      Right wing neo cons ??? Your definitely a traitor to the U.S Constitution and the people of this great nation !!!

  • @liohi8829
    @liohi8829 3 роки тому +35

    The interviewer Brian Lamb is fantastic and let’s Hitchens speak and everything Hitchens would say was profound, deeply moving, and so thought provoking. He was a huge influence on me. R.I.P You fantastic man. ♥️

  • @JaredPfaff
    @JaredPfaff 4 роки тому +149

    Mr. Hitchens, you freed my from my childhood shackles. For that, I will always be grateful.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому +1

      Now you're free to be a loser like he was.
      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.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @MrGeorgewf
      @MrGeorgewf 2 роки тому +4

      @@2fast2block
      They say we have free will. But wait there are rules(10 commandments). So we don’t have free will. Free will means just that with no strings attached. We have human desires look but don’t touch, smell but don’t eat.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      @@MrGeorgewf did you think it wouldn't be noticed that you ignored all that I wrote? Are you really that stooo-pid? Yes. Now, since you chose the stooo-pid side by your own free will, decided to ignore God and His guidelines by your own free will, and decided to not take God's free salvation by your own free will, you have a very harsh ending coming to you by your own free will.
      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.
      Psalms 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."
      ua-cam.com/video/PS5buGnHVZw/v-deo.html

    • @nosteinnogate7305
      @nosteinnogate7305 Рік тому +5

      @@2fast2block Damn he really triggered you. Grow up.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block Рік тому

      @@nosteinnogate7305 so for me to show how easy it is to crush Hitch, that is a bad thing to you. Hey, follow his garbage, you love it.

  • @greyglassL92
    @greyglassL92 5 років тому +145

    Our society will forever need the Hitchens perspective.

    • @hellodavey1902
      @hellodavey1902 4 роки тому +3

      Up to each of us I guess!

    • @rep10101
      @rep10101 4 роки тому +1

      What garbage!

    • @jc.1191
      @jc.1191 2 роки тому +1

      I think he'd say Orwell matters more than ever considering the state of social media and what some call news.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      Yes, the society of losers.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @greyglassL92
      @greyglassL92 2 роки тому +3

      A for effort, but this is just a pile of claims based on a book, the veracity of which is dubious at best

  • @lisawise9849
    @lisawise9849 11 місяців тому +14

    This man was so brilliant and I miss him so much and we sure could use his voice and opinion today

    • @4OHz
      @4OHz 26 днів тому

      @@lisawise9849 yeah unfortunately Hitch was so far to the left he ended up on the right - Wolfowitz and and D’Souza - debate colleagues yes but concurring philosophy- please and his rationale on the Iraq war, hmmm - I’m still conflicted and can’t reconcile those relationships- maybe all that alcohol clouded his judgement - it certainly killed him and it just wasn’t the smokes- he never could admit he drank just a little too much - but yeah I know, we are all human. Thanks Hitch

  • @stevenmaoudis1419
    @stevenmaoudis1419 3 роки тому +17

    Arguably one of the most eloquent and intelligent men I have ever seen. His grasp of the English language and his vocabulary is unparalleled R.I.P - A wonderful man,

  • @TheSymphonyOfScience
    @TheSymphonyOfScience 11 років тому +91

    It's always a pleasure to listen to hitchens

  • @toucheturtle3840
    @toucheturtle3840 Рік тому +59

    I found Christopher a year after he died. I was gutted that his brilliant mind was no longer with us, but thankful we can still listen to his words of wisdom.

  • @ethylalchoholsachin
    @ethylalchoholsachin 5 місяців тому +26

    The world so needs this man right now.

    • @aurelius7778
      @aurelius7778 4 місяці тому +2

      He would've ate up our current political climate. A president is a king? The Supreme court acting like that? He would be a massive force.

    • @ClaytonBigsby89
      @ClaytonBigsby89 24 дні тому

      ​@@aurelius7778lay off the fake news buddy

  • @leemartin2978
    @leemartin2978 5 років тому +53

    It’s amazing how interesting and enjoyable it is , when the interviewer is of this calibre, and the purpose of the union isn’t to promote the interviewer , but to let somebody as intelligent and eloquent is Mr Hitchens entertain and educate. Rarely seen, and The Hitch will never likely be equaled

    • @PabluchoViision
      @PabluchoViision 3 роки тому +3

      I agree 150% with everything you said there. Very well put!

    • @leemartin2978
      @leemartin2978 3 роки тому +1

      Very nice of you to take the time to comment . Thank you

  • @bhuvanchaturvedi
    @bhuvanchaturvedi 10 років тому +639

    "People are sick of ordinary mammals who push us around because they think they have God on their side." Classic Hitch. Priceless.

    • @joeschmoe1193
      @joeschmoe1193 5 років тому +7

      People who use God as a tool should be punished. That being said it doesn't mean there is no God. Hitchens throws God out with the bath water.

    • @MustAfaalik
      @MustAfaalik 5 років тому +3

      @Philip Tooley It is religionist who plays the victim to get what they want eg there is a prayer room in most western airports.

