Hitch-22: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens in conversation with Austin Dacey, June 13, 2010

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  • @bisonjones2594
    @bisonjones2594 4 года назад +394

    Seeing a new video of hitchens makes me feel like I've hit the lottery. It's like a very rare piece of art. I am forever grateful for people that post these videos.

    • @Samn3212
      @Samn3212 3 года назад +13

      I haven’t seen this either and I’ve been watching him for years! I’m right there with you.

    • @Wipeout2806
      @Wipeout2806 3 года назад +5

      same

    • @foxandscout
      @foxandscout 3 года назад +5

      @@Wipeout2806 Same! This conversation took place 6/2010, a bit over 11 years ago; it wasn’t posted until 4/2020, a bit over a year ago; and seen by me only two days after you commented. Extraordinary.

    • @Wipeout2806
      @Wipeout2806 3 года назад

      @@foxandscout a sign! :)

    • @veganath
      @veganath 3 года назад +1

      Ditto mate.....

  • @williampullin5151
    @williampullin5151 9 месяцев назад +19

    Sincerest thanks for sharing this wonderful video. Mr. Hitchens was not only an outstanding intellectual, but a kind gentleman, as his closest friends would attest. He will always be missed by all people who embrace free inquiry, freedom of speech, and logical, defensible, reasonable thought and all resulting questions. Go Hitch! 💚

  • @krishancurtis450
    @krishancurtis450 3 года назад +91

    In 1000 years time people still will be saying this, 'I never miss a person so much that I never knew personally' 😭

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      I won't be saying that. He'll be forgotten like all 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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

    • @tgstudio85
      @tgstudio85 2 года назад +7

      @@2fast2block Oh who are you kiddo? Oh wait you are no one;)

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      @@tgstudio85 actually I'm one that gave evidence and you're one that totally ignored it. You must be proud of your empty life.

    • @AS-gx4qg
      @AS-gx4qg Год назад +6

      @@2fast2block
      You are lost in your web of fantasies

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block Год назад +1

      @@AS-gx4qg wow, all that I gave was somehow proven not correct by this evidence of yours...
      "You are lost in your web of fantasies"
      Give your brain a rest now after all that thinking.

  • @Htdobb458e
    @Htdobb458e 4 года назад +107

    Of all the millions of people in the world how can there only be one like him? Absolutely priceless, we desperately need someone to continue his work

  • @Dismal-future
    @Dismal-future 2 года назад +13

    Never get tired of listening to this man. So knowledgeable, intelligent, well spoken, civil, and a man about town.

  • @abc4359
    @abc4359 4 года назад +285

    He is the only person I don’t know personally but missing greatly.

    • @smoothsilk47
      @smoothsilk47 4 года назад +16

      I feel so much the same, what an intellect, what a vocabulary, what a tragic loss!

    • @bisonjones2594
      @bisonjones2594 4 года назад +8

      Me too. So damn true

    • @matthewyoung6759
      @matthewyoung6759 3 года назад +14

      I am a Presbyterian minister who misses Hitch greatly. I'm not the only minister who does. A dazzling orator -- a singular voice, really -- who made us think. I appreciated his challenges. I am a better pastor because of Hitch. Gone too soon.

    • @stevegoodson9022
      @stevegoodson9022 3 года назад +6

      @@matthewyoung6759 Got to commend you on your intellectual honesty. Of all the critics of religion I'd say Hitch had the deepest and broadest understanding of it and its history. Good to know that there are those within religion who valued his contribution.

    • @lowrising8130
      @lowrising8130 3 года назад +4

      Perfectly said.

  • @schmerzmeister3980
    @schmerzmeister3980 3 года назад +49

    My favorite author, lecturer, and orator. I miss him still. No one since his death has been able to fill his shoes. Humanity lost someone special.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      Not special, 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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

  • @6teezkid
    @6teezkid 4 года назад +277

    We needed Hitch's voice during these most insane times. What a major loss.

    • @rep3e4
      @rep3e4 4 года назад +1

      nah he wouldn't have believed they were happening

    • @6teezkid
      @6teezkid 4 года назад +8

      Steven Steen - The hell you say? That man's eyes were as open to the stink of the Swamp as anyone's. He always went after the so-called beloved and Sainted golden calves...the ones the sheeple couldn't see.

