+BollocksUtwat Dawkins is sadly a narcissistic psychopath, who prove it every time he refuses to debate with someone accredited outside his field. He seems to only enjoy a circle-jerk.
1wannabee1 People didn’t need him then either, Hitchens argumentation and rhetoric was so bad and was filled with examples of speaking of things he knows nothing about
@@andrewdavidson8167 Well, I've heard it all now! because for YOU to suggest,even in the slightest, that this man knows nothing of what he talks about? THAT has to be THE most rediculous and truly stoopid comment I've heard in a very long time. I mean really! WHAT planet are you living on?(:
This guy was so great that it is very difficult to chose his best moment. I personally like when he laid waste to Hannity on the subject of Falwell's death.
Hitch hit the nail on the head with this one, I share his sentiments exactly. I think the biggest reason religion has been so popular is because people just can't accept that ultimately, their lives have no purpose and that they will cease to exist. This frightens them so much they've conjured up an imaginary place in the sky for them to go after death
Well im pretty sure that people are more frightened by the fact that a SUPER IMPARTIAL know-it-all judge would judge them after death according to the 10 Commandments. That would make people want to make up some bullshit story about everything coming out of nothing in order to sleep better at night and think death will redeem them.
@@kostasz7z in with the op. While your thoughts have merit the control of the masses and comfort in knowing "you'll be alive after death" is more rewarding.
@@kostasz7z More than 89% americans say they will go to heaven, people personally like the idea of 2 eternal theme parks because they mostly belive they are going to the nice one all those they hate are going to the nasty one. That is why it is consoling. As for something out of nothing, first of all that is a strawman, most physicists say the universe is eternal with the current evidence. And secondly, something comes out of nothing everyday, everywhere, all the time, they are called quantum fluctuations, matter and energy do pop into existence and can be seen measured and observed. Also can be tested by the Cassimir effect and is the basis of Hawkings theory of blackhole decay and radiation.
@@kostasz7z It is obvious that humans find eternal justice more consoling, that is why we have courts in the first place. Humans love justice because they mostly think they are righteous.
Our lives have purpose. They just don't have any absolute and universal purpose. Our lives have whatever meaning we choose to give to them. Both consciously and subconsciously. :)
Magister Saxonides I know. I should really use my own name. But i can't let Hitch go. I just need his name. I have to have it. If i delete it someone else will take it for sure. And it'll probably be some idiot troll that will take it.
Oh yeah that one Hitch nailed so very well. I Sure Miss his knowledgeable wit and confident, calm fiery comebacks. I honestly have to say that I am a better individual because my exposure to Christopher Hitchens.
@Rritobak Dutta I'm going to give you some evidences for God and the Bible. God created the universe and is all powerful, all knowing, God is righteous and perfect and doesn't lie. God says there will be a Judgment Day and there is a heaven and hell. God is giving us every chance to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. My belief system is based on the Bible. Thousands of Old Testament prophesies, many hundreds, some thousands of years in the future, completely fulfilled as predicted, 25,000 Biblical archaeology finds that totally agree with the Bible, not one disproves the Bible, 11 of the Apostles who were with Jesus saw Him crucified on the cross, died and buried and rose again on the 3rd day, were willing to give their lives for the Gospel and the truth. They would not have died for a lie. There are thousands of Bible manuscripts, that all agree with each other. The chance for the big bang theory and evolution is absolutely zero chance. You look at the entire universe, the human body, all the different plants, animals, fish, birds, insects, etc. cannot all be an accident or evolved. You look at the protein molecule and DNA, they are both so complicated, they cannot be an accident. Millions of pieces of information in the exact order to survive. The earth is spinning at 1000 miles per hr., traveling at 22,000 mph around the sun in a perfect orbit. The earth is tilted at just the right angle so that we can exist. The sun and moon are at the exact distances so the earth can exist. There has to be a Designer and Creator and that’s the one true God in heaven. The God of the Bible, who created all things. This is just a few evidences.
@Rritobak Dutta The idea of evolution is virtually impossible. Zero chance. The universe and everything in it is not just an accident. There has to be a Designer and Creator.
Always found it funny how many wish for the rapture and apocalypse to occur. If it's anyone we should be watching out for, *it's those who smile and wish us the best but deep down desire with every fiber of their being to see everything around them burning and going into absolute chaos.*
@@plasticmoon222, faith is the silliest concept that exists. Devote your life to this concept with no offer of proof of it's voracity. It is certainly no substitute for facts and reason.
well if u feel that way ,,,then don't have faith,,,and U will not have Jesus in your life,,then your life will not go by Gods plan ,,,then u can go to Hell with Hitchens,,,,,,have fun
@@plasticmoon222 youre acting like a demon man. why are you saying that to people when you clearly arent coming at him with good intentions? you think your gonna get some rewards for this behavior? good luck!
it is our faith in Jesus that we get salvation ,,he has no faith and makes money trying to convince others not to have faith,,,he will be the one going to Hell and his followers like u
xTenshiAi Since when? Your spelling has only shown up here in the States less than a year ago, and *never* before that. Not that this is a huge issue, but I blame it on the Internet's degradation of language in general, especially when it comes to English. We are long overdue for a major spelling reform, so this word should be simply "wo" (or "wou" to be more phonetically precise).
@@johnalbentSeems a little cryptic from here. Other than telling me to watch something I've seen, to me all you've done is say nothing twice. Maybe you're just so much smarter...
When one invokes God is the exact moment their minds are no longer capable of understanding a topic aka when they reach their intellectual limit. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and invoking the existence of god is an extraordinary claim for which no one has ever been able to provide evidence for. At least science attempts to move our understanding forward, where as religion claims certainty and certainty is the enemy of growth. Certainty means we stop questioning, and thus we never move closer to discovering the truth.
