Atheist Christopher Hitchen's FINAL INTERVIEW on Judgment Seat of Christ-A REVIEW (MUST WATCH)
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Christopher Hitchens, a prominent British-American author and journalist, well known for attacking religions died in the year 2011 after battling cancer for more than a year. This is one of the last interviews he had with BBC Newsnight and is asked about Pascal Wager and The Judgment Seat of God.
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Hitchen's greatest flaw, apart from being an Atheist, is that he equates the attributes of God to that of a Human. God is unlike the creation.
The great flaw of all atheists
@Daniel-b6s However, they are characterized as being like the creation as they are described as warrior men.
@@youssef.sarhan "My dad can beat up YOUR dad!"
Hitchens was right: Religion makes adults think and act like infants. Religion truly poisons everything.
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Exodus 15:3. King James Version: "The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name."
@@lukaurshibara5837 "King James version"...
This may seem random but I grew up in the church and thought that was the whole religion just going to church every Sunday and eventually stopped going and started to do my own thing. I wanted to find the purpose of life because I knew everything we worked for would pass away. I was looking at all the religions unbiasedly, looking historically so I wouldn't have blind faith. Later on I had a tug on my heart to open up the Bible and saw the Jesus people talked about was completely different from what was in the Bible. I started to draw closer to the higher power and had a supernatural encounter with him and I felt his love and peace and was indescribable and overwhelming almost but was out of this world and everything looked brand new like it was the first time seeing it when I looked outside literally. I wasn't expecting the encounter either and was shocked when it happened. (I don't do drugs or alcohol) His name is Jesus and I’m here to tell you it’s about a relationship not religion and he is real and did die on the cross for you willingly and thinks you as the only person and was thinking of you while dying. You don’t have to believe my experience you can seek yourself, I suggest you start in the minimalistic facts of the resurrection because if the resurrection is false than Christianity is false. All we chase in this life is temporary think about your eternal life.
Its totally about a relationship as opposed to a religion. I dont know if people will be saved by going to church.
Salvation is not Us professing anything. Everyone professes a Creator, mother nature, God, all powerful thing exists. Romans 1. The simple matter is Hitchens here wasn't drawn by God to be given to Christ in Salvation. God rejected him and left him to his debased mind. John 6, Romans 1, 1 Cor1:18, 2:14, 12:3. HItchens remained in the curse. Thats the sum of his life.
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If a god exists then people need to be saved and forgiven by god because people are victims of existing and unfortunately being the flawed and fallible way that god created them and the flawed and fallible way that god created people is the peoples fault.
@@AnonymousWon-uu5yn God created people with free will (not created infallible by the way). He could have created worshippers who would never question, doubt or reject but He wanted us to freely choose to love Him. That means, we also have the free choice to reject Him. He wouldn’t want to force anyone to believe in Him or be with Him on earth or in heaven after death…We choose that. The Bible says, “A fool says in his heart there is no God” (Ps 14:1, 53:1). It also says, “And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil” (John 3:19). Jesus said, “I am the way, the Truth, and the Life…no one comes to the Father but by me (John 14:6). The choice is yours. His door is always open! “Ask, and it shall be given to you, seek, and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.” (Matt. 7:7, Luke 11:9)…””Choose you this day whom you will serve. As for me and my house…we will serve the Lord” Joshua 24:15.
Interesting that he says, "I'm not allowed to bring a lawyer." 1 John 2:2 says, "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." So we can bring a lawyer, a defense attorney who fully understands the law and gave His life to ensure that the charges against us don't stand. So you're allowed to bring a lawyer. Christ died to be your lawyer. But Hitchens rejected the ONLY lawyer who can ensure the charges are dropped while complaining that he's not allowed to have a lawyer.
Excellent point. Thanks be to God.
Hitchens fully rejected his saving attorney that we Christians have. Very bad for him.
If only it were so simple. Remember that every atheist would never want to be with God anyways. If they were honest, then there should be a sense of relief that the Bible were true, and that they could reject God 1 last time to his face.
The good news is that God will put us to the side, and make the non-Christians kneel before him, and declare himself to be our God.