    • @OdditiesandRarities
      @OdditiesandRarities 4 года назад +1

      You always have the bitter and morose voice of his deeply conservative and religious brother peter to listen to!

    • @joshuavickers9820
      @joshuavickers9820 4 года назад +3

      He would vote Trump

    • @euphegenia
      @euphegenia 4 года назад +10

      joshua vickers No chance.

  • @harryfeld1786
    @harryfeld1786 4 года назад +70

    So logical, so eloquent, so forthright and just plain brilliant in every way! Sadly missed!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      That loser believed absurdities and losers like you praise him.
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/ddaqSutt5aw/видео.html

  • @andydixon2980
    @andydixon2980 4 года назад +34

    I always feel like I am in 'great' company when listening to this man. Thankfully there is a whole library of 'The Hitch', and his unique mind and intellect on You Tube, for all to be tickled, pissed off, or enlightened. Miss you Hitch.

  • @shabirmagami146
    @shabirmagami146 7 месяцев назад +4

    brilliant as always ... 💌💌💌

  • @LucasAmorimPlus
    @LucasAmorimPlus 4 года назад +121

    Just 16 days after this event here in 2010 he was diagnosed with cancer. Such a tragedy to have lost this man. RIP.

    • @WestCoastGeoLover
      @WestCoastGeoLover 4 года назад +18

      Interesting...Watching him, I was thinking that he did not look well and wondered if he was ill.

    • @43painter
      @43painter 4 года назад +11

      Lynn Ransom I thought when seeing him sweat like hell: it must have been a very late night, the night before ( referring to his fondness for spirits ). But apparently there was something much worse going on in the body of this genius. Sadly enough.

    • @Mehki227
      @Mehki227 4 года назад +4

      That explains why he seems a little off his game.

    • @KCODacey
      @KCODacey 4 года назад +8

      If you look at the back of his right hand, he has a bruise that looks like a site where either blood was drawn for fluids were infused.

    • @sblack48
      @sblack48 4 года назад

      @@wordwarrior2350 as opposed to what? Satan taking him?

  • @MattSingh1
    @MattSingh1 4 года назад +147

    Thanks for this, unseen and previously unavailable Hitchens content is very welcome. I've watched just about all Hitchens content on YT, so thanks again.

    • @davidsnider6471
      @davidsnider6471  4 года назад +11

      You're very welcome, Matthew, I'm glad you enjoy the video.

    • @karlkam982
      @karlkam982 4 года назад +3

      what he said, thank you

    • @karlkam982
      @karlkam982 4 года назад +2

      @Gods Servant yes, anyone believing in god has been brain washed

    • @karlkam982
      @karlkam982 4 года назад +2

      @Gods Servant just your user name

    • @PazLeBon
      @PazLeBon 4 года назад

      @Gods Servant fo troll

  • @athnealerodney
    @athnealerodney Год назад +11

    Hitchens has certainly left a "treasure trove" for humanity 😢

  • @graemem111
    @graemem111 2 года назад +8

    This wonderful piece had me almost in tears towards the end; tinged as it must be by the knowledge of what was to come. What an incomparable loss to humanity and to humanism. His tutelage over the years; too late for me to truly appreciate him in his lifetime, introduced me to the free thinkers. Paine, Spinoza, Jefferson, Harris et al. Such a loss. But he himself would not allow anyone to wallow in said loss. Revel instead. Revel in the joy and beauty facilitated by his thoughts and his writings. If I pass on one thing only to my children, it shall be The Hitch. And I shall have done my work.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      It's not a loss when a loser passes.
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

    • @Alan-71351
      @Alan-71351 Год назад

      Tissues on the way.

    • @jeffmilroy9345
      @jeffmilroy9345 Год назад

      You see? You have created a prophet - albeit of minuscule stature; misguided; and, short lived. It's not hard. What is hard is to be an orator that casts a message that lasts for hundreds of years or even rarer thousands of years. That requires more than just a spoiled, unruly, iconoclast.

  • @larockeramenor
    @larockeramenor 4 года назад +51

    Thank you, Mr Snider. This interview is priceless! Will miss Mr Hitchens until the day I die.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      And if you follow Hitch, when you do pass, you won't have a 'happy ending.'
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

  • @thepauljones
    @thepauljones 4 года назад +41

    Thank you so much for this. I miss the man every day and it was a rare gift to see him happily signing books at the end.