    • @edmundmcgrath213
      @edmundmcgrath213 5 років тому +7

      @Philip Tooley Philip tooley there's still time to get on Noahs ark with the dinosaurs and baboons. And bring that born again piece of crap Burning Bush George with you.

    • @herbieshine1312
      @herbieshine1312 4 роки тому +5

      @Jazzkeyboardist1 more ridiculous jumps from ridiculous to oh so dangerously unhinged

    • @peteconrad2077
      @peteconrad2077 4 роки тому +2

      Jazzkeyboardist1 science has little to say on political decisions. No surprise an ignorant theist can’t even get that right.

  • @arconcritter
    @arconcritter 3 роки тому +61

    I’ve watched this interview countless times and every time I do I feel sad that this giant intellect is gone but also very glad that he existed and that he left us with the wonderful legacy of his writing.

    • @bobsaturday4273
      @bobsaturday4273 2 роки тому

      giant intellect for the little tiny pea brains like you

  • @Krasshirsch
    @Krasshirsch 12 років тому +436

    "Alcohol, ... it makes other people less boring" - Hitchens

    • @grantfoster8833
      @grantfoster8833 4 роки тому +3

      Jazzkeyboardist1 Jazzzy Wazzy, who did you loose in the Iraq war? The one voted in by congress? Hitchens didn't start the war. The war was completely legal. What was declared illegal was the British handling of it. Hitchens's mum was not religious, so what does her suicide have to do with anything discussed in this video? It's a shame you lost someone you care about in that war, but you should blame the people who declared that war. I am prepared to debate you but only after you learn to speak like an adult. Thanks for reading, Jazzy Spazzy.

    • @holydiver1376
      @holydiver1376 4 роки тому +1

      Also gives you cancer

    • @herbieshine1312
      @herbieshine1312 4 роки тому

      @Jazzkeyboardist1 "all my comments are original" you claimed in another message.
      LIAR

    • @herbieshine1312
      @herbieshine1312 4 роки тому +1

      @Matt from Wii Sports have you heard jazzkeyboardists playing?
      Check out his UA-cam channel.
      It's a thing of, well not beauty, more like the biggest stinkiest puddle of arse gravy you could ever imagine!

    • @ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io
      @ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io 4 роки тому

      @Jazzkeyboardist1 That explains why Hitchens looks like a drunk who just got kicked out of a bar.

  • @jurassic5912
    @jurassic5912 Рік тому +8

    Sat very near this man on one of the last flights on Concorde. We shared a glass of Champagne while up at the front in the Aisle looking at the plane hitting 1200mph

  • @Sacha1967
    @Sacha1967 2 роки тому +13

    Christopher Hitchens has changed, and will continue to change people’s lives for many many years to come. An extraordinary man. 👍❤️

  • @sallyspits
    @sallyspits 3 місяці тому +34

    "I always knew my life would be cut short due my drinking and smoking. I just wanted 10 more years, and I feel like I've earned it."
    RIP, Chris. You really did deserve more life.

    • @daviddawson1718
      @daviddawson1718 2 місяці тому +5

      I hate to be a dick about Hitchens. However, he really preferred Christopher. In my book, he has earned the privilege of being referred to as whatever he wished.

  • @tobyaman7644
    @tobyaman7644 5 років тому +41

    Dear old Christopher, a genius, gentle, educated, kind hearted but most of all TRUTHFUL man.Wouldn't it be completely wonderful if the world was full...now....of world leaders such as him. Apart from my father, the most missed man in my life. May the spirit of Christopher Hitchens live on for a very long time.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому +1

      No, he was just a loser.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @DCDPM
      @DCDPM Рік тому

      Yet you can't prove the existence of your lord and savior.
      Yet you call Mr. Hitchens is a liar in your view. Your entire worthless existence is based on blind faith and the unknown. I am just as confident that there isn't a God, as you're in God. It can never be proven, yet you make enemies of people who don't swallow the unproven. A court of law exists solely on evidence and jot hearsay, I believe in evidence and you can't prove to me God exists.

    • @BennyAscent
      @BennyAscent Місяць тому

      ​@@2fast2block baseless claim upon baseless claim upon a foundation of ignorance and wishful thinking. Truly the bricks and mortar of the house of god.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block Місяць тому

      @@BennyAscent no, that was evidence weak you can't get around and that's why you ignored it. Poor you.

    • @BennyAscent
      @BennyAscent Місяць тому

      @@2fast2block you made leaps from thermodynamics to god without any evidence of contingency. You aren't the stellar preacher you think you are.

  • @bongmanding
    @bongmanding 9 років тому +222

    This great man is one of the major forces why I'm changing my mind about the religion that I grew up with. I miss Hitch!

    • @kylabotting
      @kylabotting 9 років тому +27

      Bong Manding I know what you mean...I was baptized Catholic just 6 years ago and now, after a lot of reading and watching debates and documentaries via the internet my mind has shifted completely. I now am an Atheist. (and proud to be one)

    • @PosthumousAddress
      @PosthumousAddress 9 років тому +19

      joydivisiongirl I was a kind of mushy agnostic with a tendency to stick up for religion before 'Hitch came into my life (for want of a better word). He changed my mind about absolutely everything, it's hard to convey just how much he did for me.