@@eugenetswong Wow. Very well said. I always wonder if some will have the chance to turn around even then. I doubt it but I still have some hope. It’s so reassuring to know He, our Lord, makes no mistakes for He knows the heart of all of us.
@@castelbergtom2252Yes yes yes. I agree! I needed to read your comment; especially the part about no mistakes.
"Atheism is a very strange thing ...even the demons never fall into that vice" - CH Spurgeon
But then, they applaud those who practise atheism
They worst human beings. Animals are better than those people
@@jacobalexander4167It’s a perfect mechanism for self destruction so why wouldn’t they applaud?
Once you’ve destroyed your belief, then there will surely be some malevolent character offering you an alternate vision that requires your religious unwavering commitment.
Demons(iow fear) are the created vanguards of religion. Thus an "atheist demon" is an impossibility, an oxymoronic term...all demons must believe in god or they wouldn't exist...they play THE essential part in the myth...without the devil, religions are meaningless and unnecessary.
@@stunns2003 In my view, individuals often rely on belief systems to seek security and meaning in their lives. I believe this attachment to beliefs stems from psychological conditioning influenced by society, family, and culture. The notion of a "malevolent character" offering an alternative vision can be seen as an external force attempting to manipulate people through fear or desire. I advocate questioning and resisting such manipulation.
I hold a critical stance towards organized religions and ideologies that demand unwavering commitment. I contend that such commitments often lead to conformity, division, and conflict. From my perspective, societies built on rigid belief systems inherently foster division. The concept of an "alternate vision" would be considered another form of conditioning, and I encourage individuals to break free from all forms of conditioning, including the imposition of new belief systems.
He rejected the Advocate, then goes on to say, “There’s no advocate.” 😳 How sad.
What hogwash - he did not reject anything or anyone. He was just asking for proof. None of the believers ever was able to do so. And even worse. Believers make extraordinary claims that would require extraordinary evidence but that would require real work - much easier to throw in some platitudes like: You must have faith - no, no I don't especially if this faith requires me to let my critical faculties go for a hike, I don't. Or: God works in mysterious ways - so do I if I am drunk enough. To say it with Hagrid: Codswallop
@@user-rv7se3rn5osounds like you're itching to join him. 😂 😂 😂
@@user-rv7se3rn5ocontinue thinking. Continue using your ability to think for yourself. You dont have to ditch critical thinking in order to follow Jesus. Continue seeking the Truth of everything with an open mind, and an open heart (i hope you understand what that means) and you will find the answer. Lemme give you the answer you will find right now: Its Jesus Christ. But you dont have to believe me. Reflect on your own life, study the gospels for yourself, and then conclude whether or not you NEED Jesus.
Asking for physical proof is unreasonable. As humans, we dont necessarily based our lives on proof. However, we look at the evidence that points to almost every aspect of our lives. Asking for proof for God, but refusing to look at and test the evidence that points towards his existence is dishonest and arrogant.
Small minded person. If the so called god wants human beings to go to heaven (a horrible idea) when we die, why does'nt he reaveal himself to everyone and show us proof of the called paradise.? Why. He sends us liars like youself to speak without proof!
@@savedbylovinggraceto “need” Jesus you have to actually believe in him, something which requires proof, unless you are simply brainwashed and conditioned into being a Christian
”Supposing there was no intelligence behind the universe, no creative mind. In that case, nobody designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. It is merely that when the atoms inside my skull happen, for physical or chemical reasons, to arrange themselves in a certain way, this gives me, as a by-product, the sensation I call thought. But, if so, how can I trust my own thinking to be true? It’s like upsetting a milk jug and hoping that the way it splashes itself will give you a map of London. But if I can’t trust my own thinking, of course I can’t trust the arguments leading to Atheism, and therefore have no reason to be an Atheist, or anything else. Unless I believe in God, I cannot believe in thought: so I can never use thought to disbelieve in God”
-C.S. Lewis.
Upsetting a milk jug is resulting in entropy…not exactly the same as the mechanisms for nerve transmission in the mind although some entropy is produced with thought.
@@MultiCII What are you trying to say? Can you explain it more. Your comments are highly confusing.