    • @davidsnider6471
      @davidsnider6471  4 года назад +3

      Thank you Paul, yes my favorite moments are at the end, when you almost get a sense of his kindness and engaging manner.

  • @KCODacey
    @KCODacey 4 года назад +30

    To have attended this talk, dare I say enlightenment, & have a booked signed by him, what a treasure! I miss this man greatly. I didn't agree with everything he said but he always made me think. In my book, there's no greater gift.

  • @FriendlySkeptic
    @FriendlySkeptic 4 года назад +12

    This is very special. Hitch has a plethora of brilliant debates, often repeating his ‘greatest hits’ on line but this is different. His humour and brilliance are dazzlingly on display here. A wonderful mind, and one of the most important writers and thinkers of the last 50 years. I’ve never loved someone I’ve never met more. Thanks for sharing.

  • @paulmorgancollings7833
    @paulmorgancollings7833 2 года назад +4

    A remarkable, clever, funny and brilliantly outspoken man. We'll never again see the like. Missed enormously. Thank you Mr Hitchens.

  • @petraligthart7020
    @petraligthart7020 4 года назад +35

    Fanfuckingtastic. Thank you very much for sharing this beautifull tribute to one of the greatest thinker, debater, atheist I know. Love him for his incredible knowledge, wisdom and strong arguments. I totally agree with you that this is a great lost for humanity. I've got all his books and follow him when en where ever I can. You did a beautifull contribution with posting this. HITCH FOR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      Wow, you losers sure get about excited about loser Hitch.
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

  • @Padybu
    @Padybu 4 года назад +28

    This is such a wonderful gift. Thank you so much, David Snider.

  • @missyounorm33
    @missyounorm33 3 года назад +7

    I'm a recent fan of Hitch. Not because I didn't know of his existence, but of the lack of my abilities to acknowledge and comprehend his brilliance. My solace is in this and the other videos so generously shared. Thank You

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      So you chose to be a loser too.
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

  • @Ivan1234772
    @Ivan1234772 4 года назад +49

    I still miss him terribly. How we can do with his crisp and on point genius at this moment in time!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      You're absurd 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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/ddaqSutt5aw/видео.html

    • @glennthompson1971
      @glennthompson1971 4 месяца назад

      @@2fast2blockit is mind enslavement like yours that Hitch rightly warned us against. faith indeed is believing in something for which there is no convincing evidence

  • @ABRATICKLE
    @ABRATICKLE 3 года назад +5

    Wonderful to find this video! Thank you so much for sharing. Whether you agree or otherwise with anything he expresses, I cannot help but wonder whether such a well read, intelligent, engaging, eloquent, humorous and captivating public speaker of his calibre will ever be witnessed again. His legacy, influence, mastery of the the English language, and inspiration to free thinkers will continue on; a small crumb of solice for the 'early' loss of such a truly exceptional man, who would no doubt have had so much more to contribute to inquisitive minds. He is very sorely missed, but fondly remembered. Sincerely, thanks again 🙂

  • @OdditiesandRarities
    @OdditiesandRarities 4 года назад +18

    Oh wow a new christopher hitchens video! Its like he has come back to life.

  • @tl6690
    @tl6690 2 года назад +51

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

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад +1

      Oh, he'll be forgotten like all losers will.
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

