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Masochism Of Religion - Christopher Hitchens @ FreedomFest (Part 4).
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Dinesh D'Souza and Christopher Hitchens go at it again at the 2008 Freedom Fest as the "Main Event".
FreedomFest is an annual festival where "free minds meet" to celebrate "great books, great ideas, and great thinkers" in an open-minded society. It is independent, non-partisan, and not affiliated with any organization or think tank.
Founded and produced by Mark Skousen, since 2002, FreedomFest invites the "best and the brightest" from around the world to talk, strategize, socialize, and celebrate liberty. FreedomFest is open to all and is purely egalitarian, where speakers, attendees, and exhibitors are treated as equals.
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Christopher Hitchens (born 1949) is an author, journalist and literary critic. Currently living in Washington, D.C., he has been a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Slate, Free Inquiry, and a variety of other media outlets. Hitchens is also a political observer, whose books - the latest being "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" - have made him a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits.
In 2009 Hitchens was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the "25 most influential liberals in U.S. media." The same article noted, though, that he would "likely be aghast to find himself on this list" and that he "styles himself a radical", not a liberal.
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Listening to Hitch just makes me feel better. That all of the thoughts I've had since childhood were valid, if not at least mine alone.
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Et tu Russel Crowe, et tu?
God doesn't love his enemies, he kills them. -Old Testament
Jesus doesn't love his enemies, he burns them alive. -New Testament
you are confused a bit he passes judgment on evil doers
Maybe you are confused too, he says evil doers are the enemies of righteousness.
He claims that he "is" righteousness, therefore my statement still stands.
I read the bible front to back 2 straight times and I became an atheist.
Guess perfect justice is burning people alive for their slight skepticism.
You think that's just judgment?
Can you please give me the scriptures that you are referring to so that I can research them
Norma Garcia you poor soul don't you know anything about the so called faith that you profess to? Shows how much passion you have for your beliefs. Seek the truth and read the whole thing for yourself it would be considered on unfair to perform the evil practices of pastors and priest by guiding when it can be sought on your own volition "Read Your Bible" it's a book not an ornament that means it's meant to be read.
Of course he brought the two edged sword NOT to abolish the law but to enforce it "AND? whats your point? What I find interesting is. . . you are an Atheist correct? you hate anything that suggests the existence of A creator "GOD" because you insist you can not see proof of him, yet to see proof of his existence one only needs to look around. Take the human body for instance. . . Mankind is his most beautiful fine tuned awesome creation Yet you would rather believe that we evolved from monkeys or green men from space but the truth is that we were patterned after Gods likeness which means with his same spirit, this is the common denominator we share with God which allows us to communicate with him . . personally. . . communicating with one another through a " personal relationship" NOT RELIGION but through an up close relationship, Again I repeat THIS HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THE WORD RELIGION ! . . it is not make believe it is actual just as sure as you are reading this the spiritual connection between our creator and his followers is very real. so do what you want it is your free will choice to make good luck to you.
"Masochism of religion???" why do atheist insist on attacking a word that has nothing at all to do with what we Christians practice Remember it is about relationship NOT religion !
The world really does wallow around in a quagmire of religious nonsense. Hitchens and his like have done a very good job to encourage some intellectual honesty and remove the stigma of being a contrarian and vocal about it.
Is Nazism an option ?
@@eggmar5470 It is for tRumpers. The prime one.
I could watch these videos all day.
I have done so before.
Same here
Yup, sorely missed..
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People love to excuse their ignorance, saying "ignorance is bliss." However, it isn't. Wisdom is bliss, and wallowing in ignorance is being a good slave.
Yes! Completely agree!
You have the quotation wrong... it is “where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise”, which means something rather different. Most people misquote this famous author’s line as well.
Well said
I had listened to the great mr Hitchens many times and decided to write that the world really had lost the greatest of them ALL
I love this man.
Me too- what a powerhouse for truth- the world needs more folk like him!
