Christopher Hitchens - For the Sake of Argument (1993)

Christopher Hitchens Interview For the Sake of Argument

[@charlieevergreen3514]

“How long do you plan to do this?”, asks the interviewer. “Til I drop.”, says Hitchens instantly. A man of his word. Still missing Hitchens...

[@SandraLovesRoses]

Same.

[@dunebillyofswanbeach4294]

Charlie Evergreen-Likewise, myself included. More and more by the day.

[@jackgriffiths2290]

@@dunebillyofswanbeach4294 lp

[@rep3e4]

most people have never heard of him

[@seaglider844]

That hit me too....right up till he physically couldn't anymore. It would really bug him that Kissinger is still sucking air. Many people would not have heard of him....but the writers and journalists they read and hear no doubt have. His influence is still widespread.....and we're better off for it.

[@greenspringvalley]

The interviewer is excellent. I barely notice him.

[@jacobb5625]

he's Brian Lamb, founder of c-span

[@harryantino]

Brian Lamb is one of the greats

[@shawnduffy3380]

...as it should be

[@DmitriPolkovnik]

Brian Lamb is famous for asking brief and sharp questions that give the answer something to work with but space to do it with. I think he displays that here.

[@chickenringNYC]

He's awesome

[@davidstepanczuk]

Of course, most comments here are about Hitchens and how they miss him; me too. However, I want to say how much I like & appreciate Brian Lamb and his interviewing style: short, blunt questions, no BS, get on with it. He is a great interviewer.

[@sophocles1198]

Agree. Not much ego, a good listener, and asks the questions you want answered.

[@jonnylons1]

Yes although he seems to know very little about anything, constantly asking who eg Wilfred Owen is or whether Orwell went to Oxford, or what Conde Nast is etc. I’m not sure if it’s a strange but deliberate technique or if he just doesn’t know anything.

[@sophocles1198]

@@jonnylons1 He's asking for the listener, whether or not he knows the answer is not the point. You might prefer Charlie Rose, who is constantly showing what he knows.

[@jonnylons1]

@@sophocles1198 I thought that must be the reason!

[@johneyon5257]

Brian Lamb attempted to show no bias when questioning a controversial guest - he tried to be unemotional when asking his questions - altho occasionally some emotion would creep in hinting at a bias - - and he asked the most basic questions for listeners who might not be in the know - he tried not to assume a high level of discourse the way that most other interviewers do - this also made him seem humble - - for me - his questioning is as interesting as the guest answering

[@aj72922]

I could sit here all day and listen to this man...we all miss you Hitch.

[@ANewHuman]

Nobody in the public discourse today can hold a dim candle to Christopher Hitchens. Despite my differences with him (and I have many), there's simply no-one I've been exposed to with his erudition, intelligence, education, bravery and sense of justice. He defied classification by others, not because he didn't have his allegiances, but because his opinions and positions on all issues and individuals was made on the basis of their merit and the quality of their arguments, regardless of how they identified. He had friends and enemies in all quarters and both sides of the aisle. He cut through all bullshit. And now he's gone, when we need him more than ever. Rest in peace, Hitch. We miss you. I'll drink some Jack to you tonight.

[@HisArchness]

Quintin Schnehage he would’ve had one of the biggest voices in these crazy times we are in today. Without a doubt.

[@mhd2241]

Well said. Such a genius. So sad he's not here - I can only imagine the dead on scathing articles he would be writing now.

[@VelMa-opinion]

I have wanted to set Jordan Peterson against Hitch. He'd have some glorious Hitch-Slaps for Peterson who speaks about religion with pomposity and reminds me of the saying about empty barrels making the most noise. Which also goes for all spokespeople of the Right. I don't call him a troglodyte, but the *Incels* certainly like him.

[@leemartin2978]

Johnny Walker black label , I believe , was his medicine of choice

[@sullivansongz]

Well written - just one thing; his poison of choice was Johnny Walker black label

[@davepearen8954]

Could listen to him all day so intelligent

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@mathewfield7671]

Never forget guys. This man was the best of us

[@DBEdwards]

And the worse, too. But always the gladiator.

[@WhoThisMonkey]

Be wary of idolising anything.

[@sophocles1198]

He was a superb public speaker. But not as smooth as usual in this interview.

[@thesubhumancomedy]

I remember guys.

