Christopher Hitchens on God Religion and Atheism in Seattle

6/7/2007
Christopher Hitchens is widely-published polemicist and frequent radio and TV commentator and contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Hitchens makes a case against religion in God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. With a close reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which he believes religion is a cause of dangerous sexual repression and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos, and frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life and University Book Store.

[@frogstamper]

The world truly is a poorer place without the Hitch in it...

[@Jekudo]

He was a rare glimpse of what many of us, I suspect, would like to see in the seat of power & influence. Truly inspirational... Grateful he existed, & their isn't any speculation if he existed to begin with! Be inspired that, hitch breathed the very same oxygen molecules your breathing right now. Cheers to a great mind...

[@thewackeddoctors]

Sha Ko AND he gave blood! I'm searching E-Bay right after this to buy myself a pint! Hitchin's blood flowing in me ... shit, half hour later and you've solved half of life's riddles.

[@icanfartloud]

He couldn't even avoid the poison of alcohol and nicotine and u think this dumbass had a clue about life's riddles. Lol yeh religion was a poison to avoid but actual poisons proven by science were not. Yeh, he knew answers to riddles.

[@thewackeddoctors]

Vernon Smithjr Shit...hadn't thought of it that way. He couldn't beat the poisons that killed him. I still admire him though.

[@rembrandt972ify]

Vernon Smithjr he enjoyed his alcohol and nicotine. he lived the way he wanted to. he knew full well that it might kill him. he prolly enjoyed his life way more than you could enjoy yours.

[@Jack-jv6vu]

It's so depressing. I am so interested in the subject of religion as I am an atheist myself. What saddens me the most is knowing that I will never be able to witness Christopher Hitchens battle for what he believes in with his brilliantly constructed argument. Such a fascinating individual. So sad that he is no longer with us.

[@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen]

It's very sad indeed. I too only found him after his passing. Thankfully he is immortalized in his books, audio books, articles and appearances on TV and KZbin. May he still inspire people for the coming decades/centuries

[@Philusteen]

Start following Alex O'Connor at CosmicSkeptic - he's a fantastic example of Hitchens' influence in practical action.

[@elucidativo7]

Now, he is having the chance to battle his billiantlly constructed arguments face to face with God, The “inexistent” One. The God who doesn’t forgieve blasphemy

[@B4LLB49]

@@elucidativo7or , and frankly the more likely situation. He’s resting after an entire life fighting the just cause of intolerance guised as religion and you’ll have wasted your whole life wishing sky daddy will take you only to be left holding the bag as Hitchens would say. And frankly how dare you try and insult such a man your intelligence cannot hold a candle too. Now go back to reading your bible and ignoring the blatant inconsistencies and outright lies , though if you ever want a slightly better piece of fiction I hear Harry potters good.

[@SmallC2023]

At least he was given the basic human right to express his opinion and given the dignity he deserved in life and not cruelly, heartlessly maliciously tortured to death. That we know of.

[@cherylbrown8813]

I am so grateful that so many of his debates, speeches, and interviews were saved on video and accessible on KZbin! At age 69, I am finally getting an education in Philosophy and freeing myself from the shackles of decades of religious slavery.

[@seandonahue8464]

58 here and totally had same experience! I think I’ve been nonebeliever for since 1985 at least, raised Roman Catholic, Alter boy, the whole deal. Hitchens gave me great satisfaction and the tools to express what I thought.

[@2fast2block]

I haven't been to any church either in many years but I didn't stop thinking. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LoT 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.

[@seandonahue8464]

@@2fast2block I myself have no firm grasp of what it all is or how it came about. It is a wonder and I love trying just to understand. We may be too limited to understand is a possibility. Yet I don’t like to surrender or stop trying. I’m not the smartest guy in the world is a severe understatement. It blows me away the various levels at which we exist, quantum, particle, molecules, chemical, organic chem, evolutionary, psychological. All these and probably more explain parts of us but yet need to be independently understood. I mean in the following way, the ingredients of which we are made and are common made you me and all that is. By themselves the ingredients can’t explain us. I hope we keep trying to understand. You may be right. For me though truly wondrous and seemingly magical. I want more to understand. I am not inclined to supernatural.