"Certainty means we stop questioning, and thus we never move closer to discovering the truth." I agree. So, why, then, embrace the feigned certainty that there is no god at all? Theism posits a *singular* propositon--that being the existence of a deity. Each and every time a skeptic refers to the deity of the Abrahamic faiths, to Adonai, Jehova, or Yahweh; every time one mentions Allah--which, incidentally, is not the Islamic name of a deity, but the Aramaic *word* for god--every reference to Buddha, Shiva, or another named deity or pantheon of deities; every time a skeptic refers to the Bible--whether it be the New or the Old Testament--to the Bhagavad Gita, the Qur'an, the Sutras, or any other belief system's sacred texts; any time a skeptic speaks of Adam and Eve, the devil, Jesus, Mary, Moses, Paul, or any other person identified in sacred text; any time a skeptic mentions Buddha, Mother Teresa, Muhammad, any pope, televangelist or other figures associated with any given faith; any time a skeptic refers to the afterlife, anthropomorphism, Creationism, the Gospels, Heaven or Hell, a Holy war, in the name *of* or in opposition *to* a deity--whether it be the Crusades, the Holocaust, or Jihad--every mention of an Inquisition, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, Original Sin, penance, prayer, proselytization, sacrifices, a soul, a spirit, theocracy, "thought crime," tithing, witch hunts, or worship; every time a skeptic makes references to Jain Law, Mosaic Law, Sharia Law, the Wiccan Rede, or any other spiritual law; every time a skeptic makes reference to any activity, concept, doctrine, dogma, ideology, institution, or tenet belonging to any belief system...the skeptic is engaging in a discussion of *religion* rather than theism and is committing a false equivalency fallacy. I would be most interested in an argument against the existence of a deity that was not actually an argument against religion for three reasons: 1) poking holes in religion isn't especially creative, difficult, or new; 2) on many of those points, I don't disagree; and 3) while as many have pointed out, not every religion can be right, but they can all be wrong, even if they are all wrong, it would have no bearing on the existence of a deity; and that is the *only* issue with which *theism* is concerned.
An interesting argument, except for the claims made by Dawkins, Hitchens and others, that God doesn't exist, and there is no such thing as the supernatural. This presents an argument based on certainty. I would also like to point out a lot of arguments in various subjects are based on ''scientific certainty''. I find Mr. Hitchens to be a highly moral man, even though, as a Catholic, I can't really agree with everything he says. Nice argument, though.
@@wonkothesane8691 you are Catholic therefore you know that there is 0 evidence for what you believe yet you believe it anyway, because likely that is what you were indoctrinated to believe from birth. You sound like a smart guy so I don't understand how you disbelieve the theory with mountains of evidence and believe the theory with none, that makes fantastical claims. It's bizarre.
@@repairtech9717: If that were true, however, there are a number of former atheists who have come to faith, having been raised as atheists. William Murray, son of Madelaine Murray O'hare, is a prime example. The converse is also true, a number of atheists have been raised in a Christian environment. Also I wasn't raised in a Catholic home, my conversion to Catholicism is the result of a number of influences, my own upbringing is a rather loose set of beliefs. I was raised in a home where freedom of choice, in religion especially, was stressed. I have a question though, do you feel I'm trying to press you into becoming a Christian, against your own will, or better judgement? Because it isn't my intent; I will share my faith, my reason for it, and I will defend the Christian faith, and the Catholic church, but I don't believe in conversion at the point of a sword, even a rhetorical sword. So do I sound, or rather, read as one would force you to convert, so to speak?
@@wonkothesane8691 no you do not appear to be attempting to convert. You personally may not have been raised in a religious household and therefore follow the same religion blindly but the vast majority do. You don't think it's a little sketchy that they aim to convert children with no ability to question? Not to mention all the competing religions that contradict each other and that we have disproved a whole lot of nonsense in these books and proved literally none of it. It staggers me how anyone with a sane mind could accept this without question. If I may speak for atheists in general it seems very clear to us that the intelligent religious are con men and the flock just don't know any better. They are brought up this way usually and taught not to question anything even the most ridiculous of stories. Of course there are always exceptions to the rule
Probably because he thought more deeply than that. Meme 'culture' is shallow, fleeting, empty and a deeply depressing reflection of the infantilism of modern society. Even Dawkins thinks this and he came up with the concept.
Sorry, that came across as a lot more personal than I intended there. It genuinely wasn't meant that way. It was a criticism of much of modern culture, rather than of your comment. :)
Alex Jones Your probably one of those 'good Christians' that rellish the idea that those whom dissagree with you will be tortured endlessly for it. Right? It's just that sort of barbaric mentality that Christianity and Islam so famously promote and why the rest of us loath these vile religions...they consistently bring out the worst of human nature...simply HIDEOUS.
Bo McGillacutty Blimey, Alex Jones has ventured onto the Hitchens part of RUclips! I wonder if he will see the video of Hitchens dealing with that 9/11 inside job chap? Prepare for a crazy explosion in 3...2...1...! Alex Jones Oh dear!
I genuinely feel pity for people like you who must have such a jaded and bitter soul as to make such a hateful and distasteful remark. My comment continues to receive up-votes while you are just getting mocked... what have you even accomplished?
Nathan MacGregor No, not really. 'Masochism' is grossly misrepresented by Hollywood and mainstream media. Very, very very few 'masochists' actually enjoy the physical sensation of pain - I am one, and I have never met one 'masochist' who actually enjoys getting their fingers trapped in a door. The 'enjoyment' comes from the fact that it's being inflicted by another person, and usually it relies on that other person's (the sadist's) enjoyment of inflicting the pain. It's not as simple as 'masochists like pain' - it's more the dynamic between them and the person inflicting the pain on them. You can't just punch yourself in the teeth and get off on it.