    • @martijnvankan8355
      @martijnvankan8355 9 років тому +7

      +LordHealey Same here.

    • @kcaston
      @kcaston 9 років тому +11

      2nd that... I regret that he mainly appealed 2 the intellectual crowd and not so much to the mainstream in life. His influence is growing though. Young people are growing less religious.

    • @karlakor
      @karlakor 9 років тому +9

      +Bong Manding I also have given up religion, after about ten years of giving religion my best effort. Doubts began to creep in, even from the beginning, and Hitchens put into words so many things that I had been feeling myself.

  • @jahns6980
    @jahns6980 2 роки тому +244

    He was not only a great writer but he had an unbelievable memory

    • @davidpaul5465
      @davidpaul5465 Рік тому +17

      It has been said that what distinguishes the great is not so much IQ but their ability to recall and remember within context. Thus, the ability to show similarity as well as to make distinctions. That certainly describes Christopher Hitchens. The amazing consideration is the willingness of so many to accept so much less. I must say, one would be hard pressed to find a better clip than this to send someone who does not know of Christopher Hitchens. Or of the role of discourse too.

    • @brianjacob8728
      @brianjacob8728 Рік тому +5

      smartest guy to come out of oxford who can't claim to be part of Monty Python.

    • @JordanMSeverns
      @JordanMSeverns Рік тому +6

      his memory is insane, especially for those hard middle eastern names as well as lengthy quotes from books. crazy

    • @jrmungandr
      @jrmungandr Рік тому +3

      I love Hitchens but having just heard him struggle to remember how long he was married to his first wife, reading this is pretty funny

    • @clydebear6914
      @clydebear6914 Рік тому +2

      I'd forgotten that.

  • @christopherholmes7180
    @christopherholmes7180 2 роки тому +10

    I've never met a person like this. Knowledgeable and wise is an understatement of understatement

  • @Harp4803
    @Harp4803 5 років тому +17

    “but I’m nearly 60..but you haven’t said it yet. I don’t look it. But I knew you where gonna say that” Christopher to Brian Lamb. Just Brilliant..such vanity. Love it.

  • @royp.1516
    @royp.1516 2 роки тому +82

    One of the best storytellers who ever lived. Phenomenal speaking voice as well...that didn't hurt! RIP.

    • @jimnewcombe7584
      @jimnewcombe7584 2 роки тому +2

      He isn't a storyteller.

    • @joriskemper5392
      @joriskemper5392 2 роки тому +4

      @@jimnewcombe7584 He is, he told countless stories about his works and visits in foreign countries.

    • @jimnewcombe7584
      @jimnewcombe7584 2 роки тому +1

      @@joriskemper5392 Anecdotes which cannot possibly measure up to even minor storytellers, let alone the stupendous magnitude of Shakespeare or Dostoevsky.

    • @KnowThyself619
      @KnowThyself619 Рік тому

      ​@@jimnewcombe7584stop it. You're embarrassing yourself.

    • @jimnewcombe7584
      @jimnewcombe7584 Рік тому

      @@KnowThyself619 I'm only embarrassed by descending into this dialogue. But then we live in a time when men call themselves women, so anything goes. Say anything. Who on earth will protest.

  • @rossmorebaz
    @rossmorebaz 7 років тому +244

    beautiful language just flows from him like a waterfall... I love his eloquence...He was a wonderful and special person

    • @tommytwotacos8106
      @tommytwotacos8106 5 років тому +17

      My favorite quote ever from hitch was during a debate when someone asked him if he'd prayed and without missing a beat he responded, " Once, for a hard-on."

    • @ErikVestville-yv9md
      @ErikVestville-yv9md 3 роки тому +2

      He was a hateful cretin racially dividing this country beyond repair - and his "WIFE" ? What the hell was that ?

    • @FatherDingo
      @FatherDingo 3 роки тому +10

      @@ErikVestville-yv9md He told the truth about a lot of things. Religious people are butthurt because of that.

    • @Irishmule169
      @Irishmule169 3 роки тому +3

      @@ErikVestville-yv9md
      No religious denominations have tried to destroy this country and now it’s time for us to eradicate your asses once and for all !!!

    • @PabluchoViision
      @PabluchoViision 3 роки тому +6

      That is very beautifully put (“...like a waterfall”)! Such eloquence as Hitchens’s is the fruit borne by the tree of a lifetime’s prodigious, passionate, and engaged reading.

  • @martinrussell5446
    @martinrussell5446 5 років тому +34

    One of kind. A hero to many, including me. I miss the guy and find myself asking “what would Hitch say to this...” all the time.

  • @maskedmarvyl4774
    @maskedmarvyl4774 6 років тому +48

    It's eerie to hear Christopher Hitchens talk about how he never expected to live this long, very shortly before he became ill.
    His light is dearly missed in a time of quickly increasing darkness.....

  • @KovertKangaroo
    @KovertKangaroo 5 років тому +38

    10 years, even stronger than ever 💪. I miss you, Hitch!