[@2fast2block]

@@seandonahue8464 "I myself have no firm grasp of what it all is or how it came about." Because just like Hitch, you ignore the clear evidence. You're not looking to understand, you're looking for lame excuses too as you try to sound so intellectual at the same time. Hint: It's not working.

[@seandonahue8464]

@@2fast2block What is the clear evidence?

[@elgar104]

I could, and suspect will, be listening to this man until my last day....

[@Enigmaticatious]

Just purchased his book "Hitch-22" as a result of listening to him in various places.... He was a true man of integrity who held true to his morals and beliefs to the end

[@yomilalgro]

Ditto

[@nestorrfortuna1]

I life worth living

[@jtnachos]

Right there with you sire

[@leona2222]

Me as well

[@woodygilson3465]

In 2022, there still hasn't been another like Christopher Hitchens. All the more reason to appreciate videos like this one.

[@2fast2block]

No, there are many liars like him. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LoT 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.

[@woodygilson3465]

@@2fast2block "Clear," you say? Well that's fantastic! Now all you gotta do is present the evidence to the world and collect your Nobel prize. I believe in you. See what I did there? Believing in you without question, without evidence? That's faith. You said it in print, so it must be true, right? Or would that be naive of me? Foolish, even? I hope this little lesson has been enlightening. Faith is not a virtue. It's an exploitable weakness.

[@2fast2block]

@@woodygilson3465 those laws are real and I can't explain why you do know them, only you can embarrass yourself with not knowing them. I gave just one of the evidences out of the tons and you're stuck with it and can't get around it so you blah-blah further embarrassing yourself.

[@woodygilson3465]

@@2fast2block You think that the first law of thermodynamics says energy can't happen naturally. That's blatantly false. Not sure what your point is about entropy, but since it's obviously contingent on your first assumption, it's irrelevant because the first assumption is false.

[@2fast2block]

@@woodygilson3465 " You think that the first law of thermodynamics says energy can't happen naturally. That's blatantly false." And here's your evidence of that... (blank) The same with the 2nd law.... (blank) You're good at shooting blanks.

[@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen]

👏 🙂 Hitchens is forever missed

[@hemeoncn]

I miss Christopher Hitchens so very much. The world lost such a great human.

[@TheDavemcmenamy]

Clarence Hemeon well said

[@slurrpychillifries]

***** oh, you are just angry he articulated your ignorance to the point that even you could understand it.

[@teflonprimate5970]

***** Now that is a comment that I think Hitchens would have liked.

[@steveb0503]

+slurrpychillifries Flawless...

[@brianbarth6181]

+Clarence Hemeon My condolences for your terrible loss. I understand what you're feeling.The world lost Reinhardt Heinrich, too. I think of him from time to time, and I just can't remember the name of that existential Czechoslovakian village right now.

[@jackthebassman1]

I realised it was bullshit when as a young head choirboy, confirmed and took communion I asked the vicar about suffering, disease and starvation in the third world I was fobbed off with excuses and when pushed for a reasonable answer I was told that we were not clever enough to understand the ways of the lord. Thank you and goodbye, the bible and the clergy made me an atheist and I've lived my life very happily without bowing and scraping and fearing an eternal barbecue ever since.

[@johnzook7533]

I don't fear the eternal BBQ especially when a good sauce is served up with along with a few cold ones. How many different recipes of BBQ pork, chicken ribs etc can one come up with in the space of a few millennia? Actually a BBQ that lasts into infinity would get a bit boring unless you have a few Irish Catholics to start a brawl. Or maybe a few Jehovah's witnesses to stop by and condemn you for such sin. But then again some angry Pentecostals would find fault with every part of it. And of course the Muslims would probably blow it up because pork was on the menu.

[@jackthebassman1]

+Death Angel I enjoy a bit of sport with these religious looney toons, and I've also in some cases listed some of the cracking biblical contradictions, they just cover their ears and go la la la I can't hear you. They know it's a pile of shite but if they acknowledge the contradictions and immorality their chosen god instructs its devotees to do or carries out itself the whole religion falls like a playing card house. In the words of Black Adder " Deny everything Baldrick".