[@elkhartmartin]

that voice, and such wonderful evocative language. i could listen to him all day.

[@VNVgirl]

No doubt! comforting and solid.

[@commbir5148]

@Wes 76 This critique needed to be made. I don't exactly agree with how dismissive you are, but your point stands and is rarely recognized by Hitch's fans.

[@arriuscalpurniuspiso]

Only Orson Welles was a better speaker, but Hitch had superior analytical skills.

[@cirithduath7526]

I'm an adult, I've recently discovered Hitchens and the whole movement. I miss him and I never knew of him during his life.

[@MichaelJonesC-4-7]

Where the fuck were you?!

[@lauralynnasteriahathaway6819]

CirithDuath I recently discovered Hitchens as well. He was quite an intelligent and well spoken man. I wish he were still here so he could comment on the insanity of today, I'd love to hear what he'd have to say.

[@diggindude1]

I wonder how many people would feel that… To miss him without ever knowing of him during his life … is there a better compliment?

[@GungaLaGunga]

@@MichaelJonesC-4-7 heeeey hooooo. easy there. I can't speak for the OP, but I was trapped in a religion from my birth for 25+ years until I started getting tired of all the unanswered questions I had. Give us from-birth victims of religion some credit. I guess you were fortunate to be born without being forced fed the religion god grift from your parents. Too easy man. At least we made it out. Free at last, free at last, thank truth almighty, free at last.

[@MichaelJonesC-4-7]

@@GungaLaGunga Nonsense. I was force-fed religion, myself. But I had figured out by age 9 that the stories were bullshit. I have little patience with others because I feel that I am nothing special and if I could have figured it out by the tender age of 9 no one else has any escuse. My apologies for your ignorance. I bet you feel dumb, don't you? May god b-less. ; )

[@TY-up1xp]

We have no idea how harmed we are having lost this man and his discourse. He gave a voice to those who needed one the most, and he called out those who abuse their power, regardless of how they were trying to pass themselves off: religious leaders, political leaders, academics, journalists, etc.

[@dingdongism]

Ffs with the overdone lamentations. I get so embarrassed second-hand when I see these comment sections where people fall over each other trying to sound more beside themselves that a public figure they liked died. I think hitch would find this sort of thing disgusting.

[@kabeerbashir2797]

He turned into a right wing nutter himself in later years. In that context this interview makes him sound like a hypocrite

[@knowsutrue]

@@dingdongismalways- when they write that we don’t know what a loss it is, or someone was so under appreciated. Annoying AF.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

This interview was particularly interesting to me BECAUSE the interviewer asked a lot about Hitchin's life and why he made the choices that he did. The interviewer was unique in asking Hitchins in an abrupt style about asking why he did something by just saying Why! It is really a refreshing change from many interviewers and interviews that I have heard before.

[@2fast2block]

Hitch was just some clueless being hating to face reality. Nothing more. 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.

[@zerofox7347]

What a great no bs interview there isn't anyone who would conduct an interview in this way today.

[@kenclayton5088]

What a mind...what a voice....the authority...

[@tscottbaker2980]

The opposite of what we need and I think Hitch would agree. He has an opinion and not an oracle.

[@PaulBlankinship1976]

I love this episode. Hitch unloads. I love that he was anti-Clinton and anti-mother Theresa. That took balls back in 93.

[@ScottRoberts-el2jn]

Wonderful to find this gem! RIP HITCH!

[@lucianopavarotti2843]

Hitchens and Lamb did a lot of great interviews over the years and its good to see here the mutual respect that made them work. Hitchens dedicated his book on Thomas Jefferson to Lamb.

[@ladakale]

How we miss Christopher!

[@mikerodgers7620]

Satan doesn't. 😁

[@rep3e4]

NOT

[@DiamondMcNamara]

@@mikerodgers7620 Who?

[@mikerodgers7620]

@@DiamondMcNamara Your master Satan.

[@davepearen8954]

One of the brilliant writers of our times or anytime

[@jm-jx8xt]

this guy was the most deeply thoughtful and intelligent , but mostly eloquent man on deeply important topics of our day. I wish there was a person to step into a shoe (never both) of his. i miss him and his intellect and spectacular dissertation

[@BartAlder]

He was our Cicero.