E101ification I don't think my post was specific enough to warrant such an in-depth reply. Two points I'd like to make... First off, I never made any claims about what masochism was actually like, so you refuted a point I didn't make. And what if I'm a masochist? You never know who you're talking to on the internet. Second, if we assume that Hell exists and that the devil enjoys torturing people, then that meets your criteria, so, once again, you wasted your time.
Time for someone to look up the definition of 'BRUTAL'. I don't think it means what you think it does. Hitchens was not 'BRUTAL' in this video segment, he was succinct. If you think being succinct is the same as being brutal, you're mistaken.
Seriously. People need to stop with the over stating of the content of their particular Hitchslap video. The man was awesome but not every single clip of him on youtube is worthy of the title people give them.
+derci ferreira yeah there are always points they have to neglect in order to continue their belief. I saw a video where Richard Dawkins went to a school in a muslim country, they had a school for believers only. The 'science teacher' didn't even know why apes exist while humans do aswell. This is the VERY BASIC of biology. It drives me insane to think that teachers dont know anything about biology and are still aloud to teach.
How incredibly naive you are. Christopher Hitchens is arguably one of the greatest writers and journalists of our time. His prose and lectures on Thomas Paine and Jefferson...worked for Vanity Fair. ..The Nation...his attack of Bill Clinton and Henry Kiissinger in books...the list goes on and on...just do research before you make comments
How incredibly naive you are. Christopher Hitchens is arguably one of the greatest writers and journalists of our time. His prose and lectures on Thomas Paine and Jefferson...worked for Vanity Fair. ..The Nation...his attack of Bill Clinton and Henry Kiissinger in books...the list goes on and on...just do research before you make comments
if I were the son of god and my dad said to me son I want you to go down to earth and take on all the sins of these humans and be crucified I would have politely answered f..k that for a game of cards send a stunt double
Imagine being stuck in a Theme Park forever. F-o-r-e-v-e-r! When you're utterly and utterly tired of it you still haven't stayed there for one iota of the time you have to do. You are never ever getting out of there. Just give me oblivion, there cannot be any suffering in that.
That's "should've" as a lazy abbreviation of "should have", like "I've done it" for "I have done it". Not "should of", which is nonsense. Re "a IQ test", how about "an IQ test"? I guess that "an" immediately before a word starting with a vowel was originally also a lazy speech option, but it works. Writing comments is like an IQ test, because you, your intellect and your opinions will be judged on how you present in writing. If your writing is rubbish then people will fairly regard your mind and opinions as rubbish too.
I'll go one better, and clam atheism *is* morally superior, even if it leads to the exact same behavior, because then, and *only* then, the moral behavior will be based on pure awareness, the one way to true goodness. If you're only doing what is right, or refraining from doing what is wrong, because you sincerely believe there's someone standing over you with folded arms (be it a parent, boss, cop, landlord, teacher, judge, *or* a deity), then your moral status is at best unverifiable, and possibly quite tainted. That means, then, that *only* the atheist can lay claim to true and *verifiable* morality. Genuine goodness can *only* exist (or at least, *only* be verified) in the *absence* of coercion.
people that are true believers in Christ live good lives because they love God and would do anything just out of pure love for him. not because they're scared or fear penalty but because they they have pure joy and happiness in their heart
+Robert DiPaula Sure. You'll live a nice life and go to heaven if you follow the rules God has given you. But all of your friends who don't give themselves to Jesus and your God, including the guy who puts gas in your car, the teller at the supermarket, the postman and the list goes on. All of these people are going to hell fi they don't love and follow Jesus. That's what the bible says. that's why christianity is a horrible religion, in my opinion. In fact, billions of people will be burning forever in hell. What kind of sick minded god would condemn that many people to such a ghastly existence . . and it's forever!!!!! Think about it. That's the reality of what the bible preaches. That said, I don't believe there is such a god that exists.
+Tim King isn't it a shame that you're not giving exactly what you want to live like a heathen? there's a way to go to heaven and that way is through Jesus the only way without him there would be none be grateful!! not made to give people everything they want now it's so they can get everything they need and desire later for all eternity.. It doesn't change is only one way forever
Robert DiPaula Hi Robert, I'm afraid I'm never going to be a believer. I'm an atheist. I have no shame about my not believing in god. In fact, I am totally happy about it and in no way ever want religion to be a part of my life. There's simply nothing in religion that I want or need. I find it an obstacle to clear critical thinking and honest reasoning. The universe is amazing as it is. It needs no religion. That's something to admire.
+Tim King I completely respect that brother.. I understand everybody has their reasoning and their own mind. but just to make it clear I don't stress the religion part as much as just a personal relationship with God who with convincing evidence to me ,sent Jesus to this world to teach us how to live. the man definitely lived on this Earth and no doubt ,to me anyway that is ,died on a cross when he didn't have to. and his life was convincing enough for people that witnessed him, to die for him as well.. from all that I gather personally there would never have been Christianity if something astounding didn't happen in that time, like the resurrection. I am honestly concerned for people that don't take seriously the only person that claims he can save us from our own wretchedness and promised life after death as opposed to a Lake of Fire that is, which is what is burning under the Earth, that is described perfectly in the Bible ,even though there was no knowledge of the characteristics under the Earth at that time.... God in the Old Testament even goes as far as describing the Earth as a floating Earth without any knowledge of the Earth being anything but flat and grounded.... which is how they thought of the earth back in those times... I truly wish you peace in your life no matter what route you take.. I just hope that you've given it as much so as I have considering it would be a horrible thing to open our eyes after we die, (as hard as it is to rationalize that)....and be in a never-ending ,unimaginable nightmare..... I hope the choices you make are properly investingated,unbiased,and weighed out....I personally, spent much time looking for truth after a good run of things in my adolescent and young adulthood...despite my catholic upbringing,and I can rest assure there is all the confidence I need in Jesus. I apologize if I came off arrogant in my earlier replies,i still get excited discussing these topics....hope this was a usefull discussion.I appreciate your bluntness... Respectfully....Bob ✌🌞🇺🇸
In addition to 'theme park', the writer Hitchens perhaps most admired, Vladimir Nabokov, used the term 'opera buffa' to describe the purported christian eternity. I believe it captures the eye-rolling fatuity of the concept just as well.