[@Marchant2]

I, too miss Hitchens. We need more people like him in the public sphere putting religion in its place, which is the dumpster.

[@Marchant2]

Death Angel WTF are you talking about? Get your dumb eyes out of Right Wing media. When you nuts bring that junk outside your bubble, you look so stupid.

[@dariusko7055]

Marchant2 You seriously need to read about radical Islam, its apocalyptic aims and familiarize yourself with the 3 Abrahamic religions. Also, please study theocratic nation states like Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc. You clearly are not aware of the global, jihadist threat either. Knowledge of this incredibly dangerous kind of religious psychopathy is unrelated to the ideological agitprop. You should also know that polls show a majority of Muslims believe they worship the same god as Christians. So, --this means that ISIS (radical Islamics) are not just cowardly murderers--they folllow the same deity as Christians & Muslims. And they're using this god as their divine warrant to commit heinous acts of murder, child trafficking and beheadings of children. They even claim scriptural entitlement to do so (from the Quran and the Hadith). Please inform yourself.

[@derp8575]

Atheists cannot inform themselves. Their entire lives are based on massive lies! They believe men can be women, lol. Hard to reason with those who are more unintelligent than hunter-gatherer tribes. @@dariusko7055

[@Alan-71351]

Could have done without his conservative beliefs in the 21century.😮

[@derp8575]

@@Alan-71351 What is a woman?

[@davidmauro8947]

9 years old and KZbin has never had such content since.

[@tkkellerman1]

We miss you Hitch!

[@ebonypenguin2899]

Christopher Hitchens perhaps at his finest. So hard to pick my favourite Hitchens piece. This has aged so well..... rewatching post Oct 7 2023, and forty minutes in, and then one hour in he could have been talking about today. I'm grateful that Douglas Murray has become Christopher Hitchens incarnate. Grateful that modern tech enables Christopher Hitchens to keep talking from beyond the grave. Thankyou great sir.

[@jklxn]

"If you want good people to do evil things you need to make them religious" On point.

[@brianbarth6181]

+jklxn Or, you can just turn them into greedy capitalistic atheists. That works too.

[@jklxn]

Brian Barth true...true. just plain greedy...anyone

[@disrupt94]

+Brian Barth so rejecting theistic claims is evil? That is all atheism means

[@MikeProvocateur-tu2jl]

+jklxn, or if you want remake something into a lax that is denying actual con flex for what it means for all us in recalling what has ever gone on in history. We are always taking others so called words of intellect or expression that came from different time and in a different book, explaining what they had experienced in a time. It is funny cause I had been at other Hitchen love in here discussions before this one. Where he had said that Jesus had to have been real for the what reasons of mirror repetition: in how Jesus was discussed upon through out time, and how a good number of historical figures had in the same way had gained their name in history, say like Socrates. Socrates as not much is known of him but most if not all scholars would have to agree that Socrates had lived. Just by Plato's and others description of the man and his philosophy it were given in just such earnest and spoke about in such way. That the fictionalization of such a person would be impossible virtually. For my putting it into Christopher Hitchen's like speak. Christopher were really odd in his hypocritical oath to his stance. Too bad that I had never got my chance at debating him or what in some fashion. Because the man often showed himself so much duplicitous, even to the cause of his own reasoning. And it showed in his life. Who in his dying days did he turn to; for hope of being saved? Not God, but something close enough he turned to a Christian doctor as his main doctor. Being the fact that Christian man is the leading expert in the type of Cancer Chris had. How is that for Natural Selection or Survival of the Fittest. My wondering right now; is Christopher growing fish gills or an ape face now in the dirt? Here I wrote this all as myself a Christian in memory of good ole Chris.

[@kevingalgano7629]

+Brian Barth what's the difference between an atheist who is greedy and capitolistic and a religious person that is a greedy capitolist? I mean, if you're keeping count, the wealthy, greedy are, BY FAR more religious than not.