@MultiCII is not exactly a refutation of Lewis point.
Mind you, Lewis was a fervent atheist and scientist before his conversion near the end of his life. He spent an entire lifetime grappling with these questions before coming to a conclusion. You've just perused a few youtube videos.
People like Hitchens still to this day have never countered any of his arguments because they themselves believe that, yes, they can trust their brain despite their belief being created by entirely random forces. They implicitly trust the idea that random chemicals and neurons firing is enough justification to trust it or these random events explain something as complicated and immaterial as thought and reason.
They've never been able to provide a scientific rationale for why ideas of non material existence like morality exist.
They say evolutionary theory gives way to that? But evolutionary theory is a concept where the strong devour weak. There's a reason atheistic 'scientific' facistic regimes developed soon after Darwins ideas.
No, what are you trying to say. You cant equate spilling milk to the complex neurochemical interactions that produce thought. We know from neuroscience that stimulating a particular part of the brain or depressing particular types of neurotransmitters can change a persons thoughts, personality, cause fear, it can even make someone sexually deviant. This shows thought is clearly a product of physical -chemical occurrences that evolved throughout different species to reach the complex level humans have now. Something being difficult to explain doesn't necessitate magic as the answer. @@sammy_trix
I love the writings and sayings of C.S. Lewis
Chris: I'm not going to try and be servile." These words were very similar to Lucifer where he refused to serve Why? Because of pride. How do you overcome pride? With Humility.
Exactly!✝️❤️🔥
And he was an arrogant s.o.b
He was very well read and may well have specifically chosen that turn of phrase to make a point.
Lucifer doesn't really appear in the bible, I think.
@@reesedds Hitchens was brave: he told it like it is. A hero of mine.
Oh Chris, He sent a Lawyer, and you rejected Him your whole life.
Well even during judgement your Guardian Angel will try to defend your good deeds, he will act as your spokesperson.
@@Wilantonjakov Shouldn't be necessary with an omniscient ... no?
@@johnhough7738 it definitely is. God knows, but a verbal account of your good deeds is more for _you_ than for God.
@@Wilantonjakov My memory isn't what it once was, I'm afraid ol' God will have to prompt me a bit. But-
-but if He's the grand ultimate know-all (omniscient) then why the accounting? Or does he take a sadistic delight in watching the condemned squirm?
Why do chtistians like boys?
When Hitchens said he'll tell God that he wasn't able to gain any understanding from the claims made by God's "spokespersons," I thought of when Jesus told of the rich man burning in hell, and he see's Abraham and Lazarus in the distance -- Lazarus had been a poor, crippled beggar who laid at the gate and begged. He was so crippled and weakened that the dogs would come and lick his sores. The rich man begged Abraham to send Lazarus to put a drop of water on his tongue, for he was in agony in the flame. Abraham said there was a great chasm fixed between them and him, and it wouldn't be possible. So the rich man begged Abraham to send someone to tell his 7 brothers about this place. But Abraham told the rich man, "If they didn't believe Moses and the prophets, they won't beliieve even if someone returns from the dead." Sad. This life is so brief, and we are all sinners and need to repent and receive Jesus, our only hope of spending eternity with a holy God.
This is spot on. I think Hitchens wanted God to come down with a loud voice or with fire and brimstone in order to believe Him. But have many times did God do that and people still didn't believe? The people of God were looking at the cloud by day and the pillar by night, saw the red sea part in front of them and later saw an entire Egyptian army die in the same sea, and yet the still did not believe God. At the end of the day, belief and acceptance of God is a matter of choice internally, whether you see Him or not.
@@sarabee7710Exactly 💯. Speaking of God's judgment, Did you see the recent video of the Muslim lawmaker who gave a fiery speech condemning America and other nations for supporting Israel. He says "They will suffer the wrath of Allah" -- and he keels over and dies!!! Reminded me of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5.
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I don't claim to be a prophet of God's judgement, but it's too convenient to call that a coincidence.