And what I find infuriating in some debates is how the religious defend god and faith but not what those ideas are based upon. They say, "we're talking about God, not the bible." Or, "I'm a Christian because Jesus touched my life." No, you're a Christian because it's tradition, historically documented, and based on a compilation of stories in a particular book. Had there been no bible, and had it not been adopted by the Roman Empire, there would be no Christianity as we know it.
So excellent - thank you Christopher Hitchens
I will quote a truth here, forgotten by many people:
Good people do good things and bad people do bad things, in the absence of religion.
But it takes religion for good people to do bad things!
How true!
I keep finding new material ffrom Hitch. Hoping someone will take the effort to collect these into an organized compendium.
Bear in mind that this nonsense, this idiocy, this evil, this wickedness is coming soon to a place near you soon, and get ready to resist it while you still can.
-Christopher Hitchens in 2008
How disturbingly accurate his foresight was.
Yep. The Cult of Trump is threatening the very fabric of our democracy. They might not fail the next time, and that keeps me up at night.
so upset that one of the few people on earth who could so eloquently put the psychopaths of religion in their place has left us. The world needs a 1000 Hitch's
Jesus buried the dinosaur bones.
All bad stuff happens because YOU touch yourself at night.
May the science be with you. 🖖
christopher is the "saint" of religious survivors.
This is so true about Christianity. I'm sure it's true about Judaism too. I have Jewish heritage so I'm not being an anti Semite. Its all religions.
Hitchens is amazing!!!!
It's not to difficult to degrade a political system who's constitution proposes that Religion and State are to be separate, but where Religion influences the policies of the State more than any other factor of Right or Wrong or Needed or just plain humanistic.
Religion maintains power through coercion and force. Revere it. Don't question it. Embrace it. Period. Thus those of us who do not accept it are pushed to the fringes and those that believe this garbage are appalled that anyone might challenge them.
Why do so many religions dislike women and treat them like nothing more than brood mares for the state, and why- oh. I seem to have answered my own question...
Because it's "man-made" lmao
The Sadism of Christopher Hitchens
As many people are quoting here Judaism as a perfect religion, I will only add that I read the conclusions of the Institute of Archeology from Tell Aviv:
"It is imposiible for the present-day Jews to renounce to the Idea that their Holy Wrritings are not history. There was no Exodus from Egypt, there was no Noah, there was no "promissed land"".
Al these data have been written also in the Wickipedia, at the "Exodus", but some fundamentalists have deleted this information asap they saw it!
Miss Chris..
"Hate the sin not the sinner"? In a perfect world perhaps.
I read an AP article a while back about an incident in North Korea where a factory had caught on fire, and the workers had risked their lives -- and in some cases, had died -- in an attempt to save the photographs and paintings of Kim Il Sum and Kim Jong Il that hung on the walls of the factory. The story was passed on by the AP, but had originated with the official North Korean press arm. This was what THEY wanted US to know about the event. Think about that.
Thanks for posting this! You rock!
@kennhiser the telling of the story of siddartha (buddha) - how he was birthed from his mother and how his father (the king) reacted (with tears of joy that transformed to tears of sorrow) - makes buddhist philosophy a revealed philosophy in itself, as it sets the prince up as someone to take highest regards towards (for his teachings only, albeit).
and with buddhist countries such as shangrilah and myanmar you have to admit that it hasn't been practiced with much peace in mind.
Totally true. Look at the so-called Mother Teresa, who abused the sick and made them suffer and was then made a saint by her perverted Church.
People are BOTN Atheist, until others start lying to them. Hitch forever. FFRF!!
It's as if he's speaking in 2018-19.
I have noticed that almost across the board. It is most definitely not a coincidence.
@kennhiser ....totally agree. Buddha built his teachings on the observations of verifiable human experience, which renders his approach actually very scientific.