  • @ragamuffin2451
    @ragamuffin2451 4 роки тому +43

    "If he had been given an enema, he could have been buried in a matchbox." That one packs a punch right there.

    • @wesleymatthews6409
      @wesleymatthews6409 3 роки тому

      That is EXTREMELY full of shit!!! Lol

    • @harryjohnson615
      @harryjohnson615 3 роки тому +1

      Have to be honest, since hearing Hitch say that I've used it a few times myself 😁

    • @mikespearwood3914
      @mikespearwood3914 23 дні тому

      Is that the best Hitchslap there ever was??

  • @olih27
    @olih27 12 років тому +156

    "I pity there isn't a hell for him to go to", truly epic line

    • @justamoteofdust
      @justamoteofdust 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah, so badass. 🔥

    • @graterdeddly9527
      @graterdeddly9527 3 роки тому +1

      It certainly indicates the essence of his personality. Angry and hate filled, bitter and malevolent at heart.

    • @Keira_Blackstone
      @Keira_Blackstone 3 роки тому +17

      @@graterdeddly9527 If you were speaking about Falwell I'd agree with you.

    • @graterdeddly9527
      @graterdeddly9527 3 роки тому

      @@Keira_Blackstone While I did not make a habit of watching Falwell, not my taste at all, the times he came on, I never heard him say a hateful word about anyone. Can't say the same about Hitchens, he wouldn't be living up to his reputation if he left the viewer without some bon mot from his black wit.

    • @ErikVestville-yv9md
      @ErikVestville-yv9md 3 роки тому

      Look up "cretin" - then find a mirror.

  • @MarjorainMD
    @MarjorainMD 3 роки тому +8

    Still in awe of this great man, great because he changed my life, thanks to Christopher I’m no longer a sheep, I am not ashamed to state here that Hitch is my hero, ah, the world is a poorer place without this amazing humanist, sorely missed, never forgotten.

    • @traviskeeler4533
      @traviskeeler4533 2 роки тому +2

      Nothing to be ashamed about whatsoever. While I am certain he would chastize us for HAVING a "hero"...lol...he is mine too. Incredibly intelligent human being. And the greatest orator of his generation...by far.

  • @Lily-tj8gb
    @Lily-tj8gb 4 роки тому +18

    What a gem of an interview. I would love to hear his take on present day events. Miss his voice.

  • @DustinOutCamping
    @DustinOutCamping 12 років тому +117

    I laughed hysterically when Hitchens regretted being so lenient on Falwell

    • @egemensentin
      @egemensentin 2 роки тому +6

      “If he had been given an enema, he could have been buried in a matchbox.”
      Choice words 😂

  • @crispybits3765
    @crispybits3765 3 роки тому +38

    From a very strong field, this is one of my favourite Hitch interviews. It's very direct and honest, whilst feeling incredibly relaxed and dare I say it friendly.
    Hitch and Lamb clearly had a lot of respect for each other.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      All he was is a loser.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @meikhochakre3309
      @meikhochakre3309 2 роки тому +7

      @@2fast2block You're lost.

    • @MichaelRobertHart
      @MichaelRobertHart 2 роки тому +3

      @@2fast2block this is supposed to refute “faith is the surrender of the mind?”

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      @@MichaelRobertHart Yes, it was. That is why you blah-blah unable to prove what I gave is wrong.

    • @MichaelRobertHart
      @MichaelRobertHart 2 роки тому +3

      @@2fast2block you quoted him at length, and then argued all his points for him - almost point by point.
      I was only attempting to ask if you realized this

  • @Drderp-hd5bb
    @Drderp-hd5bb 6 років тому +19

    My Goodness we need him now more than ever

  • @seanscott6401
    @seanscott6401 3 роки тому +11

    Thank you C-Span. I miss Mr Hitchens greatly, he is needed more than ever today.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      Only losers need that loser.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

  • @rosed9628
    @rosed9628 8 років тому +47

    "You suddenly think, yes maybe it is too early, but you can't wait until it's too late." Sadly, how prescient you were Mr Hitchens.

  • @SelenaTheSkeptic
    @SelenaTheSkeptic 6 років тому +56

    Honest interview. Miss this guy and his wisdom

  • @DBEdwards
    @DBEdwards 2 роки тому +10

    Wonderful interview. Htchens is supremely candid and honest

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      He hated thinking and loved lying.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

  • @andersestes
    @andersestes 6 років тому +65

    CH changed my life.
    Enlightened me in so many ways.
    One of the greatest men to ever walked the earth.
    His legacy will only grow as the rest of us catches up with his great mind.

  • @lancelotdufrane
    @lancelotdufrane 2 місяці тому +6

    Incredible man. Period.

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 2 роки тому +12

    Christopher Hitchens , a man of great character and intelligence, he always made one think. I still listen to him and he cheers me up! Rest in peace. ❤️

  • @cameronmoore5025
    @cameronmoore5025 11 місяців тому +6

    Im saddened to live in a world without Chritopher Hitchens. The world is qorse for his passing

    • @jackwegener3484
      @jackwegener3484 5 місяців тому

      @cameronmoore5025 Yes, so much very qorse. We all miss "Chritopher" Hitchens.