God told Israel: I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you
God gifted him with more intelligence than majority of people and he wasted it poorly. But freely. In the presence of God he has not any excuse (other people could have). He buried his ten talents and encouraged many people to do the same. That's an horrible choice. The cancer was his last chance to think about but his obstinacy and proud against God was stronger. Only a grain of humility is sufficient to get mercy from God. At the end of the life vain knowledge is straw. Conceit drives to perdition. 'Intelligence" accord human eyes is not wisdow but stupidity. (Perhaps God have mercy of him). And of course his final pretext to justify his disbelief before God is childish and ridiculous. Before God, the Creator of the universe and the maker of all the destructive energies and colosal forces, Hitchens like any minuscule creature will be silent and horrified facing the Supreme Majesty of God. The wicked like the just will hear their eternal destiny with horror or relief. No one will dare to discuss with God. Mercy is for all people before death. After death there will be only Justice. The time of discussion with God is over after death
Hitch wuz a man ahead of his time, as the many bronze-age, superstitious replys that have bean left, do attest. Maybe in another century folks might be ready to leave their superstitions at the door before entering into a new era of rational thinking. Heck, itz only bean 6,000 years of superstitious thinking so far. Butt🍑........we're nearly there - give or take a century or two!!
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Forty years ago, I walked into a pub, and a friend said he had become a Christian, and I thought "crank".
He told me about a man who had been given one week to live, due to liver disease, brought on by alcohol.
Ken, the afflicted, went into a park, burst into tears, and shouted: " Jesus Christ, if you heal ne, I will preach your word!! ". The pain went, and he was later told by doctors that he had been miraculously healed...My friend Ralph was duly converted, and I duly fell to my knees and asked forgiveness - BANG, I was baptised in the fire of The Holy Spirit, and I knew, in a few seconds, God is REAL. Atheists, PLEASE take note...
Atheists have indeed taken notice that Christians often give themselves license to lie to non-believers about these kinds of "miracle" healings. We take notice that your god somehow feels he needs to perform a cheap conjuring trick in order to win your faith. Meanwhile, the Atheist is also aware that your friend chose to believe in god because he had nothing to lose. Pascal's wager? He did not do so because IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO (according to your own religion) but rather, you did so out of a wish to gain god's favor...or to avoid divine punishment. Hardly any morality on display here...by either god or your dying friend. And yes, the Atheists always take note that your god didn't bother to save your friend from his affliction in the first place, saying much more about your pretend friend in heaven than your pretend friend here on earth.
Bull. SHIT.
Beautiful to hear yours and your friend testimony ❤Blessings
@@hopeh6176 - You believed him?
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The audacity of those here who claim Hitchens was blinded by logic (what a ridiculous premise), that his pride damaged his soul, that when speaking the hypothetical to its logical conclusion that he was actually crying out to god, that he refused to believe in god so he could do what he wanted, that he believed he was or wanted to be god etc etc are close-minded people who refuse to put their beliefs to any test of logic or empirical evidence.
Hitchens was a brilliant man who is sorely missed. He stood on the shoulders of past giants of reason, and few were his contemporary equal.
God will bring you, me, and everyone else back down to the dirt where he made us from then He will call us out of the grave for judgement to separate the evil from the good for His eternal kingdom. When Mr. Worldy-Wise-Man here stands before His throne to answer for his life, he’ll quickly realize that his reasonings and arguments that he built his life on won’t hold up. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
@@christian_7500”You’re claiming to know much more than a primate can possibly know and you’re showing you know quite less than a primate probably should.” Christopher Hitchens
@@christian_7500so just and benevolent, what a lovely god
I’m not a Christian but I agree his pride is what made him reject god.
It doesn’t matter what the true religion is. He already rejected that there is a god so to him all religion is also false.
We will all face god and we will all be judged based on our choices
@@Wise__guy you don't understand atheism, do you?
It's not pride that rejects the premise of a god, particularly any sort of theistic one; it is reason and logic that leads to that conclusion.
“Knock knock”
“Who’s there”
“Jesus”
“What do you want?”
“To save you”
“From what”
“What I will do to you if you don’t let me in”
Hey, Very: You did not exist until Jesus Christ created you. If you choose not to accept His offer of eternal life, you will then go to what the Bible calls the "second death" following the resurrection at the End of the Age.
