Oh gosh if only this guy was here for the insanity of 2024 lol

Not really fair to pit anyone against the intellectual colossus that was Christopher Hitchens. As someone wise once said, if you are a Christian apologist, invited to debate with Christopher Hitchens, decline.

Truth rules

It comes from a clutch of hysterical, sinister virgins - who have already betrayed their charge in the children of their own church - FOR SHAME!

In 1940 Time magazine quoted Einstein lauding the Catholic Church for its role in opposing the Nazis: Only the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's campaign for suppressing truth. I never had any special interest in the Church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the Church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced thus to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly

Catholicism failed to rise above the humanity it attempted to lead. Catholicism was infiltrated by those seeking power, not through politics by through the religion dedicated to preserving humanity from the threat of extinction. Is Catholicism any worse than any other religion on a pro-rated basis? Is placing blame at the base of the Catholic Church more productive than seeking a unifying basis for humanity to accept others as equal to oneself?

Celebrating a person that believes in nothing?why

Ann Widdecombe converted to Catholicism in the early 1990s, saying she had become disillusioned with the Church of England "compromising" its principles to remain relevant in the modern world. "The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular," she said. Well, she got that right.

Subjective ability to rationalize evil is fucking disgusting

Men throughout history have chosen to be evil..that is not the Christian faith or practise..just more faith bashing of historical past humanity

would not be incorrect to say that the catholic church is the most corrupt, immoral institution in world history...no, institutions period become corrupt by their very nature...organized religion, however, can possess an exceptional power b/c of its "supernatural" potency...and you can commit all kinds of crimes in the name of God...people don't need religion; they need educating...but good luck with that

Didn't notice before, but there's a lot of emotion in his voice - sounds almost choking up at certain moments near the end - and evidence of speaking off-script. This is more heartfelt than his usual performances.

11:12 he actually made a nun cry

The truth ,i hate religion

Referring to someone propagating ignorance and superstition as " your grace" only supports and encourages his..and other peoples delusional mental state. Belief in spooks in the sky or any other superstitious nonsense should only be condemned . Their insanity must in no way be encouraged or supported.. either activity or passively.

Thank “heaven” for video technology. I cannot imagine not hearing his voice in my life. His truth shall live forever.

Those who seek to prove something show, through the very fact that they seek to prove it, that what must be proved is not readily perceptible to them. We actually seek to prove something whenever we have no direct perception of it. When people had a perception of what they called the divine being in older, instinctive cognition, they did not need proof. Historically, the proof for the existence of God began only when the perception was lost. Evidence is required wherever there is no perception.

ShazAAAAM!!

If guitarist is John Tropea , the bassist looks like Will Lee from the David Letterman band with Paul Schaffer

Mr. Hitchens is a brilliant speaker with encyclopedic knowledge of history, religion and literature and this speech simply confirms my impressions of him . May he RIP . Cheers.

I listen to this from time to time. It keeps me sane, and perpetually enraged.

This is the only debate I've ever seen of Christopher Hitchens where he wasn't far and away the smartest person in the room. Stephen Fry's statement was singularly the most beautiful and damning statement I've ever heard.

Gammon.

The facts do not lie.

My hero - Hitch. How can these stupid hypocrites stand a chance against his logic?

I have often been glad that I was raised as an Episcopalian. I did develop a spiritual practices since I had to compete with my father and Uncle who were ordained as well as my Grandfather priest to the Episcopal nuns at Versalles Kentucky where he had risen so far as priest to those beautiful nuns. Over my first drink of Scotch I was told that the Virgin Mary was called so because she was the town whore while Joseph was the town gay guy who was taking care of her. "There goes the Virgin Mary and Joseph." There is humor in the Bible if you want to look for it.

........ A great debater, speaker orator etc etc. But let's face it , poking ( the many ) holes in the catholic church was probably the easiest gig Hitche ever had

In my own words..... Evolution defies Religion.