[@ois999]

Jordan Peterson

[@2fast2block]

He was a dolt. 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYuqk4aoq6qEgtE 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJqwoq2ElL6Gjrc The odds are NOT there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWLCfHiMlqisl6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4icmJStr79_qc0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpXEooarqdlol9k

[@paulpavlicsek1452]

Wilfred Owen. Not enough people know how immense was his beautifully tragic poetry.

[@TheWhitehiker]

Sad poetry but forceful.

[@CanoeToNewOrleans]

Agreed. I read his poetry on Remembrance Day.

[@johnwetherwaxx9470]

We need another voice like Hitchens in America today!

[@liamweinberg4902]

Douglas Murray comes closest among authors and speakers I follow to evoking the essence of Hitch. While he isn't in the same league as Hitchens, and I believe he'd acknowledge that, Murray is still outstanding. Hitchens possesses the unique skill of making each word compelling, and his extensive grasp of history and politics is expressed with charisma, intrigue, and wit.

[@stanlee8752]

I truly loved this man. RIP...

[@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists]

he wouldnt like that RIP....

[@robertblakeman9978]

Possibly the best Hitch interview ever!

[@bethh.9647]

Agree with you. Brian Lamb is exemplary as an interviewer who allows his guest great latitude to provide complete answers to questions and comments. Of course it is especially wonderful to see Christopher Hitchens as young, beautiful, healthier days. So sadly missed. A unique voice, a unique person. I cannot think of anyone who compares. Perhaps Gore Vidal who CH stated he admires.

[@michaelwallden7261]

Why must people write "the best ever" - as it is some sort of competition...enjoy and dont judge

[@milart12]

Who are u to say? You are also judging. Take ur own advice.

[@cz2165]

Brian Lamb would even ask questions he knew the answer to let Hitch provide the answers himself. Hitch is intoxicating- I have been binge watching/ listening this whole week and will have withdrawal when I am done. I wish I could have met him or even seen him in person.

[@2fast2block]

Then you binge on being clueless too. Hitch was nothing much at all. He HATED reality. 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.

[@jppaul9992]

Around the 34 or 35 minute mark Hitchens gives a short but poignant master class in writing and journalism when discussing George Will. Literally every second of every answer is dripping with useful information, and there's so much more behind each word whenever the interviewer is smart enough to catch references and respond accordingly. No wonder Hitchens and Amis and the rest of their posse spent endless evenings and early mornings in profound discussion. Just so much to give but taken from us far too early. Of course it also helps if you agree with them, which I did wholeheartedly most of the time.

[@pedropola882]

We will never have anyone like Mr Hitchens.

[@6teezkid]

“Who are you particularly pissed off at now?” Hitch: “Janet Reno.” - LMAO! 😂

[@andrewz4105]

The embodiment of reason, morality and wit. Nobody else has come close and perhaps never will

[@OscarWrightZenTANGO]

My intellectual hero.!

[@norwegianblue2764]

National treasures, both of them, Lamb and Hitch.

[@whaustin]

Who is there to take up the mantle (cudgel?) of this brilliant and lovely man. We are in such need of someone with his insight and elucidation, to fight for or call out those who are abused or abusive in our failing society today.

[@cleopatra1633]

@stan Ayaan Hirsi Ali was bullied in the Netherlands in the political parliament by leftist woke nutjobs because she criticized muslims. I always knew she was gonna go far.

[@davebashford3753]

He must've been one of the easiest people ever to interview. The interviewer only had to hint at a question and Hitch would answer in long form without ever droning on. It's a pleasure to watch even if he weren't as interesting as he was.

[@leemartin2978]

Your absolutely correct, the big difference from today , certainly in the U.K., is that the interview is about the guest , and not the interviewer.

[@cato451]

Booknotes on CSPAN. Loved that show. Brian Lamb was a fantastic interviewer.

[@robandrews4815]

I rate Hitch right up there with Bertrand Russell and Ibn Warraq. These two are the 3 best people around in discussing the atheist possition. I sure do miss him.

[@NOXFPV]

I miss Chris. What a great writer.

[@seangrant2024]

Hitch I miss you, Thank you for giving the rest of us a reason to think outside of the Box.

[@OscarWrightZenTANGO]

He was truly unique!

[@milart12]

I always thought that Brian Lamb brought out the best in Hitchens. Interesting, but also a little light hearted.

[@carnivaltym]

Still the very best.