Easy to assert if you live in countries without real poverty, genocide, or famine. I love C.H.! Read all his books, and am a Atheist. That said, many humans have not the luxury of even ruminating over this question.
here's a quote for you: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” ~Epicurus~
Christopher has made me more accepting of my own mortality, because if death is good enough for Christopher, it is certainly good enough for little old me.
Thankyou, I'll do that later when I've finished the work I have to get on and do for tomorrow. I do honestly appologise as well for the way I could so easily have better phrased that last bit on christianity. I look forward to discussing the matter with you sir.
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Next he'll be telling us Santa doesn't exist.
+chaiTV WHAT?!
+abschussrampe lol
+chaiTV preposterous!
+chaiTV He would if he wasn't dead...
+Supernugget45 how come people don't claaim they killed him with weaponized cancer but someone like llyod pye they think was
lol theme park. Equal to when Dawkins called god "the great security camera in the sky".
+gtdrummerdude LOL!
Dawkins delivered that line the same way Hitchens delivered this one. Hitchens was harder hitting than Dawkins, but Dawkins is doing a damn good job.
+gtdrummerdude Or Gervais' 'unpaid nanny'.
+gtdrummerdude Well Hitchens was always far more erudite and had better turns of phrase than Dawkins. Dawkins ain't no poet.
+BollocksUtwat Dawkins is sadly a narcissistic psychopath, who prove it every time he refuses to debate with someone accredited outside his field.
He seems to only enjoy a circle-jerk.
I could listen to him all day.
We miss Hitch and for good reason. He told it the way it should be told. With courage, honesty, and a brilliance we won't see again.
Also with wit and often trying his best not to display or succumb to any innate biases he personally held.
I miss this great human being
In 2021 this man has never been soooo 'needed'!
1wannabee1
People didn’t need him then either, Hitchens argumentation and rhetoric was so bad and was filled with examples of speaking of things he knows nothing about
@@andrewdavidson8167 Well, I've heard it all now! because for YOU to suggest,even in the slightest, that this man knows nothing of what he talks about? THAT has to be THE most rediculous and truly stoopid comment I've heard in a very long time. I mean really! WHAT planet are you living on?(:
I don't know about great; however, he had a clear talent for expressing himself.
@@andrewdavidson8167 hahahahahahaha
Oh Christopher we miss you so much. What a champion you were and how exquisitely articulate you were.
This guy was so great that it is very difficult to chose his best moment. I personally like when he laid waste to Hannity on the subject of Falwell's death.
Hitch could lay waste to a filled civic center. Look what he a Fry did to the Catholic Church.
you could bury falwell in a matchbox...
John Lindsey Ah Yes!!!!
I loved that moment as well
John Lindsey only after his enema : )
Hitch hit the nail on the head with this one, I share his sentiments exactly. I think the biggest reason religion has been so popular is because people just can't accept that ultimately, their lives have no purpose and that they will cease to exist. This frightens them so much they've conjured up an imaginary place in the sky for them to go after death
Well im pretty sure that people are more frightened by the fact that a SUPER IMPARTIAL know-it-all judge would judge them after death according to the 10 Commandments.
That would make people want to make up some bullshit story about everything coming out of nothing in order to sleep better at night and think death will redeem them.
@@kostasz7z in with the op. While your thoughts have merit the control of the masses and comfort in knowing "you'll be alive after death" is more rewarding.
@@kostasz7z More than 89% americans say they will go to heaven, people personally like the idea of 2 eternal theme parks because they mostly belive they are going to the nice one all those they hate are going to the nasty one. That is why it is consoling.
As for something out of nothing, first of all that is a strawman, most physicists say the universe is eternal with the current evidence. And secondly, something comes out of nothing everyday, everywhere, all the time, they are called quantum fluctuations, matter and energy do pop into existence and can be seen measured and observed. Also can be tested by the Cassimir effect and is the basis of Hawkings theory of blackhole decay and radiation.
@@kostasz7z It is obvious that humans find eternal justice more consoling, that is why we have courts in the first place. Humans love justice because they mostly think they are righteous.
Our lives have purpose. They just don't have any absolute and universal purpose. Our lives have whatever meaning we choose to give to them. Both consciously and subconsciously. :)
You said it brother. The man was a fountain of wisdom
RIP, Christopher. Thanks for the inspiration. Thanks for your razor sharp mind.
I cannot stop laughing!! If there is one person i wish i could listen to live it would be Christopher. Alas i never will have that chance...
Maybe you will see him again? But which theme park !? lol...
Lol!
I'm going to meet up with him at the theme park :)
Every video you watch is of him live .... If that helps
Thank God.
Fatality!
And yet, you make this comment from beyond the grave...
Magister Saxonides I know. I should really use my own name. But i can't let Hitch go. I just need his name. I have to have it. If i delete it someone else will take it for sure. And it'll probably be some idiot troll that will take it.
It _is_ a good name.
+Magister Saxonides He's Hitchslapping GOD now instead of his fans...
+Christopher Hitchens
Use it wisely, with great power comes great responsibility. :)
RIP Hitch, One of the greatest minds to walk this earth.
Erm Hawkins didn't walk much in later life
Oh yeah that one Hitch nailed so very well. I Sure Miss his knowledgeable wit and confident, calm fiery comebacks. I honestly have to say that I am a better individual because my exposure to Christopher Hitchens.