    • @joaquinmisajr.1215
      @joaquinmisajr.1215 2 года назад +1

      @@2fast2block😆 My fren, the church already has a surplus of apologists. While granting there could be a “God” it proly ain’t the one fabricated by the so-called Holy Roman Empire… which seems like a monumental Scam that benefits only the clerics. Not a lot of folks have accepted that mythical character Jesus because it’s obviously farcical, capitalizing on emotional blackmail.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      ​@@joaquinmisajr.1215 "While granting there could be a “God”'"
      Was that somehow supposed to show you're not a loser, as if you have some sort of notion how you got around the evidence I gave? It may work with your fellow losers but not with me.
      "Not a lot of folks have accepted that mythical character Jesus because it’s obviously farcical, capitalizing on emotional blackmail."
      Again, all you have is bowel gas as your proof. It's what you losers have.
      ----"According to Marcus Borg, the following facts are agreed upon by most New Testament scholars:
      Jesus was born sometime just before 4 B.C. He grew up in Nazareth, a small village in Galilee, as part of the peasant class. Jesus’ father was a carpenter and he became one, too, meaning that they had likely lost their agricultural land at some point.
      Jesus was raised Jewish and he remained deeply Jewish all of his life. His intention was not to create a new religion. Rather, he saw himself as doing something within Judaism.
      He left Nazareth as an adult, met the prophet John and was baptized by John. During his baptism, Jesus likely experienced some sort of divine vision.
      Shortly afterwards, Jesus began his public preaching with the message that the world could be transformed into a “Kingdom of God.”
      He became a noted healer, teacher and prophet. More healing stories are told about Jesus than about any other figure in the Jewish tradition.
      He was executed by Roman imperial authority.
      His followers experienced him after his death. It is clear that they had visions of Jesus as they had known him during his historical life."----
      from the article (that communist youtube won't let me list the site)
      --Did Jesus Exist? All Scholars Agree He “Certainly” Existed

    • @vondahartsock-oneil3343
      @vondahartsock-oneil3343 2 года назад

      Never heard of the guy. Stumbled on this because of the Mitford Sisters. No idea he passed, but not surprising. The whole time I was watching I thought...why is he sweating bullets? Prob. gonna have a coronary on stage. Regardless of what killed him, he is right and wrong on everything.

    • @marciajones2993
      @marciajones2993 2 года назад +4

      @@2fast2block No he won’t be forgotten 10 years on he still enrages you religious zealots. 💙😂

  • @pristika9007
    @pristika9007 4 года назад +230

    After 9 years, a new video of my hero? Can't thank you enough

    • @davidsnider6471
      @davidsnider6471  4 года назад +14

      Hello Pristik, thank you.

    • @pristika9007
      @pristika9007 4 года назад +2

      @Halcyon Days well he did referred to Jefferson as his personal hero xD

    • @pristika9007
      @pristika9007 4 года назад +4

      @Gods Servant oh! Dont worry, buddy. We are still here making people like you undertand how stupid they are.

    • @pristika9007
      @pristika9007 4 года назад +1

      @Gods Servant can a random anonymous person on RUclips offend me?

    • @pristika9007
      @pristika9007 4 года назад +1

      @Gods Servant you got me... Hey why are you doing this to me fellow servant? I thought we were friends!

  • @michaelpatterson5811
    @michaelpatterson5811 3 года назад +4

    An intriguing and instructive session with Christopher, as always - and I would also offer huge compliments to Austin Dacey as a perceptive and constructive interviewer. Very rare. Very well researched and prepared, but never intrusive in Hitch's responses. A textbook lesson.

  • @43painter
    @43painter 4 года назад +37

    Now after having watched a Christopher Hitchens video I always have a lump in my throat. Or sometimes even in tears.
    They always die too soon, the good ones.
    The comment section on YT isn't the proper place to elaborate too extensively on the greatness of 'The Hitch' but those who actually have taken the time to listen to him and read his books knów what I'm talking about.
    For those who know him and his work it is unnecessary to say what many of you keep on mentioning in this section and what ought to be carved in granit for that matter is :
    Christopher Hitchens, we miss you terribly.
    I'm rereading his marvelous book 'God is not great' at the moment and I am convinced it will be on my nightstand perminently.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      He wasn't good, he lied and didn't care.
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

  • @adamruzzo
    @adamruzzo 3 года назад +6

    I Can't thank you enough for sharing this personal treasure of yours! Now it's a collective treasure for us Hitch fans. Thank you again.

  • @MeMe-pj8ve
    @MeMe-pj8ve 4 года назад +13

    The Hitch! What a delight to see a new video of him. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for uploading. ♥️

  • @VincentTruman
    @VincentTruman 3 года назад +33

    He speaks so brilliantly, despite having been recently diagnosed with the cancer that will take his life. You can see his body fighting itself (the sweat is almost painful to watch) but the mind... ah, the mind... sharper than ever.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      No, he was stubborn on always being 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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

    • @VincentTruman
      @VincentTruman 2 года назад +2

      @@2fast2block then forgive his trespass and move on. Attempting to substantiate a claim of faith through logic does both a disservice. Great copy/paste though.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      @@VincentTruman yep, no wonder you like Hitch, you're a loser like he is ignoring evidence that proves you losers wrong. Just like Hitch, he'd do all he could to deflect but that does not change the losers you jokes are. Always fun (but easy) crushing you misfits.