Thus, your soul will be destroyed in the second death, and you will no longer exist; just as you did not exist until God created you in the first place. So, in a way, atheists will get what they expect anyway: Nonexistence.
Take care.
@@thetruthaboutscienceandgod6921 That’s fine with me. Eternal life sounds tedious.
@@thetruthaboutscienceandgod6921 Why is it then Christians tell me that if I don’t accept Jesus then eternal hellfire awaits me? For the crime of being born. God loves you and but if you don’t love him back you burn forever. Why? Because you were born. Disgusting.
@@thetruthaboutscienceandgod6921 Why is it then I constantly get told I’m going to burn forever unless I love Jesus? I think he’s a cool dude I just don’t believe he’s the son of god is all.
@@Very-old-man Hey, Very: Whomever told you that you're going to "burn forever" is wrong. Those who have rejected God in this mortal life will not suffer forever. The Bible states that they will go to the "second death" and be "destroyed". The Bible states they will "perish."
Please watch my fourth brief video in which I explain who will and who won't suffer eternally. Once you've watched that video, let me know if you have any additional questions.
Thanks, and take care.
Given a choice of freedom. It all comes to this.
I remember the quotes of Lewis of two kinds of people, one who says to Him let your will be done and the other one whom God says to them let your will be done.
absolutely right.
Never heard of that quote, but thanks for sharing it. It's marvelous.
free will doesnt exist
Nonsense. Did a person commit a murder or not?
How do we decide?
By examining evidence.
Where there is no solid evidence-merely claims and hearsay which do not align with reality-we should disbelieve such claims.
The same would be true for belief in any deity if only people weren’t indoctrinated to believe that their religions are correct.
@santanoschsantosch3016 that is absolutely laughable! 🤣
It's always ridiculous when a man tries to be smarter than God.
Your god isn't smart😂
It's more ridiculous to believe in things that have no sufficient evidence.
@@josephrusso7069your in denial, their is evidence, after evidence, after evidence. I don't even know where to start because there are so many place to start. It could be as simple as looking around you and looking at your own body. You mise well look at a building and deny their was a builder and look at a painting and deny their was a painter.
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The evidence for God is everywhere. You just irrationally label it as non-evidence. You simply "believe" in faith that it is insufficient. In reality the evidence for God all around you everyday makes God plainer than the nose on your face. It takes a certain prideful arrogance to thumb your nose at God, the Master of the Cosmos, and if you remain in that state it will be your eternal undoing. Endless trillions of years weeping with regret in a hell God made it so easy for you to avoid. But that will be on you. Repent my friend, open your eyes to the irrational logically bankrupt lie that atheism is. Hope to see you in heaven one day.
@Pill-Cosby Wonderful. Don't forget to share ALL of your evidence to EVERY atheist podcast on RUclips. Because you have some souls to save. Put up or shut up!
“…but I’m not going to try anything servile”. Says it all.
Sure does. Why subject yourself to self-destructional slavery?
HIS SHOCK WHEN HE FINDS OUT THAT HE BLEW IT MIGHT BE WORSE THEN HIS HELL.
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Dream on, you have all wasted your lives praying to either a non-existent entity, or an "omni-potent", "omni-present" entity that can't be arsed to give us any real proof/information.
I am sorry, when I die, and IF I am wrong, I will be asking him more questions than he will ask me!
He is not worthy of worship, IF he exists.
@@glennmcc64Ummm He did. It's called the Bible. If you deny it then that has a consequence. If you choose not to seek that also has a consequence.
It is amazing how pride is such a controller of lives.
Satan fell by pride/then cast out of heaven/ pride in man keeps him from heaven. 🇩🇪 for God's grace
@@philipliebegott1221 You know, if you really think about it, every conscious being that rejects God would have made the same choice if they were in the same shoes as Satan.
Hey, let's get serious... God knows what he's doin' He wrote this book here And the book says: 'He made us all to be just like Him', So... If we're dumb... Then God is dumb... (And maybe even a little ugly on the side)
Frank Zappa
Also fear, ignorance, and fourth- and fifth-hand accounts of supernatural events that allegedly occurred decades before anyone bothered to write them down. If someone told me that someone else had told them about a friend's sister's boyfriend who was executed one day and then reportedly seen walking around three days later ... I'd want a little more objective evidence before allowing this event to control my life.