  • @user-xn2hf9re8r
    @user-xn2hf9re8r 4 роки тому +253

    He did not look 60 -more like late 40s. The man was a legend.

    • @RhetoricalMuse
      @RhetoricalMuse 3 роки тому +17

      it's amazing what being fat will do to your skin ;p

    • @charlieschneider5649
      @charlieschneider5649 3 роки тому +9

      @@RhetoricalMuse honestly idk if thats sarcasm but stfu don't disrespect one of the few people on the planet that can confidently express the truth

    • @ErikVestville-yv9md
      @ErikVestville-yv9md 3 роки тому +1

      Is a legend.

    • @Irishmule169
      @Irishmule169 3 роки тому +6

      @@RhetoricalMuse
      I’m sure your a real Adonis ...

    • @Ghtyu5117
      @Ghtyu5117 3 роки тому +4

      Probably the heathy lifestyle hed led!! Haha. We all miss Hitch. Legend.

  • @WildPhotoShooter
    @WildPhotoShooter 11 років тому +114

    I am really annoyed with myself because I have just discovered this man, two years after his untimely death. I am on a Hitchens video hunt and I am stunned with his unbelievable mind and his wide knowledge. A great human being, passionate about humanity.

    • @beachcomber2008
      @beachcomber2008 5 років тому

      Where were you?

    • @beachcomber2008
      @beachcomber2008 4 роки тому +3

      @ You climbed out of it, and recently? Congratulations. Consider yourself very lucky. Make the best use of it you can.

    • @stevestayen7717
      @stevestayen7717 4 роки тому +1

      @@ljragsandfeathers He was purposely kept away from you.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      How nice, you found your fellow loser finally.
      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.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

  • @tailgunner6948
    @tailgunner6948 5 років тому +20

    A truly great intelligent man...Thank you for everything! RIP.

  • @HighStakesDanny
    @HighStakesDanny 4 роки тому +36

    One of my favorite people. Just sucks he isn't here. I love listening to him speak. This dude was awesome. Life's so short and unfair.

  • @MrJimbissle
    @MrJimbissle 5 років тому +41

    When I can find no solace in the issues of the day, or voices currently speaking, Christopher Hitchens always helps me center myself and think clearly again. I miss him terribly, and would be quite pleased if someone came along that could fill even one of his shoes. We need such a person badly.

    • @angelamaryquitecontrary4609
      @angelamaryquitecontrary4609 4 роки тому +1

      Take a look at Cosmic Skeptic.

    • @MrJimbissle
      @MrJimbissle 4 роки тому +5

      @@angelamaryquitecontrary4609 Thank you. I have been following him for a couple years. I have great respect for him and see how he came to mind here.

    • @vincekarmun1995
      @vincekarmun1995 4 роки тому +1

      Edward Snowden is of such ilk

  • @Chardonbois
    @Chardonbois 2 роки тому +10

    A great interview where we get to know Hitch a little more personally. Tragic that he was diagnosed with terminal cancer after this interview, particularly as he expressed the wish to go on forever. Although he went from living his best life to dying his best death and through the legacy of his various media, he will in a sense live forever. Bravo Hitch......

  • @sharonbland9061
    @sharonbland9061 Рік тому +3

    I absolutely loved this man. I could listen to him all day. I found him fascinating, intelligent, would have loved to have him sitting at my dinner table discussing whatever we choose to talk about. He is sadly missed. ❤

  • @stargazer555
    @stargazer555 3 роки тому +35

    Damn... when he talked about fatherhood at the start of the interview and how he was not that much involved, but wanted to make up for lost time. That hit hard... Died two years later. I'm sure the children would have had a true friend in him, as adolescents/grown-ups.
    Remember when I read the sad news about his death, and look... another decade gone.
    My second child was born April 13th, sharing her birthday with one of the greats.
    Rest in peace, Christopher.

    • @hazeshi6779
      @hazeshi6779 Рік тому

      Too bad my birthday was the 8th and not a few days later lol

  • @jazpls
    @jazpls 2 місяці тому +21

    Still dearly missed in 2024

  • @mastermichaeldunchok
    @mastermichaeldunchok 8 років тому +56

    I love this man. I miss him so much.

    • @RedClayFH
      @RedClayFH 5 років тому +6

      Yes indeed. So do I. His views, thoughts and talks brought me over the line to declare that I am and indeed always have been, an athiest.

    • @heighwaysonthewing
      @heighwaysonthewing 5 років тому +2

      WHY? can you explain,

  • @MENON471
    @MENON471 12 років тому +4

    It took so many centuries for a very honest and frank person to stand up and say what is what and how highly organized and institutionalized religions takes everybody for a ride!. Hats off to him and let his tribe GROW!!!

  • @tonycatman
    @tonycatman 14 років тому +15

    That we are able to pick out any old interview for review, any time, on a whim and for free is one of the best uses of the internet.
    Thumbs up for youtube.