    • @jamesm6887
      @jamesm6887 2 года назад

      @@2fast2block "Always fun (but easy) crushing you misfits." Do... do you have any notion of how juvenile your words come across? That you should fire off ad hominem after ad hominem then expect others to engage with you on the topics shows a gross lack of reason or judgement on your part. Your comments show only the weakness - not the strength - of your argument.

    • @TheStanley1000
      @TheStanley1000 2 года назад +1

      @@2fast2block
      An integrist, rare to see you on platforms where we are debating free speech.

  • @terraobserver678
    @terraobserver678 3 года назад +7

    a life lived too short,a man of the ages,thanks for the memories

  • @johnpatrick4185
    @johnpatrick4185 4 года назад +8

    What a joy to come across this after years of thinking I had seen every video of CH on the internet! Thanks for sharing! Regarding what the Hitch would make of events today--one things for sure, his views would be adorned with wit, nuance and historical insight.

  • @barbaraanderson5437
    @barbaraanderson5437 9 месяцев назад +2

    I tuned into Mr. Hitchens to understand the Middle Eastern conflict and find out its origins ,have found so much more about religion and history( I have been atheist since a young age,just by instinct and logic.
    Hitchens is a breath of fresh air and knowledge

  • @TheWesternunionman
    @TheWesternunionman 3 года назад +5

    Whenever I undertake to read anything by Mr Hitchens, my head really fecken hurts. However my heart flies.
    RI Polemic Christopher....thank you.

  • @MummyLadan
    @MummyLadan 4 года назад +29

    What a gem I just discovered. Thank you for posting this. Already watched it twice and I know I will watch it again.

  • @BuntFencer
    @BuntFencer 4 года назад +14

    Wow, really nice to watch new content of Hitch. Especially enjoyable since I have read Hitch-22. Thank you from India.

  • @koru9780
    @koru9780 4 года назад +9

    What pure pleasure this was. Thank you Hitch. Thank you David for the upload.

  • @steveclark4018
    @steveclark4018 2 года назад +3

    Love the magic moments at the end watching Hitch sign books and talk with folks...so cool so fun.

  • @gavinholt730
    @gavinholt730 3 года назад +5

    This is just fantastic, thank-you so much for sharing all these years after his untimely passing. Hitchens was a once in a generation character, I could listen to him all day every day, on any subject.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      Yep, you the loser can listen to that loser all day.
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

  • @chrissscottt
    @chrissscottt 3 года назад +1

    One has to admire Hitchens' tenacity notwithstanding his other lauded qualities. He was plainly in considerable discomfort portending his underlying illness and yet he prevailed with gracious demeanour. Thanks for sharing.

  • @robsmith7885
    @robsmith7885 4 года назад +12

    Thank you for uploading this ten years old Gem🌄

  • @Thomas-vy1kv
    @Thomas-vy1kv 4 года назад +33

    Thank you so much for this. It’s especially sweet during quarantine. :)

  • @r315rer
    @r315rer 3 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for sharing this marvellous interview of my great hero

  • @williamlapenna3443
    @williamlapenna3443 Год назад +1

    Courageous interview, Christopher is so much smarter, but you did well!

  • @nixl3518
    @nixl3518 4 года назад +13

    Undoubtedly the best and most riveting tape of CH I've seen. Surprised that this was not professionally recorded by the Temple itself!! It's nice to see him in discussion and not under assault for his beliefs by one sort of incompetent "believer" or another. Instead, he was accompanied by an eminently competent well prepared questioner!! I even learned a few new things I had not b4 this video, including being introduced to Mr. Dacey. Christopher was not sweating solely on account of the weather conditions BTW.
    Thankfully, thru YT Christopher's eloquence continues to inform and educate people that may have not even heard of him, while the rest of us can come back and watch something new every now and then, just like this video!! Thank you for your efforts David.

    • @davidsnider6471
      @davidsnider6471  4 года назад +7

      Hello, thank you for your kind words. My goal was to record Hitchens with as much quality and respect as I could possible have done, after having watched loads of videos from his previous lectures and debates. May he forever live in our hearts.