Everyone takes pride in the intelligence of their worldview.
I wonder why you didn't post the whole interview.....
Telling
Not!
EVERYBODY runs their mouths against Christ, UNTIL The Day of Judgment.
Everybody? Do you run your mouth against Christ too? These comments and common sense suggest otherwise.
Good luck with that.
What about all the african tribes, hindus, uncontacted tribes, buddhists, shintos, greeks etc who never heard of Christ before, even before BC 😂 what are you gonna tell them? That their beliefs were from fallen angels and that the jews received only this information? Cmon now 😂
So so sad, yet so so true. In Jesus Name Amen 🙏🏾
@@shawnkincheloesr5192 🤣
Dude rejected the only lawyer he had Christ the Lord, he rejected him unto death it's really sad but God bless his family
Intellectual pride is the most devastating to one’s soul! JMJ
Jam Master Jay ?
"one's soul"...assuming much? "Intellectual pride" is an oxymoronic phrase we narcissistic humans tend to use when we claim that we are made in the image and likeness of the supreme creator of this universe. The truth is that we are primates that have a slightly bigger brain and share 99% of our genome with apes. Can't believe that 95% of the worlds population still worship some form of a god...humans are truly moronic ape-like dipshits, IQs are irrelevant...a human/ape is still just a stupid human/ape no matter what his IQ.
It's not individual pride...it's called common sense and rationality...nothing prideful about it... it's a prideful god who demands that we bow to our knees in worship of him or be tortured forever. Come-on! There's got to be others that can see this! The irony is as thick as molasses.
@@edwardconroy9248 true. Why did he write JMJ after his comment?
@@edwardconroy9248 oh it's Jesus Mary Joseph.
🤦pious piffle
He rejected the wordly view on God, but his life may have been closer to God's spirit than many others who claim to believe.
Or God ain’t real
@@mikehunt4503 In the west.
@@user-rb6pt3up8c Right cause God likes the East food and temp more so he hovers over there?
@@mikehunt4503 God is everywhere and loves everyone the same. It's the people's attitude towards Him.
@@user-rb6pt3up8c There is no proof of God. Show me proof and I’ll believe. But proof of anything supernatural doesn’t exist. I’m as certain God isn’t real as I am Leprechauns aren’t.
This is absolutely disgusting. You are essentially saying that anyone who has skepticism and doubts against God have it not for intellectual reasons, but because of some sort of moral failure. I have studied religious studies for 20 years. I wrote my master thesis on religious belief. I teach religion in class. I’ve gone to church and I’ve prayed. And I’m still skeptical, and I still have my doubts. Does this make me a bad person? Or having a moral flaw? Because I have yet to find convincing evidence to bring me to their side? This is just another way of ignoring reasonable criticisms of your religion.
No it doesn't make you bad to have doubts. You have a free choice to believe what you want. Personally I believe and have experienced His goodness, have seen people prayed for get healed and see His hand in every living thing.
@@mickeypearce244 "You have a free choice to believe what you want."
You believe what you want? That's interesting, personally I don't get to choose what I'm convinced of
Death is a beautiful time if your saved in the blood of Jesus Christ! Come Lord Jesus Christ Come!🙌🙏❤️💯
Nope.
A great quote has been attributed to many sources, but it’s fantastic nevertheless. A dying man, when asked by a priest if he will renounce satan, replies, “I don’t think now is the time for me to be making enemies.”
Voltaire.
@GuitarGuy057 well it is attributed to Voltaire but there's some doubt as to whether it was him.
Too bad he didn't realize that (((S)))) was never his friend!
@@GuitarGuy057 Really? I thought it was Bertrand Russell. thank you.
According to one story of his last words, Voltaires response to a priest at his deathbed urging him to renounce Satan was allegedly…
"Now is not the time for making new enemies."