@TADGELL
I could not agree with you any more on your last thoughts and can only commend you for having such mentality. However, a lot of ignorant people tend to lump Arabs, Persians (ethnic markers) and Muslims (religious markers) in one bag and define them as a single, unified and mono-characteristic entity which is why I was stubborn about making that distinction.
Anyway, I don't think we really disagree on anything so all the best to you and thanks for your comments :)
How did the North Koreans get internet access to dislike this video?
as good as always
@richardaberdeen
Yeah right, the Ethnic Cleansing described in the Torah and Bible is exactly that: loving your neighbor!
@wickedashtray Then let's keep his voice alive. I think it's the least we can do.
Buddha was born by 'C" section?
@richardaberdeen
Yes, the number is huge, but the proportion is minuscule. While 50 million people is a huge number, it does not represent but a tiny fraction of a procent of the population of the Globe in 1945.
While in the Ancient world, 50 million people would have been more than the population of the Entire Roman Empire with the Jews included!
I admire Hitchens, but why did he alwas mention the US as the only state with a secular constitution? Especially as in the Declaration of Independence God is mentioned I think 4 times?
Take Germany for example.
Our constitution mentions god in somewhat of a "introduction" like this "Conscious of their responsibility before God and man, (...) the German people, in the exercise of their constituent power, have adopted this Basic Law." It is "nominatio dei" that means it just mentions a god and not "invocatio dei" which would get its legitimation from god.
The german constitution clearly states that Germany is a secular state. The french constitution is even much mor radical in its Secularism and Separation of Church and State.
Hitchens made that claim so often and I always get a little irritated when he does :)
The U.S. Constitution is not the same as the Declaration of Independence.
Germany is a clerical fascist state disguised as a secular humanist one. Parts of the constitution are externalized into so called international law referencing Hitler's treaties with the church.
Wonder how hitchens feel about China.
christianity is masochism.
@richardaberdeen i completely agree with your last post. bible is indeed crucial in understanding western history. that wasnt the point of my post, i just said that it led me to stronger atheism.
Is this the first video by Christopher Hitchens you have ever watched? If so then I might be able to understand your question. If not then I am baffled. Simply baffled.
For one, that the sinner keeps sinning and without the sinner there would be no sin.
Now that that metaphor is all used up...
That is why we create laws with which to govern and punishments to suit the crime, is it not?
That is not to say that compassion and humanitarianism shouldn't have anything to it such severe justice. Afterall a brother who grievously and inhumanly trespasses is still a brother... in the most general sense of the word. So too in such cases is love too strong a word.
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@CRISNCHIPS12398 It's basically their equivalent of sticking their fingers in their ears and going "La La La La, I can't hear you, LA LA LA LA LA..."
yes!!! it has been noticed.
@richardaberdeen
Somehow you have forgotten those horrible tenets of the bible: like:"if a child does not obey to his parents he should be put to death", or "if a woman has sex with a man during her period she should be put o death together with that man", or "if a man sleeps with another man like with a woman they should be both put to death and their blood should fall upon them" and so on.
Questioning the immoral, contradictory statements that religious texts make is perfectly acceptable. It is acceptable because those texts are the basis for religions. How would anyone know to be a Christian without the bible or a story of Jesus? It is not an innate ability to conjure up the 'right' beliefs. You believe as you do because others do, because of upbringing, because of tradition based on a book. But you can't defend your book, so you shift the debate to defending God.
Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for you
As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend
Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurp'd town, to another due,
Labour to admit you, but O, to no end.
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captived, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,
But am betroth'd unto your enemy:
Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
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+Jen Garlinge Jonne Donne divine meditation 14. Here is a link to a analysis of the poem.. It is describing a battle between faith and reason in John Donne's heart.
www.sparknotes.com/poetry/donne/section7.rhtml
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+Jen Garlinge Well don't know what to say. There is a part of your brain that is hard-wired for faith, and there is no good reason in the world why evolution would equip the brain with this desire for faith unless it served some important function? . My understanding of evolution is that it provides us with all the tools necessary to survive. Why would evolution provide us with a a need for faith, or something beyond the material world unless this function had some important purpose?