  • @ghengiscohen3858
    @ghengiscohen3858 3 года назад +66

    Ironic that he will have a longer "afterlife" than most religious apologists will ever dream to have.

    • @ajaved9351
      @ajaved9351 3 года назад +1

      Well said!!!

    • @DannyintheSpirit
      @DannyintheSpirit 3 года назад

      Could you explain that please?

    • @DannyintheSpirit
      @DannyintheSpirit 3 года назад

      You are saying that Hitchens wrote a few sophomoric books? If so, I agree.

    • @rep3e4
      @rep3e4 3 года назад +4

      longer after life .......... yeh in hell (sadly he choose to reject God)

    • @suziecreamcheese211
      @suziecreamcheese211 3 года назад +2

      @@rep3e4 I don’t think God rejected him.

  • @pamelayounghusband1546
    @pamelayounghusband1546 3 года назад +2

    Pamela: what a treat to listen to this brilliant polemicist. Never met him personally - yet reacted to his relatively young death with great sadness and a deep sense of the loss of this great thinker to the world.
    I

  • @GerardMccallion-ci7cq
    @GerardMccallion-ci7cq 4 месяца назад

    Go walking every chance I get and Mr Hitchens and his amazing ramblings keep me well entertained, his command of the English language is amazing, gone but never forgotten.

  • @tinamann3400
    @tinamann3400 3 года назад +18

    The most intelligent man of his generation and with a melodic , mesmerizing voice. An awful loss way too early. It was on this book tour that he was diagnosed with cancer. Tragic.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      He was a loser so wake the F 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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html

  • @missgolightly44
    @missgolightly44 3 года назад +3

    I’m halfway through the memoir and enjoying it so much. This was wonderful to watch. Thanks

  • @molletre9606
    @molletre9606 3 года назад +6

    The last few minutes are pure gold. He doesnt just sign the books, he has some kind words and the typical Hitchens smirk for everyone.
    Although he already must have known he was very, very sick and maybe was already in pain.

  • @judyporter4300
    @judyporter4300 3 года назад +2

    Hitchens is a fascinating recantour with discussions of knowledge gained, and intellectual understanding of history around the world.
    I get much explained, and in a very charming, entertaining way. I miss you greatly.

  • @euphegenia
    @euphegenia 4 года назад +25

    1:03:35 Hitchens thoughts on declaring others racist would help out so wonderfully in today’s state of affairs. I miss him. “If a word like that becomes cheap, then we’ve all lost a very important term of condemnation.” Bravo. However I think it’s safe to say we’ve lost that term of condemnation as it is so irresponsibly thrown about.

  • @alanread4763
    @alanread4763 3 года назад +3

    A pleasure to have been given the opportunity to watch and reflect on.
    Thank you.

  • @kees1292
    @kees1292 4 года назад +21

    Made my day, never had seen this before. Thanks a ton

  • @johnstory2996
    @johnstory2996 Год назад +22

    The coolest man on the planet. What a legend.

  • @Alistair_Spence
    @Alistair_Spence 3 года назад +14

    I enjoyed this, thanks. Hitchens was obviously not feeling well but stayed until the end to sign books like the trooper he was. I think that says a lot about his character.

  • @andrewmorton3344
    @andrewmorton3344 4 года назад +13

    Thank you so much David for this video. I've always admired the Hitch. He was a very good writer, a brilliant debater, but as an orator he was unsurpassed. He could give a speech about the paint drying on your wall and you would remain fascinated about walls and paint to your dying day.

    • @styreful
      @styreful 4 года назад +1

      Andrew Morton Well said! Nice one.

    • @davidsnider6471
      @davidsnider6471  4 года назад +5

      Thank you Andrew. The Hitch was indeed a phenomenon.

  • @dianedevery3711
    @dianedevery3711 4 года назад +6

    Wow😊 Thank you for finally sharing 👏

  • @Jide-bq9yf
    @Jide-bq9yf 3 года назад +6

    I will always be thankful for Christopher Hitchens . Even in death he holds aloft the flaming torch of the predominantly self taught polymath .

  • @thestarsgoblue
    @thestarsgoblue 4 года назад +43

    Oh my bleeding heart. How I miss the hitch so very much.