  • @7timeless
    @7timeless 8 років тому +75

    This man has had a bigger positive impact on my life than any god ever has or will have. I always knew there was something iffy about religion, being born in a Catholic country didnt help, but it didnt take long for me to see past the lies with the help of this brilliant man.

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 6 років тому +2

      AtheistLobster hallelujah, you’re preachin to the choir, thank god for people like the hitchenator....

    • @beachcomber2008
      @beachcomber2008 5 років тому +1

      @The Word "In the beginning was The Word".
      SCIENCE: The Universe was smaller than a pin-point 13.8 BILLION YEARS AGO, and just ENERGY.

    • @beachcomber2008
      @beachcomber2008 5 років тому +2

      @The Word Why can't you package your comments?
      Science is the proof, and if you've _ever_ flown anywhere, you've already accepted that. It has already predicted (using quantum theory) physical constants with incredible precision, and will continue to make such predictions into the far future. The only thing it cannot predict is what happened at or before the start of the universe.
      Religion, being made up by humans to explain the universe _when nothing else was known_ is just a bunch of lies. It doesn't matter which religion.
      And you are deluded. It's a real shame, but that's life. Either you work to discover reality (that's me) or you don't bother, and accept some two thousand year old horseshit (that's you). Good luck with that.
      You should relax and accept the fact you are a homosexual, in spirit, if not in deed.
      I've been happily married for fifty-two years, and I'm the grandfather of two beautiful grown-up grandchildren. You should be so lucky.

    • @beachcomber2008
      @beachcomber2008 5 років тому

      @The Word Bye.

    • @tylerschoen5643
      @tylerschoen5643 4 роки тому +1

      The Word “science is a lie!” As he uses the internet on a computer. What a moron

  • @thedolphin5428
    @thedolphin5428 5 років тому +7

    A lovely "chat"-with-questions by two men with mutual respect -- both so open and trusting.

  • @AndrewTurnbull-vc6tm
    @AndrewTurnbull-vc6tm 11 місяців тому +2

    Thank you,Christopher Hitchens ; ..Much needed now ! . Inspirational ! .

  • @PabloAlvestegui
    @PabloAlvestegui 5 років тому +99

    What an incomparable man, admirable in every way.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      No, he was just a typical loser.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @Exercise_as_Medicine
      @Exercise_as_Medicine 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@2fast2block... Go back under your rock of ages.. 😂

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 11 місяців тому

      @@Exercise_as_Medicine how you got around the evidence I gave...."Go back under your rock of ages.. " Then embarrass yourself. Fine by me.

  • @iainrae6159
    @iainrae6159 4 роки тому +27

    Excellent interview and discussion.
    Hitch lives on and inspires new readers and listeners.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      Yep, losers love that loser.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

  • @BFD1989
    @BFD1989 12 років тому +19

    The fact that I didn't get to meet this amazing, courageous human being will give me eternal pain.

    • @jennieflores5895
      @jennieflores5895 5 років тому

      I also agree to this. Cool CH

    • @BadCookWhoJudgesChefs
      @BadCookWhoJudgesChefs 3 роки тому +3

      he would definitely make a witty remark on your use of, eternal lol

    • @lorenzobianchini4415
      @lorenzobianchini4415 2 роки тому

      I wanted to say in response to Christopher,people who go to Church don't necessarily go other than to worship the GOD they believe in not to prove anything.I absolutely love listening to Christopher and would enjoy debating with him had he lived.

    • @jimnewcombe7584
      @jimnewcombe7584 2 роки тому +1

      Rest easy: there's no such thing as eternal pain. Which is, in part, his point.

  • @hikergirl603
    @hikergirl603 5 років тому +23

    I wish he was here now, during these uniquely chaotic times. I would very much like to hear what he'd say.

  • @coffeemaddan
    @coffeemaddan 4 роки тому +1

    How many times can I like this? Every few minutes there's a nugget that deserves another thumbs up.

  • @williamdillard5060
    @williamdillard5060 7 місяців тому +2

    I believe that Christopher Hitchens will be remembered as an explorer, pioneer who just on intellect and honesty, changed the thinking of millions in terms of religion. I have NEVER seen even one theist, Christian, pastor, priest, rabbi, Imam, creationist debate against Hitchens and not only win but seemed like children talking with adults. This is a time that we truly need the genius level knowledge, wisdom and wit of the iconic Mr Hitchens

  • @chillout2792
    @chillout2792 8 років тому +355

    Would love to hear Mr Hitchens on trump and the British exit from Europe. Rest In peace Sir.

    • @cerealboy3763
      @cerealboy3763 7 років тому +11

      He lived his whole life in a aristocratic bubble , so would've most likely hated Brexit .

    • @fastbackgt4821
      @fastbackgt4821 6 років тому +1

      Had the exact same thought a few months ago!

    • @MitchellWiggs
      @MitchellWiggs 6 років тому +11

      I saw a video where he mentioned trump unfavorably, though of course it was before he announced he would run for president

    • @ceirwan
      @ceirwan 6 років тому +42

      @@cerealboy3763 He visited actual war zones as a journalist. I'd say he's been in worse places than 99% of people.