[@Hiv0ltage]

I hope that someone that is like him will rise up and grace us with similar wisdom.

[@jeffmilroy9345]

Sounds vaguely familiar...

[@fredmbengs3149]

What a man, I discovered him by mistake in a bookstore on the strand and got hooked. What a man

[@votemonty1815]

KZbin keeps him alive.

[@RandyKMay]

what a breath of Sanity in a world of religious Insanity! His voice will be greatly missed!

[@roberthamilton4773]

Hitch’s ideas and words echo across time to be heard even to this day from the lips of atheists and anti-theists. As long as ideological tyranny remains a lurking threat, Hitch’s analysis and advice will remain relevant and useful.

[@redavis6581]

I miss Hitch as well. Fucking Brilliant! Love and peace to all. Rest well Christopher.

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

I'm not so convinced he's resting anywhere, but I do remember him well. He lived in a good time period to write his books and I can always watch this again. PEACE :)

[@l.h.c.powerwashing7289]

He's in hell..

[@bigmac1119987]

Eric Floors "He's in hell" Ahhhhh... there's the gospel of love that was forced upon me as a child.

[@ksturmer5388]

Can I ask you two questions? What happens to a new born baby who is an unbeliever, born just a split second before either the rapture or that your God declares Armageddon? Does that child go to hell and be burned forever too? Secondly, if you believe the bible and every word, why are you not following every word of it by not going out and murdering or stoning people to death for their beliefs against your faith? Thanks and love and peace to you.

[@chesterwortham5525]

​@l.h.c.powerwashing7289 he could have cried out to Jesus Christ for salvation in his final minutes but it's hard to see him doing that it's sad to see all these people in comments praising him and endorsing his views they be cursing him when they die and themselves for listening to him

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

It still amazes me how little he stuttered. He did say um as a verbal comma but not too often. The crucial points he made about the madness of religious belief is so spot on that I still love watching his lopsided debates. He knew he would be remembered well by so many and dispized by even more for dispelling an ongoing popular book of myth in a so called modern world. I'll never have a chance to thank him, but I'm very much OK with that. If there comes a moment you don't know something, say it!

[@acerbicatheist2893]

Christopher Hitchens gives it to you straight.

[@SonjaParis]

A brilliant man. We could have needed him during these times, maybe even more than ever. His early passing is a huge loss for the human race.

[@markiacomini956]

Now more than ever we need Christopher Hitchens!

[@Mr512austintexas]

I really miss Christopher Hitchens. He was a great man, a great thinker. I still love watching and re-watching his debates with various Christian apologists. One of my favorites is the Intelligence Squared debate on the topic "Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world?" He and Stephen Fry are both absolutely stellar.

[@jasonmarsh3076]

93 people who gave this the thumbs down have brains like scrambled eggs Miss you Hitch

[@loveboxers7554]

I so miss this man and his ability to speak truth to power.

[@MarcoArmaniYoutube]

Watching this video almost brought me to tears, this being the week of the anniversary of his death... seeing him give such an amazing talk makes me miss Hitchens even more and sad that I never got the chance to meet him in person. Here's to rational thinking and to a great mind who shall forever be missed!

[@brianmoran8152]

Boy do we need him now

[@purpleskies3419]

Almost brought you to tears ? Are you an atheist? If you are then them tears are lies 😄🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@2fast2block]

Why cry, he was just a liar. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LoT 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.

[@derp8575]

You expect atheists to think? They don't even know the difference between male and female, lol@@2fast2block

[@vanderlay657]

@@2fast2blockGive me a break, look at actual facts you fool. Do you actually believe in a book that is not pure fantasy written to manipulate the masses like yourself!

[@davidbrooks8469]

I agree with Joseph; the man spoke with tremendous clarity. Hitch possesed the rare combination of being well read, well traveled, well spoken and only wished to speak plainly about the topics that are important to us as a species and the hope that the future will have us lay aside the myths and fanatical beliefs which threaten our very existence today. His legacy of honest dialogue and free inquiry will live on

[@nickflamel9851]

Agreed. While multitudes of apologists are doomed to fade away into obscurity, Hitchens achieved a true form of immortality.