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The US Constitution is not the ONLY constitution not to much the word GOD. The Italian Constitution, for one, doesn't either.
the thanocratic trinity is complete
Hitchens was usually right but he failed to see that the essential problem is not with what people think, but how thought is operating per se. In this talk he acknowledged that Buddhism is a system in conflict with itself, but failed to go a step further and see that conflict is in the nature of thought - not merely Buddhist thought. The true cult is thought as reaction. That is the cult we are all members of and Hitchens is our leader, speaking from beyond the grave to his own Necrocrisy.
'Necrocracy', governance of the dead. 'Crisy' as suffix suggests 'hypocrisy'.
@TADGELL
I do know Arabs and Iranians, especially being half-Iraqi myself, that's why I originally pressed for distinction. Also, don't forget that Iran is quite the maverick and pursues an agenda of its own, rather than some over-promoted solidarity with Arabs. I'm kinda privy to Middle Eastern culture (for better or for worse) so apologies for reacting in a slightly over-correcting way, but I really see some differences that perhaps are invisible for the average person, hence my stubbornness.
There are a lot of people who despise love, kindness, humility, mercy. What is wrong about giving a blessing and loving other people??
Mainman
@TADGELL
Well, not true, Arabs and Persians are different ethnicities altogether, despite the intermixture that may have taken place between them. Arabs speak Semitic languages, whereas Persians speak Indo-European languages (for example Farsi in Iran and Dari in Afghanistan). Your example is incorrect as Canada and the USA are multi-ethnic countries comprised of people of different ethnicities who speak the same language. The case with the Arabs and the Persians is mostly the opposite.
The bishop is a coward...
@richardaberdeen
This false opinion is the result of the little education given to our youngsters.
In fact even when considering the Nazi and Soviet crimes, it is still very obvious that the degree of violence has decreased dramatically in our history.
Now the average life span is over 70; only a few centuries ago it was 25 and everybody used to die in wars!
Whatever you just said is not only false, it is also stupid.
@richardaberdeen calm down angry christian. if god created me, then which god created me, jesus, god or the holy spirit? is christianity meant to be a monotheistic religion or all you all polytheists?
@CRISNCHIPS12398
Very true, and indicative of the totalitarianism of theism, the blunt ignorance of, "The Bible/Koran/Talmud said it, I believe it, that settles it."
Answer to the question: is the world becomming worse or better?
Obviously the world is becomming better because of the decline of religions!
Yes, the number of people which are now alive is larger than at any time in history combined! Yes, in the 20th century the number of the crimes was huge, maybe more than at any time in history combined!
But percentageweise, it was a trifle if compared with the previous centuries!
The average lifespan has increased dramatic ally in the last century
@richardaberdeen EINSTEIN: It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it. [letter to an atheist (1954) as quoted in Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1981)]
What about the sadism of pseudo-intellectualism?
They only get red lightsabers(the one's the evil guy uses).
@richardaberdeen that wiki article wasnt meant to convice you, but to give you the general idea. ive just read the rest of your comments and there are SO MANY things you got wrong that it would take me ages to disaprove. eg. ATHEISM PROPOSES bit. what atheism proposes is that it neednt have to be. that is TOTALLY different than "it wasnt". undirected "designs" of complex things are everywhere around us, you just arent able to see them. and that logic around "computers not being designed"?
@CRISNCHIPS12398
Totally true. I think of this post whenever I see a religious video with that is closed to ratings and comments.
@richardaberdeen a deist god at best a prime mover.how do you get to grand design from that i have no idea. imagine you have a crowd and someone falls on the ground, people close to him begin to scream, suddenly a wave of screams and injuries spreads from the origin as people begin to panic. the person that fell on the ground is the prime mover.would you claim that the result was his concious design?you dont get that many options if youre planning a deterministic universe anyways as he saw ours.