    • @fraser9748
      @fraser9748 6 років тому +29

      he hated the Clintons, but I highly doubt he would have supported Trump

  • @lifesgreat9951
    @lifesgreat9951 4 роки тому +14

    He was such a beautifully eloquent speaker. Sadly missed.

  • @elguapoalso
    @elguapoalso 11 років тому +179

    I still don't think I've fully come to terms with Hitchens' passing. Sam Harris said it all - "The man had more wit, style and substance than a few civilizations I could name." I often wonder what he would think about the prominent issues of today, like Pope Francis, for example, who so many are fawning over right now. We need more razor sharp contrarian thinkers like Hitch in the public square today.

    • @diosmios186
      @diosmios186 3 роки тому +3

      Just imagine what he'd think now!

    • @jeborismonke3270
      @jeborismonke3270 3 роки тому

      Didn’t this dick say that we should nuke other countries?

    • @Hollis_has_questions
      @Hollis_has_questions 3 роки тому

      I’m familiar enough with Hitch that I don’t have to wonder.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      Well, the loser is dead and wasted his life.
      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.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @adamzypsoul8164
      @adamzypsoul8164 2 роки тому

      Hear, hear

  • @ethylalchoholsachin
    @ethylalchoholsachin 4 роки тому +10

    What an excellent thinker and a speaker Hitchens is ! So Inspirational.

  • @travistrantham1254
    @travistrantham1254 9 років тому +25

    really wish to have met him. he was a great and noble man.

  • @SIMKINETICS
    @SIMKINETICS 13 років тому +20

    Hitchens is fascinating. This is one of the best interviews with this insightful man!

  • @MarjorainMD
    @MarjorainMD 3 роки тому +25

    Ah, what the hell, just opened my new bottle of Johnny Walker Black poured myself a good shot on a tumbler and toasted the New Year 2022 in company of Hitchens, in my opinion one of the most versatile and enlightening speaker and erudite I’ve ever heard, long live his legacy, this JWB on you Christopher! 🥃 I miss you.

  • @pakarpis
    @pakarpis 15 років тому +4

    Thank you for your honesty after all these years! Thank you especially for your support for Cyprus.

  • @newcjon
    @newcjon 11 років тому +35

    Oh my god I had forgotten how f-ing awesome Christopher Hitchens was.

  • @WerewolfKweef
    @WerewolfKweef 4 роки тому +2

    I miss this man so much today. Christopher gifted many with insight, courage, and the patience to observe the world through a different lens - all while imbuing the future with curiosity.
    If he were here today, there is no doubt in my mind that he would act as a herald of knowledge and free speech, and adamantly condemn our fallacious descent toward Trump-era fascism, non-science, and racism. He left us too soon.

  • @EatMoreChikenOrElse
    @EatMoreChikenOrElse 4 роки тому +28

    I’m weirdly honored to know that Hitchens would even want to live in the United States

    • @rokyericksonroks
      @rokyericksonroks 3 роки тому +1

      You’d have to know how much of a bum he is in Portsmouth.

    • @Kamisama77
      @Kamisama77 2 роки тому

      @@rokyericksonroks
      Fanatics hate him, dude

  • @bt10ant
    @bt10ant 9 років тому +59

    You have to love Brian Lamb and his bluntness at times, i.e. "How do you make your money?"

    • @nihalsahu
      @nihalsahu 8 років тому +1

      +bt10ant Where in the video was that?

    • @bt10ant
      @bt10ant 8 років тому +2

      +Nihal Sahu At 39:04 or so

    • @Kleinfurkon
      @Kleinfurkon 8 років тому +8

      The guest he has makes bluntness a pre requisite

    • @Falconlibrary
      @Falconlibrary 6 років тому +10

      Hitchens often openly loathed his interlocutors but you can feel the respect he gives to Brian Lamb, which is returned in kind. Lamb was an honest man with a zero tolerance for bullshit, so he was cut to order to interview Hitchens.

    • @MrBrianNZ
      @MrBrianNZ 4 роки тому +1

      This is the first time I have seen or heard Mr Lamb & you can tell that he is a quality interviewer & that Hitch respected & seemingly liked him.

  • @Bmb.7v
    @Bmb.7v 11 років тому +75

    I wish I would have met Hitch at least once in my life :( RIP Legend

    • @tylerschoen5643
      @tylerschoen5643 4 роки тому +1

      Jazzkeyboardist1 imaginary yet more real than any god

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому +1

      You can always be a loser like he was.
      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.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @MrThecarebear
      @MrThecarebear Рік тому

      @@2fast2block SHUT UP.

  • @tl6690
    @tl6690 3 роки тому +45

    We lost a great man 10 years ago today. You'll never be forgotten. RIP Hitch!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      The joke is dead awaiting his punishment. Wake up!
      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.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block Рік тому

      @punkvideo well, if I was the one with no brains, you sure couldn't get around what I gave which makes YOU the one with no brains.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block Рік тому

      @punkvideo then rest it. I was never much of anything to begin with.