[@matimus100]

Praying or Karma doesn't save innocent women and children's lives anywhere in the world 🌎 🤡👆

[@MKohlhass]

What an adorable person! One of my few idols!

[@AscendingParadigm]

Hitch, thanks for all the lucid brilliance. You're admirable, inspiring & empowering.

[@cononmctapper202]

Majestic diagolugue A true wordsman. The best of any era in debates about religion.

[@videonascimento]

Among the greatest orators of irrefutable reason combined with humorous wit that the world has been "blessed" to have had. He greatly he has strengthened the resolve and ability of atheist apologists.

[@cosmo7400]

ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT MEN .THANKS FOR REALITY LATER

[@garylist9]

Hitchens. Such a lovely speaker. And, so crystal clear. Its that clarity that i appreciate so much.

[@warrenharding103]

Who censored this and why? Anyone watching this who is offended by hearing "fuck" shouldn't be watching and is most probably the target of Hitch's speech. Censorship is a more subtle version of the harm religion does especially in the USA.

[@marcloaf]

Bravo Hitchens. Another great lecture. One of the best surely, and my personal favourite writer and public speaker , especially against this sheer idiocy and hypocrisy.

[@GaryLongsine]

"Who wants it to be true? Why would anyone want it to be true?" Christopher Hitchens begins with these questions, and brings humor and humanity to bear on the propositions on offer from the world's great religions. This delightful presentation from his book tour for God is Not Great is one of his best. Regardless of whether you're a religious believer or an atheist skeptic, you'll enjoy this. Don't miss the Q&A at the end, some of the best material comes as a response to questions from the audience.

[@jlc1762]

Love Christopher Hitchens. He is brilliant and speaks with such clarity.

[@ihatespam2]

I’m angry that I am forced to feel arrogant and condescending by the fact that so many people still believe in talking donkeys and resurrections. I’ve made it through college and I am very aware of my lack of knowledge and the limits of my aptitudes, yet every day I’m put in a position to feel that so many people around are just plain dumb. Big picture, it seems the human race has learned great lessons hundreds of years ago, that most of us just stubbornly refuse to except. I miss Hitchens. Now all we have is his pathetic, unstable brother. If that don’t prove there is no god, I don’t know what will.

[@BCT071]

I was raised in a christian home and I rejected religion at the same age. Amazing what a good education and an open mind can do. Going around accusing people you don't know of being bad parents because their children don't share your faith doesn't help your cause. All you're doing is providing more evidence supporting the fact that religion doesn't make a bad person good. Thanks for that.

[@derp8575]

"Going around accusing people you don't know of being bad parents because their children don't share your faith doesn't help your cause." What is a woman? LOL!!!! I'll wait, Mr, "Educated", LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come at me, publicly.

[@BennyAscent]

​@derp8575 an irrelevant question and a fatuous point. The ability to determine a woman is not decided by faith, its decided by biology; a science.

[@derp8575]

Not according to your ilk. What is a woman? I'll wait, loser. @@BennyAscent

[@WoWisdeadtome]

Long ago when I dropped religious beliefs everything started to make sense. Give you an example. This week an 18 year old girl was struck and killed by lightning at school. The inevitable question came up: Why did this happen? I say well, she took shelter under a tree in a thunderstorm...literally the ONE thing you are told NEVER to do because...this happens. Somehow so many people find that an unsatisfactory answer. Things like this may be tragic but they have no reason as such and I find the desire to attribute intent to natural events baffling. Lightning does not choose where to strike, it strikes the first target close enough for the charge to complete its trip to the ground, this is why lightning strikes tall objects, in this case a tree someone was standing under. Do you believe thunderstorms form intending to kill people? I certainly can't believe that.