@richardaberdeen ive just did (EBchecked/topic/40634/atheism) and i was the one who was correct in that there are various kinds of atheists. and the difference between them and agnostics is not so clear cut. damn, this really IS my last comment here.
@spruntfemalespray
You forgot, South Africa fared the worst in getting the Dutch!
@richardaberdeen and oh yeh, bible is actually my main source of my christian atheism,as in disbelieve in one of the possible gods.biblical god is no less than truly evil, genocidal, infanticidal and so on (yes ive actually read that myself), new testament is like "oh im the same evil god, but ive changed the rules, pls love me!". i hope he doesnt exist. i leave from this debate sry. it seems to be going to take much more time than i expected. if you wish consider yourself a winner i wont argue.
@richardaberdeen
This is BS.
You have absolutely no understanding of Evolution!
Shakespeare's sonnets did not appear from vacuum!
Human beings dis not appear from void!
The Darwinian evolution has been misrepresented by you religionists in an awful way!
I liked the man, but he has obviously never heard of Aung San Sung Kyi which, as a journalist, he should have. Abhaja! :)
@richardaberdeen you still mistake atheism with a statement of "there is no god".you might look up definition of gnostic/agnostic theist/atheist (like agnostic atheist).im not a gnostic atheist, or so called "strong",who claims "there is no god".i claim: i disbelieve "there is a god".its a suspense of judgement, completely scientific and that is what you seem not to understand.but to cheer you up:i completely agree with 2nd statement and that "Atheism does not rationally explain anything".bye!
@InFromTheVoid haha thats true. One of my mates, whose a devout Muslim, when i became an atheist told me to research islam & science because where science ends Islam continues. What he meant by that is, god created the world, god created the universe, god created everything. hahaha. to me thats the lamest and most pathetic answer for anything. Its a major cop out in a debate against religious people. Ofcourse the big bang is just a theory! science always continues to find the truth from evidence
hope you get well buddy i would pray for you but i know thats a waste of time
Question when Jesus touches your life how would explain it? If the guidelines for your explanation from your peer is it must have tangible proof, reason and logic. I submit that because he chooses to not consider that God is not limited to his guidelines. He may never believe by (faith) but rather by a personal encounter. Which I must declare happend to me. Thomas in the Bible a disciple of Jesus on TRULY believed only after Jesus appeared to him after dying on the cross. Some believe by seeing.
@richardaberdeen and btw check Zero-energy_Universe on wikipedia and ?v=7ImvlS8PLIo here on youtube (append it to to youtubes address).
i love this man but he is GROSSLY ignorant about Buddhism and seems to be confusing it with Hinduism. Buddhism is NOT a revealed philosophy (same as he has previously referenced to Socrates). It is NOT a religion but a philosophy and he is confusing the actions of those ignorantly expressing their misguided and ignorant understanding of Buddhism with the actual teachings. Shameful.
why the fuck was "fucking" censored! we're all adults, its okay :p
Question how would you explain to your peer that Jesus is real if the guidelines for your explanation are limited by his filter of proof,reason and logic. My personal experience didn't fit his firewall. So I submit that some like myself ; who was a atheis will not believe by (faith) but by sight. When God does reveal Himself to you would deny your experience? Sadly some will refusal is a choice even after proof.
Of course, you are! The amount of foul speech is a dead-give away of our unbelieve. I would suggest, you ever were touch by the Holy Spirit, that purifies us, and teaches us to be loving and compassionate?
not into that, or grotesque,altho some people not educated assume sado is org
Buddhism is not a religion. It's a way of life. Christopher Hitchens is good at dissecting subjects such as religion yet brings nothing to his own argument. Yes he's talking sense but is merely saying what millions of us already know. Does not make him a genius, just means his voice is accessible to the public.