Religion is sick 😊

I guess it's like they say 'don't let the truth get in the way of a good story'. I haven't read it, too fucking long.

We need an army of voices like his.

What Hitchin's did not want to understand is that people want something to believe in and the tenants that Jesus proposed e.g 'He that be without sin shall throw the first stone,' - gave people a civilised spirtual and practcal way to do so - believe.

As he hasn't sent us any messages recently, I think he was correct about religion and the afterlife.....

Alas ! He is no more but he thought me lots . He was real human on this earth

Wir haben gelernt mit dem Christentum umzugehen, seine Einflussnahme auf die Politik zu zähmen und dann tauchen die Islamisten auf und wir sind nicht mehr wehrhaft dagegen, wie unsere Vorväter es gegen den christlichen Klerus waren.

There's no refreshment an audience loves more ornrecognises as more powerful than Plain Truth. Bravo, Hitch.

Wow he has me opening up 7 tabs for each sentence he speaks. I think this is absolute prime Hitchens, his vocabulary and delivery is unmatched in this debate.

"I want to have conversations about what is good, what is noble, what is pure and what is true.'' -Hitch.🥰

Wow.

A true hero … Respect…

Wonderful!

Unfair to catholics; all religions are perverted criminal gangs!

So I'm a fan of Hitchens, but he's a baptized disciple of the religion of atheism, does he have to apologize for the collective historic sins of his Godless brethren? 🤔

In conclusion. Yes… but not really. Religion is a cause for all sorts of ills, but it goes much deeper than this. It is a symptom. Get rid of these religions, people will make other idols to worship and be their unhinged *wonderful* selves. Technology. AI. Robots. Genetics. The unquenchable thirst, the hunger to invade other planets or quantic dimensions to exploit to death. The same blatant disregard for life. The same disregard for what had been offered to them as the path to becoming human- morality. You can take a human out of slavery for a little while- until they find another master- but you cannot take the animal out of human. The technological enslavement will cause the end of the species, and I must say I am too tired and disgusted to feel sorry for it.

16:14 Condoms, abortion, reproductive rights, in a nutshell, sexual freedom. You are still abiding your god’s order to breed like livestock, but you want to dispense with the responsibility. No other animal fucks for fun, inebriated as you are with alcohol or merely your self- importance as a species. How many children are the result of drunken (or not) accidents? Is this how you bring new lives into the world? *That* is the original sin.

13:57 There is as much evidence to support the myth of the rationality in the human species as there is to support these religions’ claim to the existence of their god. And that is precisely zero. To quote you, by their deeds you shall know them. As they invented this horrid god to save their hides, so they did perpetrate or condone all crimes against humanity. So they did. So they do. So they will do, until the end of time.

5:53 I do hope that his holiness will clarify for us how old was virgin Mary when she was raped by the holy spirit. If I am not mistaken, at that time, Jewish girls were betrothed from about 12 years of age. By betrothed I mean them being sold to their husbands as property. I am not surprised, I must say, that a *divine* child rapist is worshipped with ardent fervour, given that this god was very fond of other crimes against children- the genocide of the Egyptian babies and the genocide of the Jewish babies. And you dare to speak of Moloch. To whom did Abraham want to offer Isaac as a whole burnt offering also known as holo-caust? *What* exactly do you worship? Your religions rape and kill the very human spirit’.

2:20 I am glad that his holiness did not offer an empty and useless apology for all the crimes that have been committed in the name of his god because there is no chance in hell that they would be accepted by anyone with an ounce of decency, integrity, and intelligence. Decency, integrity, and intelligence. That excludes by default his holiness’ god. A god who kills and tortures even his own people, let alone the other members of the human species, is the antithesis of decency, integrity, and intelligence. Verily I say onto you, this god has been a true role model for his followers belonging to any of the three heads of the monster whose existence has been made real only by the actions of his servants.

They wheel out Widdicombe against Hitchens 😂😂

Oh boy children arguing with children deep!