Here Here!!!
+Trinavara
BTW, it's 'hear hear', no big deal, just saying.
***** Nope I am HERE and I like being HERE and enthusiastically present....I'm not asking anyone to hear anything..hear hear??
There are 2,999 comments and that bothers me. Now there are 3000. All is right with the world.
Your comment had 29 likes, I made it 30, that felt quite good too😜
I have a pink unicorn who burps rainbows. You cannot disprove this, I win.
haha.
nobody believed me
Awe I thought I had the only one.
Eugene Grewing
You HAD one, I stole it.
RandomHelpingGuy Doh! Why I oughtta... (shakes fist)!
What a genius this man was.. He'll be missed forever..
Very long, but not quite that long.
Not sure about being missed but, he SHOULD be 'remembered'! THAT is crucial.
I agree
He will be remembered for taking thousands of people to hell with him. What a great legacy.
i don't think he'd agree with you now. 😉
Even with a huge hangover he was brighter than any religious opposites.
Hungover? He looks like he's still three bottles deep in this video.
His accent gave it that special flavor
DEAD!!!! Hilarious!
He was an Englishman who refused to pretend to be an american, which many people today seem to want to do. Yeah, he kept his accent true. (:
Get Hitchens out of his coffin to come back and do some more debates......we need more of his Hitchslaps.......people are yearning for them...
The edit is just absolutely marvelous.
I laughed so much.
Brilliant man and excellent video.
Except for my poor eardrums
Hitchens once said, "One cannot argue with belief/faith or love."
yet he does. smh
@@teelee6752 it’s suggesting that people instantly get aggressive and defensive if you bring up arguments against those, you dumbwit
Truly, Hitch would have hated that "BRUTAL" at the end. He was an adult!
'' i will see u all again in some theme park '' lol , ha ha ha thats sums up christianity very well
We'll see on Judgement Day, won't we?
@Rritobak Dutta I'm going to give you some evidences for God and the Bible. God created the universe and is all powerful, all knowing, God is righteous and perfect and doesn't lie. God says there will be a Judgment Day and there is a heaven and hell. God is giving us every chance to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
My belief system is based on the Bible. Thousands of Old Testament prophesies, many hundreds, some thousands of years in the future, completely fulfilled as predicted, 25,000 Biblical archaeology finds that totally agree with the Bible, not one disproves the Bible, 11 of the Apostles who were with Jesus saw Him crucified on the cross, died and buried and rose again on the 3rd day, were willing to give their lives for the Gospel and the truth. They would not have died for a lie. There are thousands of Bible manuscripts, that all agree with each other. The chance for the big bang theory and evolution is absolutely zero chance. You look at the entire universe, the human body, all the different plants, animals, fish, birds, insects, etc. cannot all be an accident or evolved. You look at the protein molecule and DNA, they are both so complicated, they cannot be an accident. Millions of pieces of information in the exact order to survive. The earth is spinning at 1000 miles per hr., traveling at 22,000 mph around the sun in a perfect orbit. The earth is tilted at just the right angle so that we can exist. The sun and moon are at the exact distances so the earth can exist. There has to be a Designer and Creator and that’s the one true God in heaven. The God of the Bible, who created all things. This is just a few evidences.
@Rritobak Dutta The universe is, "Unfounded belief?"
@Rritobak Dutta The idea of evolution is virtually impossible. Zero chance. The universe and everything in it is not just an accident. There has to be a Designer and Creator.
@Rritobak Dutta If we weren't created by the great God Almighty, how did the universe and everything in it come into existence?
Hitchens is NEVER boring!
Always found it funny how many wish for the rapture and apocalypse to occur.
If it's anyone we should be watching out for, *it's those who smile and wish us the best but deep down desire with every fiber of their being to see everything around them burning and going into absolute chaos.*
Hitch's dramatic pause is so great. In a world that makes less and less sense I miss this man so much.
Love you Hitchens... you are missed....
A classic Hitch slap against the make believe world of celestial dictatorships of the afterlife!
hes an idiot with no faith in Jesus
@@plasticmoon222, faith is the silliest concept that exists. Devote your life to this concept with no offer of proof of it's voracity. It is certainly no substitute for facts and reason.
well if u feel that way ,,,then don't have faith,,,and U will not have Jesus in your life,,then your life will not go by Gods plan ,,,then u can go to Hell with Hitchens,,,,,,have fun
@@plasticmoon222 youre acting like a demon man. why are you saying that to people when you clearly arent coming at him with good intentions? you think your gonna get some rewards for this behavior? good luck!
it is our faith in Jesus that we get salvation ,,he has no faith and makes money trying to convince others not to have faith,,,he will be the one going to Hell and his followers like u
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+ajr993 HEADSHOT!
+ajr993 Ultrakill.
+ajr993 GODLIKE!!.... ohh wait.. LOL
His voice is having that jazz n razorly cut of sterness. Loveee it.
Another great Hitch-slap! I miss the guy. He was a giant among men and one of the greatest speakers in his lifetime and mine.
too bad he had too much intelligence, there wasn't enough room for wisdom.
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woah that BRUTAL almost scared the crap out of me ahahha
whoa*
Jack Wright it's "woah" in britain, where i live
xTenshiAi
Since when? Your spelling has only shown up here in the States less than a year ago, and *never* before that. Not that this is a huge issue, but I blame it on the Internet's degradation of language in general, especially when it comes to English. We are long overdue for a major spelling reform, so this word should be simply "wo" (or "wou" to be more phonetically precise).
"There's no evidence that we'll all see each other again in some theme park." That's a fucking great Hitch moment. Thank you for posting that.
Watch the whole debate 😉
@@johnalbent Thank you. I've watched lots of Hitch. Did you have a specific point, nine years later?