  • @WheelsofSteal
    @WheelsofSteal 4 года назад +3

    Thank you for posting this video! So refreshing to see a new CH video after all this time!! The ending as you say, is very cool to watch. Shout out to Austin Tx. I saw a keep Austin weird shirt. Nice! Although some outfits look a bit 1990's. Cheers!!

  • @robinghosh8891
    @robinghosh8891 2 года назад +1

    Great Hitchens will Always be Remembered for all his Brilliant discourses ..I Salute You Sir

  • @randominternetguy3537
    @randominternetguy3537 Год назад +1

    I like the interviewer. He was respectful and didn't turn this into a debate.

  • @mangasky7
    @mangasky7 4 года назад +31

    A new Hitch talk -- Huzzah!

  • @_kaverna
    @_kaverna 3 года назад +5

    Hitchens only person that could cut through my bs and allowed me to get out of my religion, forever missed!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      Shut the F up, you decided to stop thinking and believe in absurdities like he did.
      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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/ddaqSutt5aw/видео.html

  • @dhadad9885
    @dhadad9885 4 года назад +6

    Not to exaggerate but this has been the best gift that I have received in 2020. Thank you @david Snider

  • @sharkamov
    @sharkamov 3 года назад +5

    *This magnificent autobiography is **_worlds apart_** from any kind of ''holy book''! . . .*

  • @MorphingReality
    @MorphingReality 4 года назад +7

    Thanks for uploading :)

  • @gingerbleug3831
    @gingerbleug3831 4 года назад +60

    Like Sam Harris said: “The man had more wit and style and substance than a few civilizations I can name.”

    • @mopnem
      @mopnem 3 года назад +1

      Sam is the least capable of all the crew he’s thrown in with. Yes he has neurosurgeon credentials, but that doesn’t then make u good at nuanced concepts

    • @robertbentley3589
      @robertbentley3589 3 года назад +1

      @@mopnem neurosurgeon? Not.

    • @ladykate2602
      @ladykate2602 3 года назад +1

      @@robertbentley3589 correct. neuroscientist

  • @judepower4425
    @judepower4425 3 года назад +3

    Thank you sharing this, even if you did sit on it for 10 years before doing so. It seems to me that anyone who admires and respects Hitchens does in fact have "some piece of him": I know I do.

  • @buntybaggins536
    @buntybaggins536 4 года назад +6

    One I’ve not seen. Thank you!

  • @phillace
    @phillace 3 года назад +12

    I could never tire of listening to this great man .

  • @kevinstaples7393
    @kevinstaples7393 3 года назад +2

    I cant stop watching hitch vids. Most multiple times. We need another hitchens like dude now.

  • @freddydal2226
    @freddydal2226 8 месяцев назад +3

    True greatness

  • @SkinnyDevilMusicLab
    @SkinnyDevilMusicLab 4 года назад +4

    Thank you so much for sharing!!

  • @sblack48
    @sblack48 4 года назад +7

    "People who have all the information they think they need"....that phrase stopped me in my tracks

  • @westaussieatheist
    @westaussieatheist Год назад +1

    I had forgotten this video existed. A great feeling to watch it again

  • @weavethehawk
    @weavethehawk 4 года назад +24

    What a wonderful vocabulary. His reference to his being dressed only in an "exiguous" sarong is just fabulous.

    • @43painter
      @43painter 4 года назад +4

      Absolutely !
      I always am very eager to understand as much as possible when I'm listening to him, but English is not my native language. So when he gets all eloquent I am tempted to stop the video and look up that last marvelous word he said and so on. But it as you may well understand that isn't a 'handy' way to follow a conversation / talk.

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell 4 года назад +1

      It’s a shame much of the Hitch fanbase tends to be the weak minded who love nothing more than a jangling set of keys.

  • @wakuwaku112
    @wakuwaku112 4 года назад +4

    Thank you so much for posting this.

  • @Christopherphantom
    @Christopherphantom 3 года назад +1

    Thank you uploader. The Hitch will always be in my heart.

  • @Resmith18SR
    @Resmith18SR Год назад +5

    You really don't even have to agree with Hitchens to appreciate what a great intellect and sense of humor he had. He really believed that human beings should think for themselves and not just accept the indoctrination of the particular culture and society they happened to be born into. I will always watch these videos to remind myself of him. I wish I could have met him and had a conversation with him.