[@seanmcghee2373]

Ridiculously brilliant man. And, gone, as all are, too, too soon.

[@DBEdwards]

Christopher Hitchens at the height of his powers.

[@pedropola882]

There's no journalism like this anymore.

[@warrenblain2365]

Great interview. Thanks for posting.

[@sydneymorey6059]

Unique in the extreme, one of an extraordinary part of this Universe. Cheers SBM.

[@jackjackthompson5771]

Man, I wish I was this smart! Unbelievable!

[@marksomers8126]

I could watch Bryan and Christopher talk all day long and sometimes do! I wish there were more, I think I've watched them all but I always hold out hope to find something I haven't seen before 🤞🏼

[@freeshrugs63]

Who is this interviewer? I think I recognize him. Bryan, you said...?

[@LawrenceJohmann]

@@freeshrugs63 Brian Lamb kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHiren2KbNOXl7s

[@freeshrugs63]

@@LawrenceJohmann . I looked it up. I was too quick to type my question instead of asking Google. Thanks!

[@judepower4425]

I hadn't seen this interview until now and I know it will become one of my favourites. I love it that the writers who influenced Hitchens are also the writers who influenced me and around the same time (I was born in 46 and he in 49): Orwell, Wilfred Owen, How Green Was My Valley ..... and in my case initially Jack London and later John Steinbeck.

[@rocketsurgeon5758]

Thank you so much for sharing this rare glimpse of Hitchens when he was close to my age. How I would love to have that drink and smoke about which he remarks he would be much more eloquent.

[@Dariabar]

I have yet to view a better interview of Hitch on one of his books. Thanks for uploading it.

[@BruceCSnow]

God I miss him.

[@gbickell]

Eloquent and coherent - Hitchens

[@lyndapierson6338]

the man, the voice, the mind damn

[@bladewed]

That was an absolute pleasure to watch, thanks for uploading it.

[@mikerodgers7620]

You're a fool. 😅

[@bladewed]

@@mikerodgers7620 4 years later? Oh and I'd rather be a fool than a troll.

[@mikerodgers7620]

@@bladewed shut the hell up.

[@bladewed]

@@mikerodgers7620 or what troll?

[@mikerodgers7620]

@@bladewed the troll is yourself. Now go to hell. 😁

[@JimPlattes]

He is so elegant and loquacious.

[@2fast2block]

And so stoo-pid. 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYuqk4aoq6qEgtE 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJqwoq2ElL6Gjrc The odds are NOT there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWLCfHiMlqisl6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4icmJStr79_qc0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpXEooarqdlol9k

[@Yosef9438]

@@2fast2block Then where did the creator come from? What is your reasoning that it is outside your own requirements?

[@2fast2block]

@@Yosef9438 it's funny how people like you brush off the evidence with such a question, as if the question somehow negates the evidence. Tell me how a supernatural creator that created the natural realm is then bound by the laws of nature the supernatural creator created. Your question is not even logical.

[@j.randle3803]

@@2fast2block This is not a comment but rather a long winded, mean-spirited diatribe

[@2fast2block]

@@j.randle3803 If you're referring to my comment, it had science and evidence to it, you couldn't deal with it so you needed to fill in space lying. You must be so proud of yourself.

[@curiousworldview]

one of his greatest clips

[@2fast2block]

He was bad in all of them. 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYuqk4aoq6qEgtE 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJqwoq2ElL6Gjrc The odds are NOT there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWLCfHiMlqisl6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4icmJStr79_qc0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpXEooarqdlol9k

[@Redman680]

@@2fast2block Bore off, Jesus freak. Religion is a man made system of control. Only mindless drones fail to see that. 🤡

[@Viky.A.V.]

"You spent some time in jail" -- lol, finally a joke and smiles in a serious interview. Mr Hitchens answers so quickly, and the interviewer is very good, too. The whole talk looks as if it was directed =D Packed with information, lasting lesser than one hour. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@valerieangell7588]

We keep saying that we miss Hitch...let’s be Hitch!That is what he’d want...

[@a690ac52ed7]

I had just that very thought ahead of reading your comment.

[@BartAlder]

Most people don't have the brain power or the command of language required to be even half a Hitch. He was absolutely exceptional.

[@dst_20]

The hitch like contrarian in me wants to disagree... hence proving your assertion

[@Malpheron]

@@BartAlder But we can all be free thinkers and wary of consensus. Well, some of us can at the very least.