Organized religion and dogma is not the same as the living Spirit of Christ that leads those who received him in all love, purity and compassion
Insanity comes from carnal mind and selfish lusts. If you surrender to the Spirit of truth, instead of following your own selfish spirit, you will discover the power of God, freeing you from you sinful nature
Eugene Koshanof which god?
Sin? What sin? The Bible is clear....Romans 5:13- "Where there is no (Old Covenant) law, sin is not taken into account." This of course means that salvation was only needed by those who had sin taken into account, i.e. ancient Israelites cursed with the Old Covenant law of sin and death, which is nobody alive today, wannabe.
The Almighty Father slept in this morning, missing the opportunity to
punish Australians for allowing two people of the same sex to get married.
It is an embarrassing oversight by the all-powerful super being, who
has spoken out strongly against same sex marriage in the past, according
to sources. God considered doing the plague later along with the with the complimentary everlasting hell.
I guess your abusive speech is the evidence that the Holy Spirit ever touched your heart, or your just ignored his pleading to depart from your evil ways
maybe the mother of buddhagave birth trough cesarean.
MrCribbss That makes sense. Primitive people would describe a Caesarian as a slit in the side. (even though it would've been more in the center. .)
It's not "zee-lots."
"If there was no God, there would be no Atheists" GK Chesty Chesterton...read "everlasting man" Hitch...
That quote from GK Chesterton is irrational and illogical though - and he was an obsessive Catholic!
Bedros Nersesyan if there was no man, there would be no god.
Fixed it.
Drinking too much is bad for your health...and your mind...
Not sharp enough to realise that God is real...
Khaine's Lair
Jesus Christ.
Gibberish. The Bible is the word of God. There is no religion without God, and vise versa. You can't pick and choose what you like and don't like about religion.
You either buy it, or you don't.
Disciple1000 which god?
Have you ever actually READ any of the Bible then? I recommend it. Then you will learn that your 'God' is a brutal, misogynistic, racist, homophobic, slavery-supporting, repressive, murdering, genocidal maniac who was obviously created by a group of self-serving MEN (NOT the other way around!) and is the deification of a particularly nasty Bronze Age tribal warlord. If you think such a character is worth of 'WORSHIP' then you need to examine your our beliefs.
THE OLD TEST LAWS were abolished forever when Christ came to establish NEW TEST AGE OF GRACE for all mankind, where sin is not punished by stoning etc., but today is forgiven through faith in Jesus Christ only, which is the o r I g I n a l New Test ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM of John 3:3 KJV. quote of Christ Himself; "E x c e p t ye be born again (into Him); ye will not enter the kingdom of God. John 3:3 KJV.
With thousands of manmade powerless religions SINCE THE NEW TEST WAS ESTABLISHED by Christ, ""who only" was crucified for world SIN, .... what religion of thousands are you following!?! ...and does it guarantee you eternal salvation and forgiveness of all sin to qualify for eternal heaven!?! ...does your g o d have a voice that you hear, does he answer your prayers, ...does he heal your body and cast out devils of the millions of demonized followers such as Satanism, etc.,!?!
Don't be deceived! ...there is only ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM of the Holy Ghost, which IS NOT THE SPRINKLING OF WATER ON HEADS by man's human hand, and which is not in the bible but a false doctrine of billions.
The time is short before Christ appears for those who accepted Him by faith, not by proof, BY FAITH! He said, "I come quickly and my reward is with me..." Rev 22:12 KJV.
Sonja Grinstead
Lol at you saying that was the actual words of Christ. How do you know that? Was you there? Where's your proof that Jesus actually said those words. You can't say the bible is proof because the bible wasn't written by Jesus himself. It was translated by men (who are infallible) anywhere between 30-200 yrs after Jesus' death.
Why do so many christians type like this? Is it me or do a bunch christians type all crazy like this? Seriously almost every post by some christian spouting their bible crap follows this exact style. Lots of capital words randomly thrown in, terrible punctuation, and random quotations. ALSO accept him, lower case h, by faith not by proof? that is an automatic reason for disbelief.