@@HamiltonVanMan Yes. I made it in my previous comment
@@johnalbentSeems a little cryptic from here. Other than telling me to watch something I've seen, to me all you've done is say nothing twice. Maybe you're just so much smarter...
@@HamiltonVanMan hope you're having a wonderful day, Reb. 🙂
A gentleman who ponders the imponderable(s)
Fuck we need more like him and Stephen Fry
When one invokes God is the exact moment their minds are no longer capable of understanding a topic aka when they reach their intellectual limit. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and invoking the existence of god is an extraordinary claim for which no one has ever been able to provide evidence for. At least science attempts to move our understanding forward, where as religion claims certainty and certainty is the enemy of growth. Certainty means we stop questioning, and thus we never move closer to discovering the truth.
"Certainty means we stop questioning, and thus we never move closer to discovering the truth."
I agree. So, why, then, embrace the feigned certainty that there is no god at all?
Theism posits a *singular* propositon--that being the existence of a deity.
Each and every time a skeptic refers to the deity of the Abrahamic faiths, to Adonai, Jehova, or Yahweh; every time one mentions Allah--which, incidentally, is not the Islamic name of a deity, but the Aramaic *word* for god--every reference to Buddha, Shiva, or another named deity or pantheon of deities; every time a skeptic refers to the Bible--whether it be the New or the Old Testament--to the Bhagavad Gita, the Qur'an, the Sutras, or any other belief system's sacred texts; any time a skeptic speaks of Adam and Eve, the devil, Jesus, Mary, Moses, Paul, or any other person identified in sacred text; any time a skeptic mentions Buddha, Mother Teresa, Muhammad, any pope, televangelist or other figures associated with any given faith; any time a skeptic refers to the afterlife, anthropomorphism, Creationism, the Gospels, Heaven or Hell, a Holy war, in the name *of* or in opposition *to* a deity--whether it be the Crusades, the Holocaust, or Jihad--every mention of an Inquisition, omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, Original Sin, penance, prayer, proselytization, sacrifices, a soul, a spirit, theocracy, "thought crime," tithing, witch hunts, or worship; every time a skeptic makes references to Jain Law, Mosaic Law, Sharia Law, the Wiccan Rede, or any other spiritual law; every time a skeptic makes reference to any activity, concept, doctrine, dogma, ideology, institution, or tenet belonging to any belief system...the skeptic is engaging in a discussion of *religion* rather than theism and is committing a false equivalency fallacy.
I would be most interested in an argument against the existence of a deity that was not actually an argument against religion for three reasons: 1) poking holes in religion isn't especially creative, difficult, or new; 2) on many of those points, I don't disagree; and 3) while as many have pointed out, not every religion can be right, but they can all be wrong, even if they are all wrong, it would have no bearing on the existence of a deity; and that is the *only* issue with which *theism* is concerned.
An interesting argument, except for the claims made by Dawkins, Hitchens and others, that God doesn't exist, and there is no such thing as the supernatural. This presents an argument based on certainty. I would also like to point out a lot of arguments in various subjects are based on ''scientific certainty''. I find Mr. Hitchens to be a highly moral man, even though, as a Catholic, I can't really agree with everything he says. Nice argument, though.
@@wonkothesane8691 you are Catholic therefore you know that there is 0 evidence for what you believe yet you believe it anyway, because likely that is what you were indoctrinated to believe from birth. You sound like a smart guy so I don't understand how you disbelieve the theory with mountains of evidence and believe the theory with none, that makes fantastical claims. It's bizarre.
@@repairtech9717: If that were true, however, there are a number of former atheists who have come to faith, having been raised as atheists. William Murray, son of Madelaine Murray O'hare, is a prime example. The converse is also true, a number of atheists have been raised in a Christian environment. Also I wasn't raised in a Catholic home, my conversion to Catholicism is the result of a number of influences, my own upbringing is a rather loose set of beliefs. I was raised in a home where freedom of choice, in religion especially, was stressed. I have a question though, do you feel I'm trying to press you into becoming a Christian, against your own will, or better judgement? Because it isn't my intent; I will share my faith, my reason for it, and I will defend the Christian faith, and the Catholic church, but I don't believe in conversion at the point of a sword, even a rhetorical sword. So do I sound, or rather, read as one would force you to convert, so to speak?
@@wonkothesane8691 no you do not appear to be attempting to convert. You personally may not have been raised in a religious household and therefore follow the same religion blindly but the vast majority do. You don't think it's a little sketchy that they aim to convert children with no ability to question? Not to mention all the competing religions that contradict each other and that we have disproved a whole lot of nonsense in these books and proved literally none of it. It staggers me how anyone with a sane mind could accept this without question. If I may speak for atheists in general it seems very clear to us that the intelligent religious are con men and the flock just don't know any better. They are brought up this way usually and taught not to question anything even the most ridiculous of stories. Of course there are always exceptions to the rule
"If you talk to God you're religious. If God talks to you, you're psychotic." - Dr. G. House, House MD
I have been looking for this Hitchslap for so long!
Great video. Brutally awesome.
I love it when Hitch says the entropic heat death of the universe
Pretty good. My favourite was his appearance with Anderson Cooper talking about Jerry Fawell
'What if' are a strong set of words, and could apply to almost everything.
Spot on. As usual.
500 dislikes they just got hitchslapped.
497 dislikes 5,247 likes.... ummmm
of course there are 500 dislikes. nobody likes to get Hitch slapped alone.
5,261 likes to 495 dislikes I guess the ones who disliked it are the ones getting Hitchslapped
Theme Park - genius. Why didn't he float this meme more often.
Nick Donnelly Meme park.
Probably because he thought more deeply than that. Meme 'culture' is shallow, fleeting, empty and a deeply depressing reflection of the infantilism of modern society. Even Dawkins thinks this and he came up with the concept.