[@MisterstereoOso]

Bloody marvelous .......

[@jmomm]

I LOVE P.G Wodehouse!!

[@akkalange6359]

thanks for sharing that with us...........

[@carlosgaspar8447]

has the interviewer not heard of p.g.wodehouse or is he just trying to make light conversation.

[@Bucketheadhead]

@@carlosgaspar8447the latter, an interviewer exists for the benefit of those listening

[@carlosgaspar8447]

@@Bucketheadhead yes, it's not always obvious.

[@brianjacob8728]

man this is a great interview.

[@CatnamedMittens]

Good interview from the both of them.

[@AndrewRobinson-ee7um]

1993. Have I really been asleep for 25 years ? Yep.

[@2fast2block]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYuqk4aoq6qEgtE 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJqwoq2ElL6Gjrc The odds are NOT there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWLCfHiMlqisl6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4icmJStr79_qc0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpXEooarqdlol9k

[@2SideshowBob]

​@@2fast2block difference being no one will read your boorish garbage and yet many happily devote an hour to watch an interview from 1993 from this great man

[@kakistocracyusa]

"the only person I have a deal with is the person who might read this" 34:23- 36:00 is oratory that is worth replaying.

[@theknowerandtheknown]

I love Hitchens because I don't agree with him all the time but he can argue a great point whether he's a far leftist or a Neo-con, speaking daggers at god or dying from throat cancer. He was a great great mind

[@rupertbloomsbury9789]

Tackle the ball, not the man. My upbringing precisely

[@natemacbane4640]

-remembers my coach telling all of us he "didn't care if the guy was already on the ground, tackle him anyway, dog pile"

[@tylerd994]

I haven't slogged through all of the comments, but I do want to note that Brian Lamb does a wonderful job here interviewing Christopher. Students of Hitch will know this already, and this has to do with his comment on parenting. Stay the fuck out of the way. Mr. Lamb asks smart, direct, intelligent questions and I think he did excellent. He asked, and he stayed the fuck out of the way. Further. Students of Christopher also know that they've had loads of interviews and seem to be genuine friends, Mr. Lamb and Mr. Hitchens. Brian Lamb does an excellent job interviewing The Hitch. I miss him hard, as many of you seem to also do. What a brilliant star that, sadly, as all stars must do in time, faded away. Actually come to think of it most stars don't just die. They basically just run out of energy and sit around like buzzing dwarves that they are. I think it would be more appropriate to call Hitch one of this buzzing, low-energy dwarves that floats in space but it still very much there and with us. I appreciate this man more than words can describe, although I've done my best here. Cheers, Hitch fans! You're not alone. - Tyler

[@lxoxrxexnx]

Our world has lost so many wonderful minds to death. He is one of them. That is one of the great injustices of life.

[@bjkarana]

Don't worry, we may very well lose all of them in time. ;-)

[@thedolphin5428]

SO.FUCKING.ERUDITE.ELOQUENT. Never a thought, a word, a phrase out of place.

[@stubrechner590]

we are so much less for having lost this most unique of individuals

[@Peter-ih2tn]

I believe C.H. was at his peak here.

[@xavierpaquin]

90s Hitchens was at his best

[@brianmurray7091]

Like how he talks about PJ O Rourke and then love how he talks about his brother

[@josephyoung6749]

you have the face you deserve at 40... he looks pretty damn good for 40.

[@shaneomac7566]

I love his take on alcohol and smoking and I dont smoke or barely drink!

[@hooverbaglegs]

It killed him. Very clever but not clever too

[@karaokegal64]

I miss Hitchens and I miss Book Notes. Brian mistaking “Aunties” for “ants” is one of my favorite moments ever.

[@BrianFairweather]

I have only just ordered the book, but I believe he mistook “anti” as in an “anti” looking for a climax...

[@2fast2block]

I don't miss that stooo-pid A$$. 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYuqk4aoq6qEgtE 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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJqwoq2ElL6Gjrc The odds are NOT there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWLCfHiMlqisl6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4icmJStr79_qc0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpXEooarqdlol9k

[@grahamjohndavis]

He’s ace. Miss him.

[@NDB_O]

“This must make me sound insufferable. But that’s my ambition anyway.”