However, if you fact check this quote it’s fake as it actually originated from a joke first published in a Massachusetts newspaper in 1856, and was only attributed to Voltaire in the 1970s. Moreover, Voltaire actually died in 1778 - yes?
But atheists, bless them, get little cheapies out of the thought that Voltaire was one of their own and sold his soul to the Devil - right? That is they get a SUPERIORITY COMPLEX over left wing fairytales that Voltaire sold his soul to the god of automatons and the god of materialism and scientism. He clearly wasn’t an atheist!! No one really knows what he said near his death. Apart from….
On the 28th of March 1778, only a few months before he died he wrote these famous lines to his secretary Wagnière :
“I'm dying worshipping God, loving my friends, without hate for my ennemies and with detestation of superstition” [Voltaire].
Near the end he clearly made his peace with God and his enemies whilst suffering with illness. Suffering seems to do that. It gives people a good kick up the backside and rattles them from their teenage sophomoric stupor. That’s the paradoxical nature of reality and redemption.
A human on deaths door judging the creator of heaven and earth. Why cant they understand their view might be flawed and limited. Truly sad i always liked Hitchens i hope he came around in the end
His lack of imagination/humility to admit he might’ve framed the problem incorrectly is unfortunate. “I’m not going to try anything servile” itself shows misunderstanding. Relationships work best on the basis of mutual submission, and Christianity is all about relationship.
He did not.
the eternal God who knows all has already told us exactly how Christopher and every other soul who rejected him will respond , we don't need to guess or believe their personal predictions , they will be weeping , and wailing , and gnashing their teeth . Christopher now knows the bitter reality , that A , Jesus Christ is God , and B , there is no more debating going on in hell , Jesus is God who loved them enough to try and reach them over and over as they rejected him and no one is confused about it any more , sadly , its too late , for you reading this , if you follow these lost men , its currently not too late for you , so , be zealous therefore and repent.
Christopher is dead. Beyond worm food by now. He doesn't know jack shit. How laughingly arrogant to claim to know that there is anything beyond what can be proven after death, which is literally nothingness.
How horrible of you to speak of a deceased man in such a disrespectful manner.
“repent”… you seem to have not understood the flaw in Pascal’s wager. Do you think it’s even an option to repent insincerely?
If Christopher is in hell then at least he’s in good company. All the most intelligent & funny people seem to be bound the same way.
@@davadoff it's funny, the Bible actually tells you NOT to think for yourself (because then why would you need the church?) and that Satan became "evil" just because he chose to think for himself... I think there's a message here
@@kolmannen7766 that's literally not why satan is evil, satan is evil because he disobeys God's moral commandments and cause pain and suffering to everyone
Hitchens, as an atheist, seems to already have his own plan made when he dies and finds out there is a judgement coming. How is that any better than the atheist who says "I'll just pretend to believe" in case there is a judgement coming?
@@richfrazier8756 I’d wager that you’d need a functioning brain to ‘realize’ anything after death.
It's like we watched completely different videos.
What on Earth are you talking about?
@@Mayhamsdead without a ‘brain’ there is no mechanism for thoughts. So, Hitchens is being hypothetical here. He is saying that if he were to meet god, he’d have some kind of mechanism post mortem to even be able to perceive; let alone talk to this entity.
@@georgedickson1410 Didn't notice someone else replied to this "rich" guy. I just couldn't make sense of what he meant, is all.
But I do agree that any temporal action after your time is up, so-to-speak, is impossible.
I always find it strange how humans indoctrinated by religions, seem to always trivialize life, yet still fear death with such fervor that it dictates their reality.
Christopher Hitchens had more understanding of religion in his pinky than the whole religious repertoire of any religious person I've ever met or heard
Intelligence allows for possibilities of something. The fact that he didn't allow for this shows he didn't have an understanding of nothing! He was a limited man with limited understanding!
Christopher was a cynic, so his view of Christianity was skewed.
People confuse religion with faith.
@@abubaseetit is about faith and belief. The resulting change within one's self and the healing that happens. Whether right or wrong, it is still right. Jesus loves you brother.
Judging by the carefully curated comments below, Hitchens was right:
Religion truly poisons everything.