[@phreddy87]

This was one of the best speeches I think Ive heard from him. Very entertaining and interesting

[@steveowen7475]

No one close.....this consummate example of both truth history conceptions......this for me is priceless Please spread the word for the next generation this absolute master of oratory......i just wish he was still in our midst if ever he was needed he's needed now

[@jackiesantangelo6610]

I so miss Hitch, such brilliance and passion in one man. He will forever amaze and impress me ;-)

[@weavethehawk]

I am a fervent admirer of Christopher Hitchens. His oratory alone, I regard as an education in itself. I would give just about anything to have met him, but I think I might have posed him an awkward question. Like Mr. Hitchens, I am English born, but I live in the USA by virtue of possession of a green card. One of the reasons I didn't take up citizenship was that I couldn't bear the thought of uttering the words "one nation under god". I'd love to know how Christopher managed to get through that particular portion of the ceremony. That's the awkward question I would have posed had I met him. I'm sure his answer would have been more than satisfactory, but I'll never know.

[@menace3507]

I absolutely love hitch's distaste for al sharpton. RIP!

[@matimus100]

Hitchens isn't resting in peace what makes you think that 🤡👆

[@Rusty-Shackleford69]

@@matimus100 Where is your proof? Moron!

[@Emily.545]

​@@matimus100well, you'd be correct that he isn't feeling peace, since dead people don't feel anything anymore

[@glutinousmaximus]

What an amazing guy! He comes up with better supposed questions from an imaginary counter-debater, than any real debater! I will miss him greatly!

[@vadaann1279]

I love Hitchens.

[@BuildSC]

I miss constantly looking for new Christopher Hitchens videos on KZbin.

[@Min-xm8tp]

Hopefully, by watching him on here people will be given the courage and be encouraged to think differently about Religion. I know I do! and I am very very grateful for that. Thank you Mr H. And Yes, he is missed very much.

[@daleneparole1502]

...such a beautiful mind

[@laurajarrell6187]

I try to leave a comment so every time I come here, so they stay up!👍💙💙💙🥰✌

[@Saucyakld]

My hero, finally found someone that can argue for me. So clever and will be much missed

[@godisimaginary2259]

what a speaker, what a mind! I still think of him fondly and often

[@hdk11]

How can anyone be religious after listening to this amazing man?

[@terrymcnamara1099]

We miss you, Hitch, even though I know you can't hear me.

[@Tagoreapoet777]

What an orator, he was…

[@deanbrunson259]

Those that believe in a celestial creator/dictator are deluded/crazy and should be so diagnosed and treated as such. Education is the only savior that humans can rely on and is available to them. God is not out there somewhere in the vastness of the universe, but tucked firmly between the ears of the deluded. Education is the answer!!!

[@whitecreamymilk8436]

How would that make you any different from Hitlers crusade? Except that it was done for anti religion instead of religion.. Totalitarianism isn't good be it with or without religion.

[@deanbrunson259]

+The Warden ::: Maybe you mistook my point. It is only through education of the valid, verifiable, humanistic knowledge that man can begin to understand our world and each other. As Sam Harris said in his first book, the disheveled situation of human existence on earth could be reversed in a generation if parents would stop lying to their children.

[@whitecreamymilk8436]

Dean Brunson indeed I agree... But reeducation is never... Pretty

[@blakevivaldi1089]

+Dean Brunson; Modern consensus-driven science is too closely associated with atheism; there are many scientists who have faith, but they don't do a song and dance about it, because it doesn't fit the current scientific narrative. Atheism / consensus science is based on a shallow notion of reason, so shallow that it seeks to forbid people from thinking about, or searching for, those things that lie beyond its narrow limits. The thought inhibiting limitations of modern science are meant to be transgressed if we are to broaden our understanding and knowledge of the world, mankind and the cosmos. There's more to life than just what our senses can detect, test or verify. The material world is only one part of existence, the other part is the non-material world. Science should not exclude what it can't currently grasp.

[@whitecreamymilk8436]

Death Angel education vs re education. Re education is usually genocidal, hostile and full of torture and intimidation. Why does the fact that "re education isn't pretty", make me an anti intellectual?

[@chikabolita]

I'm sorry I missed hitchens. Honorable man

[@999is666upsidedown]

Q: How many theists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: The lightbulb never gets changed. The theists just look at the broken bulb and pray to it hoping it will come back to light. They they say "huh! god must work in mysterious ways."