    • @donttouchyerbumnsniffit
      @donttouchyerbumnsniffit 10 місяців тому

      ​@@2fast2blockHe is dead, so he isn't awaiting anything 😏

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 10 місяців тому

      @@donttouchyerbumnsniffit yes, he is dead. But, what is coming his way yet is when he's raised from the dead, he'll face the judgment and punishment he deserves, then will be no more after that, not even in memory. His life was a waste. He chose it that way.

  • @cyber6sapien
    @cyber6sapien 9 років тому +286

    Hitchens said he admired Obama's command of English when it comes to his writing. I can't imagine paying someone a higher compliment, considering the source.

    • @joeschmoe1193
      @joeschmoe1193 5 років тому +15

      WTF is the difference? You're an idiot. Idiots prefer style over substance. Obama was a disgrace.

    • @dannykirton6445
      @dannykirton6445 5 років тому +7

      If indeed he actually wrote them, He wasn't too great at speaking without an auto cue.

    • @jamessoltis5407
      @jamessoltis5407 5 років тому +47

      Danny Kirton ...derp. The man graduated from Harvard, was president of the Harvard Law Review, a teacher of constitutional law at the University of Chicago, a state senator, and a U.S. senator before being twice elected (handily winning the popular *and* electoral voting) president of the U.S.
      The current president of the U.S. can barely string a coherent sentence together and was born into the only job he held his entire adult life until becoming a reality TV game show host.
      www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/greatest-us-presidents-ranked-by-political-scientists-2018-2

    • @dannykirton6445
      @dannykirton6445 5 років тому +4

      @@jamessoltis5407 Got any proof of the first bits, Never seen no photos, no class mates, No teachers remember him, All records "sealed" for some reason.

    • @jamessoltis5407
      @jamessoltis5407 5 років тому +34

      Danny Kirton ...how long have you been eating lead paint chips?
      www.nytimes.com/1990/02/06/us/first-black-elected-to-head-harvard-s-law-review.html
      today.law.harvard.edu/feature/most-likely-to-succeed/
      www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/05/barack-obama-neil-gorsuch-harvard-law-classmates
      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama?wprov=sfti1
      www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/feb/14/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-people-who-went-school-obama-nev/
      www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonherald.com/2009/02/01/harvard-profs-classmates-barack-obama-an-extraordinary-student/amp/

  • @NeuroDeviant421
    @NeuroDeviant421 12 років тому +7

    "part of the intellectual and educational arsenal of this country"... how could you not love this guy?

  • @Jace532
    @Jace532 7 років тому +52

    "... I may not have another twenty-eight to come." ... Very sad words to hear, now that he's gone.

    • @facebookcom-ej7dm
      @facebookcom-ej7dm 3 роки тому +2

      He barely had 2-1/2 years after this interview. Sad that he did not have 28 more.

  • @scbluesman13
    @scbluesman13 Рік тому +4

    I learned so much from Hitch, and continue to this day, long after his death. His wisdom is timeless.

  • @Hunter-sm8nd
    @Hunter-sm8nd 3 роки тому +3

    Nothing but respect and love for this man. His comments on becoming American make me proud.

  • @jameslove657
    @jameslove657 5 років тому +28

    The world is a darker place without this man ,thank you Christopher Hitchens- a true inspiration.

  • @mockingbird195
    @mockingbird195 8 місяців тому +4

    Oh Hitch! You are sorely missed.

  • @DmitriVanderbilt
    @DmitriVanderbilt Рік тому +10

    If only Kissinger had died when Hitchens did, and Christopher was the one still with us today...

  • @LazyJack2003
    @LazyJack2003 3 роки тому +4

    Hitch has done more for thousands of people - if not millions - by freeing them from religion and guilt feelings, than most politicians past & present. For that, Christopher, you´d deserve to be in heaven. Alas, ...

  • @JonplaysDrums27
    @JonplaysDrums27 Рік тому +7

    One of my heroes.

  • @tomgidman6585
    @tomgidman6585 5 років тому +9

    One of a kind... just wish I’d been stumbled on his brilliance whilst he was still around.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому +1

      You can still be the loser he was.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
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      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
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      ua-cam.com/video/ddaqSutt5aw/v-deo.html

  • @allyraymond9483
    @allyraymond9483 11 років тому +50

    One the greatest or maybe even THE greatest in his field! I definitely miss him!

    • @grimmertwin2148
      @grimmertwin2148 2 роки тому

      Finally a woman posts on here - even if it was 8 years ago lol

  • @brethager3265
    @brethager3265 5 років тому +13

    It's too bad that I learned about Hitchens as late as I did. I would have loved to been able to meet him many years ago. His mind, his thoughts. Is manner of speaking. So much that I would have loved to have encountered.

  • @UnionKid15
    @UnionKid15 14 років тому +9

    Thanks for posting this.

  • @normatrodd6666
    @normatrodd6666 9 місяців тому +2

    Very interesting. I always enjoy listening to this man.

    • @Cynthia-eu7yu
      @Cynthia-eu7yu 6 місяців тому +2

      One of the very few best speakers I ever heard.

  • @mikeoglen6848
    @mikeoglen6848 3 роки тому +4

    This was well worth a listen in 2021...