Sorry, that came across as a lot more personal than I intended there. It genuinely wasn't meant that way. It was a criticism of much of modern culture, rather than of your comment. :)
Thank you ever so much.
Hitchens is one who rapidly cuts to the chase.
Lool theme park
I believe in Narnia.
me too
For NARNIA!
I don't know what Narnia is, but I also believe in it/she/he
ME ALSO hahaha
wish you where still here with us Hitch.
He realized he delivered a Finisher and out of mercy backpedaled a smidge. KO.
I believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth - Fairy. Give me evidence they don't exist - or do. The Hitch wins yet again - it's getting monotonous.
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
I personally never grow tired of seeing Hitchens win.
Alex Jones Your probably one of those 'good Christians' that rellish the idea that those whom dissagree with you will be tortured endlessly for it. Right? It's just that sort of barbaric mentality that Christianity and Islam so famously promote and why the rest of us loath these vile religions...they consistently bring out the worst of human nature...simply HIDEOUS.
Bo McGillacutty
Blimey, Alex Jones has ventured onto the Hitchens part of RUclips!
I wonder if he will see the video of Hitchens dealing with that 9/11 inside job chap?
Prepare for a crazy explosion in 3...2...1...!
Alex Jones
Oh dear!
I genuinely feel pity for people like you who must have such a jaded and bitter soul as to make such a hateful and distasteful remark. My comment continues to receive up-votes while you are just getting mocked... what have you even accomplished?
Its a Hitch-Slap in the face!! themepark theory
living a life a sin, repenting, and then spending an eternity in heaven, is the common story for all being saved :) how great is the grace of God.
I love this video
If hell exists and Christopher Hitchens goes there... Where the hell do I sign up?
He's probably giving a talk to a bunch of people sitting around in the brimstone jacuzzi, right now.
#metoo
if bad things you do makes you a sinner in the eyes of God, then instead of burning in hell you should be Satan's new best friend no?
How many new "best friends" can Satan have ?
By the purple beard of Shiva's uncle, that BRUTAL absolutely made my day!
My favorite...
Every fkn time he spoke
What if you're a masochist? Wouldn't you enjoy Hell more than Heaven if you were a masochist?
Nathan MacGregor No, not really. 'Masochism' is grossly misrepresented by Hollywood and mainstream media. Very, very very few 'masochists' actually enjoy the physical sensation of pain - I am one, and I have never met one 'masochist' who actually enjoys getting their fingers trapped in a door. The 'enjoyment' comes from the fact that it's being inflicted by another person, and usually it relies on that other person's (the sadist's) enjoyment of inflicting the pain. It's not as simple as 'masochists like pain' - it's more the dynamic between them and the person inflicting the pain on them. You can't just punch yourself in the teeth and get off on it.
E101ification I don't think my post was specific enough to warrant such an in-depth reply. Two points I'd like to make...
First off, I never made any claims about what masochism was actually like, so you refuted a point I didn't make. And what if I'm a masochist? You never know who you're talking to on the internet.
Second, if we assume that Hell exists and that the devil enjoys torturing people, then that meets your criteria, so, once again, you wasted your time.
@@Nathan23918 ::
Give the "guy" a break ; at least he / she give us in insight into the dynamics of sado-masochism.
@@cliffgaither agreed
Time for someone to look up the definition of 'BRUTAL'. I don't think it means what you think it does. Hitchens was not 'BRUTAL' in this video segment, he was succinct.
If you think being succinct is the same as being brutal, you're mistaken.
For some people who wasted their life to obtain that theme park (and to avoid the house of horrors) this must have seemed brutal :)
Seriously. People need to stop with the over stating of the content of their particular Hitchslap video. The man was awesome but not every single clip of him on youtube is worthy of the title people give them.
BRUTAL !
OMG The Roastage! "Some theme park!"
is impossible for intelligente people be theists.
+derci ferreira yeah there are always points they have to neglect in order to continue their belief.
I saw a video where Richard Dawkins went to a school in a muslim country, they had a school for believers only. The 'science teacher' didn't even know why apes exist while humans do aswell. This is the VERY BASIC of biology. It drives me insane to think that teachers dont know anything about biology and are still aloud to teach.
Nito Raki I saw it too. what drives me crazy is how English goverment let this happen.
derci ferreira /sign
Even though I'm from germany, i wonder if it exists here too, i better dont try to find out
How incredibly naive you are. Christopher Hitchens is arguably one of the greatest writers and journalists of our time. His prose and lectures on Thomas Paine and Jefferson...worked for Vanity Fair. ..The Nation...his attack of Bill Clinton and Henry Kiissinger in books...the list goes on and on...just do research before you make comments
How incredibly naive you are. Christopher Hitchens is arguably one of the greatest writers and journalists of our time. His prose and lectures on Thomas Paine and Jefferson...worked for Vanity Fair. ..The Nation...his attack of Bill Clinton and Henry Kiissinger in books...the list goes on and on...just do research before you make comments
if I were the son of god and my dad said to me son I want you to go down to earth and take on all the sins of these humans and be crucified I would have politely answered f..k that for a game of cards send a stunt double
Imagine being stuck in a Theme Park forever. F-o-r-e-v-e-r! When you're utterly and utterly tired of it you still haven't stayed there for one iota of the time you have to do. You are never ever getting out of there.
Just give me oblivion, there cannot be any suffering in that.
Should of said Fatality at the end, would of made this video perfect.
"should OF", "would OF" - do you have any clue?
LaurieWilliams5066
what the hell are you talking about?
CANV4S It's supposed to be "should have" and "would have".
yeah I live in london, it's how we say things, also its a simple comment, not a IQ test
That's "should've" as a lazy abbreviation of "should have", like "I've done it" for "I have done it".