[@divinewon73]

At 7:07 Christopher is referring to the hateful Jerry Falwell🤡 “Give him an enema and you can bury what’s left in a matchbox.“ 😂🤣😂

[@SaxonBorden]

Really cheers me up. I agree, the world lost a great person.

[@itsjustameme]

This video is criminally underviewed.

[@omnipitous4648]

Magnificent.

[@chevalier5343]

I love watching these intellectual debates where there are strings of sentences with 7 letters or more for each word. Even if i don't understand sometimes what's being said, what they laugh about sometimes, if i don't understand the historical relevance of somethings. But if i keep looking up and word's and keep trying to understand mabye one day i can follow these debates and understand. even if u don't understand fully whats happening, its important to watch these debates and read.

[@Bombtrack411]

Christopher, you are surely missed.

[@robertroberts9657]

Wanted: Looking for polemic, dialectic, orator with galvanizing ability, unmatched courage and wit. Must have extraordinary understanding of history, language and distilling highly complex subjects into tangible, meaningful resolve for both his opponent and the audience. We miss you a lot Hitch...

[@walterwhite7554]

Thank you for your kind opinion.

[@MrMymanalishi]

I don't want my Hitchens censored, we can have truth without bleeping out the word Fuck.

[@fungusrare]

Fortunately we have many people like that in the world. Unfortunately we don't have the inimitable Christopher anymore to represent us with presentations of such rational, literary education the rest of us only wish we could have.

[@user-db6ps1cf2g]

The Concrete Confessional blog just dropped an article called "Why This Atheist Is Headed Back to Church." Very interesting reading no matter which side of the fence you're on.

[@walterwhite7554]

I may not be the typical Deist. I am a Spiritual Deist. I do not know everything. I have had my connection for over 20 years and that Love, Truth and Peace IS apparent to me and has served me well. I am blessed and at peace. I let God be God and also have no personal manipulations with God like religions do. I do regular mindful meditation as time for reflection and thankfulness though.

[@MrRedthief]

Hitchens is brilliant.The world needs more like him that thinks that God is a monster and the belief in God/Jesus/allah is the True Evil in the world.

[@joanpascal7745]

love ❤ ❤ this mans works!

[@leespaner]

Imagine he mentioned the old bookstore "Boarders", Christopher HItchens is so right on about so much, it is sad that this great man is gone from us.

[@prymcik1]

same here, raised as a roman catholic, freed at the age of 16

[@NC-ck5oj]

This is peak Hitchens. Laugh out loud funny and incredibly interesting with a heavy side of charm

[@pkramerable]

Wonderful!

[@Bombtrack411]

I hope god Is Not Great will be remembered and respected in the way we respect Why I Am Not A Christian by Bertrand Russell. Both have been of almost equal importance in my "exodus from christendom".

[@jhouse6352]

I am embarrassed to say i attended Liberty "University" for 3 years and can attest to the description of Jerry Falwell. Some of the shit that dude spewed was awful. Blaming the gays for 9/11 and saying the cause of hurricane Katrina was the result of the sin of the people in that area. Students at that school loved him too. I look back and wonder what in the hell I was actually thinking.

[@Jaaol1]

A wonderful man

[@ShamelessHorse]

Editing out Hitch's expletives is fucking blasphemy!

[@skyteus]

Yap

[@ot44eto]

Oh Hitch, how I miss you.

[@unrealeck]

The firtst few minutes in itself should give you at least the insentive and, hopefully (and this is important) the courage to challenge your beliefs by using reason, logic and HONSTY. If you are religious, PLEASE do the above. Seriously. And I can't stress enough the key-word, HONESTY.

[@mikejones9354]

Hitchens WAS great. God never WAS!

[@lightbeing8174]

God always was

[@wellifyouknowme]

@@lightbeing8174 😂😂😂

[@lightbeing8174]

@@wellifyouknowme peter hitchens and christopher hitchens well that's a draw, a tie the tie breaker would be an exorcist priest. watch the devil and father amorth trailer.