Sonja Grinstead You mean the Big Ten laws were abolished? Or do you mean that it's just the ones you pick to be abolished, like the one where you have the village kill your kids if they talk back, where you are forbidden to wear mixed fiber clothing? Give it up. OK?
Sonja Grinstead STFU with your insane bullshit,Virgin births are impossible ,Rising from the dead is a age old hoax and seeking forgiveness from anyone other than those you have wronged is absolutely and totally evil.
wolFRayet because they are ignorant and delusional,
Jesus Loves unbelievers. I know because I once was one.
Ahhhhh not for nothing, but to tell ya the truth, I wouldn't wanna be Mr. Hitchens is just a short time away, let me tell you, I wouldn't wanna be him. And neither should any one of you who reads this. Don't go anywhere near evil because in most circumstances, those who have not faith are. Faith is believing in a power higher than yourself when common sense tell ya not to. Funny, those of you with faith have to admit, your faith is what gets you through in troubled times, how when you were falling down after slipping on a patch of ice, you fall a certain way as not to seriously injure yourself. Or just when you are about broke something becomes available to actually stop you from being broke. Or when you are lost the ability to find your way again. Evil on the other hand never finds is way, oh, it always rises into some kind of power or celebrity, but they are as miserable as the hell that has evacuated their souls. Nothing makes them happy. They start not to make any sense in their ideas and ideals, present with A, skip totally over B and conclude C. They are miserable, this video is proof of it. So steer clear away from them, they are lacking in any kind of logic or reason other than borrowing it from someone else. Believe and love will be with you always.
+EHDROCK Nothing in your rambling say nothing post has anything even close to what one might cal a rational argument or even a rational statement. "Faith is believing in a power higher than yourself when common sense tells ya not to." Well there you said it. The exact reason not to have it. If only you were clever enough to see it.
***** Really, how so? Because I know what I said is accurate. tell "Awsome" hahahahahahahahhaha...these names, where ya think I'm wrong?
Kinda already told you. Believing in something without evidence is wrongheaded. There's at least one hundred other religions you don't follow who use the same arguments.
+EHDROCK STFU
Maria Stringer Thank you for flattery. Glad to have been of service!
he criticized mother Theresa. How shameful.
He revealed Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu for the dysfunctional character that she was. A woman who thought that pain was a gift from god and that dictators made good bedfellows. Well done Hitch for you perspicacity, you are greatly missed.
And he was quite right to do so. She was a vile woman who cared more about promoting extreme Catholic ideology and loving up to Fascist dictators than actually helping poor and sick people.
Although Christ-opher had a beautiful mind, his paradigm was conspicuously egocentric. The fundamental commitment of any and all religions is the negation of the ego, or false self, as to experience the divine or supreme being. Basically, not just all atheists, agnostics and/or humanists, but also the most fervently religious and spiritual people must set their ego aside. Very few succeed, and consequently experience nothing, contradicting their very own perspectives.
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Your view of someone's ego has nothing to do with the fact that the very foundation of religion is false, and there is no God
his ego does not get in the way of speaking the truth even though you wish it would.
+Sean Carroll Believe me! If his ego existed it got in the way. No that he's metaphysical, it doesn't. Perhaps he achieved enlightenment on breathing his last. Hindu's call death the Mahasamadhi or great enlightenment.
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If it wasn't for God, Hitchens wouldn't have a job trying to prove that his boss doesn't exist.
robert wood You are ignorant as hell
And your wisdom is boundless?
evidence is all around you or do you believe in the magic of chance
Believing if there is a God or if there is no God is of little consequence. Even the devil knows there's a God. Believing in God is your dilemma
You demonize other peoples views as a starter
That's not Buddhism i researched Hitchens, So you pick on militant group and label them all wit the same paddle , Not impressed.