Not "should of", which is nonsense.
Re "a IQ test", how about "an IQ test"? I guess that "an" immediately before a word starting with a vowel was originally also a lazy speech option, but it works.
Writing comments is like an IQ test, because you, your intellect and your opinions will be judged on how you present in writing.
If your writing is rubbish then people will fairly regard your mind and opinions as rubbish too.
I'll go one better, and clam atheism *is* morally superior, even if it leads to the exact same behavior, because then, and *only* then, the moral behavior will be based on pure awareness, the one way to true goodness. If you're only doing what is right, or refraining from doing what is wrong, because you sincerely believe there's someone standing over you with folded arms (be it a parent, boss, cop, landlord, teacher, judge, *or* a deity), then your moral status is at best unverifiable, and possibly quite tainted. That means, then, that *only* the atheist can lay claim to true and *verifiable* morality. Genuine goodness can *only* exist (or at least, *only* be verified) in the *absence* of coercion.
people that are true believers in Christ live good lives because they love God and would do anything just out of pure love for him. not because they're scared or fear penalty but because they they have pure joy and happiness in their heart
+Robert DiPaula
Sure. You'll live a nice life and go to heaven if you follow the rules God has given you. But all of your friends who don't give themselves to Jesus and your God, including the guy who puts gas in your car, the teller at the supermarket, the postman and the list goes on. All of these people are going to hell fi they don't love and follow Jesus. That's what the bible says. that's why christianity is a horrible religion, in my opinion. In fact, billions of people will be burning forever in hell. What kind of sick minded god would condemn that many people to such a ghastly existence . . and it's forever!!!!! Think about it. That's the reality of what the bible preaches.
That said, I don't believe there is such a god that exists.
+Tim King isn't it a shame that you're not giving exactly what you want to live like a heathen? there's a way to go to heaven and that way is through Jesus the only way without him there would be none be grateful!! not made to give people everything they want now it's so they can get everything they need and desire later for all eternity.. It doesn't change is only one way forever
Robert DiPaula
Hi Robert,
I'm afraid I'm never going to be a believer. I'm an atheist. I have no shame about my not believing in god. In fact, I am totally happy about it and in no way ever want religion to be a part of my life. There's simply nothing in religion that I want or need. I find it an obstacle to clear critical thinking and honest reasoning.
The universe is amazing as it is. It needs no religion. That's something to admire.
+Tim King I completely respect that brother.. I understand everybody has their reasoning and their own mind. but just to make it clear I don't stress the religion part as much as just a personal relationship with God who with convincing evidence to me ,sent Jesus to this world to teach us how to live. the man definitely lived on this Earth and no doubt ,to me anyway that is ,died on a cross when he didn't have to. and his life was convincing enough for people that witnessed him, to die for him as well.. from all that I gather personally there would never have been Christianity if something astounding didn't happen in that time, like the resurrection. I am honestly concerned for people that don't take seriously the only person that claims he can save us from our own wretchedness and promised life after death as opposed to a Lake of Fire that is, which is what is burning under the Earth, that is described perfectly in the Bible ,even though there was no knowledge of the characteristics under the Earth at that time.... God in the Old Testament even goes as far as describing the Earth as a floating Earth without any knowledge of the Earth being anything but flat and grounded.... which is how they thought of the earth back in those times... I truly wish you peace in your life no matter what route you take.. I just hope that you've given it as much so as I have considering it would be a horrible thing to open our eyes after we die, (as hard as it is to rationalize that)....and be in a never-ending ,unimaginable nightmare..... I hope the choices you make are properly investingated,unbiased,and weighed out....I personally, spent much time looking for truth after a good run of things in my adolescent and young adulthood...despite my catholic upbringing,and I can rest assure there is all the confidence I need in Jesus.
I apologize if I came off arrogant in my earlier replies,i still get excited discussing these topics....hope this was a usefull discussion.I appreciate your bluntness...
Respectfully....Bob
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Easily entertained I see. That's nice.
that edit was absolutely brilliant
Thank you.
Pretty good - i like his closing remarks after the dembski debate
well spoken
Favorite
Well Put!
In addition to 'theme park', the writer Hitchens perhaps most admired, Vladimir Nabokov, used the term 'opera buffa' to describe the purported christian eternity. I believe it captures the eye-rolling fatuity of the concept just as well.
Ha! That's like calling a firefighters objectives into doubt because he is only putting out the roaring fire nearest him.
Good for you guys in Denmark! I am jealous and proud of you.
Easy to assert if you live in countries without real poverty, genocide, or famine. I love C.H.! Read all his books, and am a Atheist. That said, many humans have not the luxury of even ruminating over this question.
The 'BRUTAL' came as a surprise. I genuinely laughed. Good stuff.
BRUTAL
here's a quote for you: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” ~Epicurus~
Existence itself tips the scale significantly to the higher probability of the additional.
There's only one theme park and this is it!
I miss this guy.
I crack up every time on the BRUTAL!
Awesome editing.
MIND = BLOWN
Christopher has made me more accepting of my own mortality, because if death is good enough for Christopher, it is certainly good enough for little old me.
We can only hope.
My favourite too
This makes me think, if there was a nice HitchSlap compilation with the commentary voice from Unreal....oh baby
intellectual response - very telling!
Lol. Both 'the Hitch and the below comment from Chai. Marvellous!
I like a know all. I can learn from them.
Not threatened! Merely amused!
We seem to be the only animal that knows it is going to die and cease to exist and it drives some of us batshit crazy.
BRUTAL!!!!
Thankyou, I'll do that later when I've finished the work I have to get on and do for tomorrow. I do honestly appologise as well for the way I could so easily have better phrased that last bit on christianity. I look forward to discussing the matter with you sir.