  • @scownedbro1810
    @scownedbro1810 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing this!

  • @durango8882
    @durango8882 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for posting ✌🏼

  • @Val_kyriee
    @Val_kyriee Год назад +1

    His command over the english language alone warrants sessions of binge watching hitchens.

  • @Peaceluvnfcuk
    @Peaceluvnfcuk 3 года назад +9

    Christopher has 'formed me' more than any man including Newton, I can never say how much he I s missed in my heart and mind! You were a great man Mr Hitchens!

  • @harmarka5462
    @harmarka5462 7 месяцев назад +4

    Hard to imagine, but he found out only three days before this on June 10th that he was mortally sick, and 18 months later, he was gone.

  • @secretchordstudio
    @secretchordstudio 6 месяцев назад +2

    Salman later years after this interview as we know what happened, here we really understand that these persons of letters really are hated by the religious as Christopher is talking about, and in the crossfires these Men drinks, write books, and make their families...these are the real heroes and im grateful to have been fortunate enough to establish time in my life time to for to listen to them.

  • @lawliettloy5058
    @lawliettloy5058 4 года назад +1

    AHH its modern and meta that Christopher never smiles/smiled so its really nice of you to not only to have such a wonderful surprise (only translatable and itinerant to those with a ravenous search history filtered to Hitch for his inimitable style and technique, though dead for nearly a decade) but to have his smiling face as the sale pitch to a winnowed treasure already tempting showing an hour and a half presented interview of Hitchens's ideas and ideological evolution from young to his present. What a great return in acknowledgement to the disappointing events witnessed as of late in the news. :)

  • @timothyh7053
    @timothyh7053 4 года назад +39

    There will never be another Hitch

    • @MeMe-pj8ve
      @MeMe-pj8ve 4 года назад

      Gods Servant oh but there are many sheep like you the world doesn’t need.

    • @SumTingWong1482
      @SumTingWong1482 3 года назад

      I dread the thought, but you may be right.

    • @McChickenXCheese
      @McChickenXCheese 3 года назад +1

      True. But Douglas Murray is a worthy successor.

  • @markwilliams974
    @markwilliams974 3 года назад +7

    Another hidden gem! Thank you for the post!

  • @johnmicallef2627
    @johnmicallef2627 3 года назад +3

    We were born a day apart Christopher being the eldest it amazes me how that one day difference created a genuis of him and myself as an admirer

  • @russellalesi5715
    @russellalesi5715 3 года назад +1

    I have watched this man in multiple videos over the past several years haven’t seen this one
    This is just before he couldn’t breath one morning and was diagnosed shortly thereafter
    He is so sick and it pains me to watch although any additional words from the Hitch are truly a treasure trove
    I probably won’t remember I’ve lived once I close my eyes for good but if that 1% comes in i would still be in awe of this man saying hello and shaking his hand and most of all thanking him for his wonderful contributions to primates everywhere
    The last few minutes seeing him signing and looking up and thanking them was absolutely beautiful he fed off of fellow primates he needed them as much as we needed him
    Sadly now we need him more than ever
    I hope that perhaps he knows this somehow

  • @laurasalo6160
    @laurasalo6160 3 года назад +10

    Certainly never, ever boring. We truly miss you, Hitch.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 года назад

      Certainly 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.
      ruclips.net/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/видео.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ruclips.net/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/yW9gawzZLsk/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/ddaqSutt5aw/видео.html

    • @tgstudio85
      @tgstudio85 2 года назад +1

      @@2fast2block Only triggered little loser is you kiddo, as you copy paste same crappy comment which been debunked millions of times.

  • @hollybug-76542
    @hollybug-76542 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for this David.

  • @theesotericcunt5029
    @theesotericcunt5029 4 года назад +18

    Great to see him signing books at the end

    • @nixl3518
      @nixl3518 4 года назад +1

      I don't shock easily, but in this forum that's quite a shocking avatar....
      Can it be anything other than "esoteric"?

    • @jacquelinelussier8273
      @jacquelinelussier8273 3 года назад

      Q

  • @joelkavanagh1464
    @joelkavanagh1464 3 года назад +1

    ,,, two most gratifying rounds of applause eye ever heard! ...