[@wellifyouknowme]

@@lightbeing8174 You worship god 😂😂😂

[@lightbeing8174]

@@wellifyouknowme Jehovah God and jesus christ have got me out of jams that I was in deep in the hole no way out yes I have worship them and continue to do so.

[@AscendingParadigm]

"I presume Divine Sir, that you have some respect for intellectual honesty and for moral courage and that you would look with more favor on someone who made an honest profession of unbelief, than on someone who exceeded to belief in you in the hope of a handout."

[@PearlOfTheQuarter23]

He was 💯 correct

[@doncourtreporter]

Hitchens from his death bed called for a priest. After a five-minute private audience, the priest was an Atheist.

[@dave474c]

Well done Hitch.

[@mervinprone]

It's nice that Hitchens lived long enough to see BORDERS book store go bankrupt!!

[@simonwake4705]

He keeps coughing and clearing his throat... Wish I had a time machine to go back and tell him to get to the docs! RIP The Hitch. X

[@DavidHarrison-js3ji]

What an amazing bright mind , rip sir , thank you for living at the same time as me .

[@drstrangelove09]

If only there was another Christopher Hitchens.

[@achilleshoplite]

I am working on it ;)

[@bigmac1119987]

I agree completely. Richard Dawkins is close, but no Hitchens.

[@feonor26]

He was one of a kind I'm afraid. We still have Harris, Dennett, Hirsi-Ali and Dawkins....but we'll never have another Hitchens. I miss him so much!

[@TheDavemcmenamy]

achilleshoplite you wish

[@differdog9354]

The latest survey in the UK showed that 52% of the population do not believe there is a god. In other countries the figure is higher. There are millions of people like Hitch, they just do not have a book to sell.

[@TimmyJUnderground]

I live in Seattle and I can tell you this city is full of intellectuals. I was born here and have never believed in a god or ghosts or psychics, or astrology. My mom is a christian and she's saddened by the fact that she thinks i will burn in hell for eternity. But if there is someone up there judging me, they will know that I am a good person who doesnt deserve such a punishment. I have a few songs I wrote on my channel about atheism among other things check em out!

[@derp8575]

Let's hear your life story if you're such a self-avowed "good person". Come at me! I will make you look DUMB!

[@steveennever9905]

Enjoyed that immensely

[@redshark618]

I find it ironic that I bought two of Hitchens's books in Borders, before I knew of this Free Inquiry scandal.

[@manuelz19927]

you are not alone I use to be christan too

[@ianharris7325]

What a loss to humanity his death is. A brilliant orator.

[@lunainezdelamancha3368]

I truly miss this Man!

[@AFMMarcelD]

Ironically Christopher Hitchens is my God! he never made any claims to have walked on water, resuscitated the dead or turned water into wine but he sure enlightened many primates with his mellifluous voice and amazing wit and rhetoric, long live Hitch!

[@thomasjensen9745]

Well ... He DID claim that you should accept no substitute to Johnny Walker Black Label ... And that will be the way to my grave, willingly chosen!!

[@AFMMarcelD]

That will make two of us Thomas! I try 2 ounces of Perrier with 2 ounce of JWB (no ice) and it is delicious, I think Hitch would have approved.

[@thomasjensen9745]

I will accept no substitute, however much it sounds delicious to others

[@JohnSmith-cg3cv]

This is actually an interesting point that stands out to me. I have found myself saying to myself that Richard Dawkins is the closest person to being like the idea of God that I know of. He's extremely intelligent, is willing to admit how much he doesn't know, thinks very big... And if you think about it, even God Itself may not know whether It is just a brain in a vat or in a simulation or made by another God whatever it might be! Even God would have to admit that It doesn't really know where It came from and doesn't know the true nature of reality. I think all conscious entities have to admit that they do not know the true nature of reality, I guess. By proclaiming humanity as the most intelligent entities on Earth, he may be implying that the most intelligent humans are the most powerful and that these are thus the closest to God. I don't know what the hell I just typed out but... there ya go.