[@arcanuslosanara2823]

It's amazing. This great man died from the side effects of smoking and drinking, yet he is roaming the internet starring in these hour-length videos.

[@2fast2block]

No great man, just a tiny brain who was too afraid of reality. 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.

[@Chardonbois]

How refreshing in this TikTok soundbite age to hear an intellectual conversation.

[@Darrence27]

How much longer are you going to do this? till I drop.

[@Momchil92]

quoting Death's Echo (by W H Auden)

[@sverre371]

And he did.

[@kiwitrainguy]

In another interview, referring to his writing he said, "It's not what I do, it's what I am."

[@judebogart]

He was fascinating.

[@xavierpaquin]

90s Hitchens is the best

[@altargull]

"Til I drop" =(

[@kiwitrainguy]

In another interview, referring to his writing he said, "It's not what I do, it's what I am."

[@chilledtorsion]

90s Hitch was by far the best Hitch

[@MattSingh1]

Advocating the 2003 liberation of Iraq was mostly likely his high point. His advocacy was simply remarkable, both on the point of fact and philosophically.

[@Franciscasieri]

He left humanity with a detailed proof of the non existence of a God...God is not Great...that's the legacy that mankind will read for the next 500 years

[@x_flies]

Legendo ❤

[@discountmontecrisco2151]

I agree that we are all the worse as a society in not having Professor Hitchens to apply his brilliant mind to the absurdity of American politics of today.

[@rep3e4]

brillant? I suppose we are all brillant in a few narrow areas

[@robappleby583]

Don Bradmen no, we’re not. Hitchens was a brilliant social and political critic and an incisive and ruthless debater. That’s a pretty wide range.

[@stuarth43]

oh Dear Chris, if only!! the World needed people such as you, James, Ustinov

[@myyoutube7144]

RIP Hitch. ❤

[@klausantitheistbolvig8372]

Hitchens stands his Ground . And a man of knoldlege and his intellectuel clever explanation! In my country he’s quite unknown, which Bertrand Russell is. Quite a shame because I think we can learn from these people.

[@VNVgirl]

I wish you were here for this new year ..but we still her you, trust me

[@gazatkinson5288]

Does anybody read hitch's books and do it in his voice? Or is just me?

[@2Sugarbears]

Me.

[@hififlipper]

Yah!

[@mikerodgers7620]

Fuck the heathen ignorant loser.

[@gazatkinson5288]

@@mikerodgers7620 You ok mike? Sound like you've got out of the wrong side of the bed mate. Go grab a cup of horlicks and go read a verse of the bible...chill man!

[@mikerodgers7620]

@@gazatkinson5288 a soldier of God almighty never chills.

[@e.g.7612]

The way he says “Janet Reno” at the end is simply perfect

[@stephenjablonsky1941]

We don't seem to have a replacement for Chris which is sad because we need one desperately.

[@h.a.b.arguille1896]

What else is there to say? I miss you Christopher.

[@gladbags]

I just used this video as a reference to update Annie Leibovitz's wikipedia page

[@brettdalton3760]

jpgladman here from that reference... thanks!

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

I thought he considered the first gulf war as unfinished business, but here he seems to sound very different about it.

[@kingkonut]

anyone got the clip of him and the attorney general mentioned at 27 minutes?

[@HomeAtLast501]

Very mechanically delivering questions.

[@leemartin2978]

The definition of eloquent

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Correction: I wrote this hurrriedly: Franklin Roosevelt was FDR.

[@AdamIndikt]

Hitchens was an interesting intellectual. Amazingly inciteful and always willing to cut to the chase - I think his style had almost no match (PJ O’Rouke who he disliked comes close). Yet he was also just as prone to blinkers when it came to his favourites. Chomsky is a good example - a man who supported the Khmer Rouge and whose record on the genocide in Cambodia is difficult to defend. Once you were Hitchens target you could do nothing right, and if you were in his heart you could do no wrong. The world is lesser for his passing, as we need the pit bulls of journalism moreso now than ever.

[@hazelwalsh3269]

Adam Indikt well Said.. I’ll never understand how he didn’t turn on Blair... I guess he didn’t ever like to admit that he made a mistake on lining up with Blair and Bush over IRAQ! Disappointing!!

[@Mysterywhiteboy78]

Yawn...the worshipping of other humans is tiresome. You must be incredibly dull.