Morality will always poison evil. Right and wrong always has consequences
@@averywisefool83 The Moon is made of cheese.
@@Mayhamsdead kinda like your momma's thighs
Christopher was completely incapable of humbling himself before an all knowing God. The unfortunate thing is that Hitchens got exactly what he wanted.
It's prophecied that the majority of the people on this planet will remain UNREPENTANT even on Judgement Day.
I live in central california where the valley get to be 110 and above. I had no air conditioner working in my car. I was jamming out to my music. Singing to God. I didn’t really notice how much i was sweating until drips of sweat came down off my arm. All a sudden within two seconds i got chills all over my body and my hairs on my arm stuck straight up. It lasted about 10 seconds and the chill went away. You atheists can’t tell me that wasn’t an act of God. Not saying you should up and believe my story right away. No, but you should questioning yourself is God real, instead of ignoring my story. I used be hesitant that jesus was the savior i prayed to God to show me a way that jesus is the savior. And another situation before this one i told you about happen that lead me to believe jesus is our savior. You atheists should be doing the same. Praying to God to show you a sign that God is the creator. And reading your bible in the mean time till God shows you a clear sign. That’s what i did.
Enjoyable satire.
Didn't the traffic lights flash a cross at the same time?
Some converts miss these obvious signs.
You make no sense!
It's unfortunate that you bought into a manmade construct without demanding th see extraordinary evidence supporting the extraordinary claim.
I believe less now
I have yet, in my 51 years as a Christian, to have met a single Christian who believes on that basis. I too share Christopher Hitchens's contempt for the intellectual laziness and dishonesty of Pascal's Wager.
I, like you, do not subscribe to the Wager as the path to salvation (true salvation doesn't work that way), but it is food for thought in that it points out the fact that only the atheist is at risk.
IOWs, if I, as a Christian turn out to be wrong, and the atheist is right, I live my life with the comfort, strength, and joy of my false belief until I die in peace, and cease to exist. I lose nothing. If I'm right (which I am) then I get to live this good life, now, PLUS an infinitely better new life of eternal bliss after. I win either way.
On the other hand, if I'm right, and the atheist wrong, his loss is horrendous, but if he is right he gets to live in nihilistic misery, now, enduring whatever purposeless suffering comes to him until he goes off into oblivion, after.
The atheist has everything to lose, and absolutely NOTHING to gain. I would literally rather be roadkill, than to be an atheist, and even if I were an atheist, I would promote Christianity simply for the benefits and comforts it affords. After all, what's the point of taking away people's hope and comfort if the atheist's meaningless worldview is true, anyway?
@Daniel-b6s That's it? That's your big attack on the Bible?
Some scribe got some numbers off? I expected something far bigger than that.
I'm the last person to say that the Bible has been perfectly transmitted to us in the 21st century English speaking world. That doesn't invalidate the basic precepts of the scriptures, though.
Have you ever even bothered to look into how we got the Bible today? There has been and continues to be much debate on certain MINOR points, but the core principals of Christianity found in scripture are plain and consistent throughout, and are considered orthodox doctrine by all major denominations.
Are you that critical with other ancient documents...or modern ones, for that matter?
I've found typos and minor errors in MODERN textbooks that used modern equipment and technology to produce, yet the bible authors had to painstakingly copy the scriptures by hand with primative pens and ink by oil lamp light. I think they did a pretty remarkable job, all things considered.
You do know, being the eminent Bible scholar that you are, that NO ONE TODAY possesses the original autographs, right? The originals no longer exist, or, if they do, they've been lost.
We must make do with very excellent, though slightly flawed, COPIES of those original autographs. Flaws that do not compromise essential basic orthodox Christian doctrine in anyway.
As for your gotcha about God tempting people to do evil, that is true, and no Christian I know of is confused by that. He does use Satan to tempt people, though, as is seen in the temptation of Christ by Satan in the Gospels.
So if Satan is carrying out something that God wills to happen, like the temptation of His Son, it can be said that it's coming from God, since it is His will. But NO, God doesn't directly tempt anyone.
Also, the word TEMPT in old English, like some words even in modern English has more than one sense in the Bible.
In one sense it means to entice someone to sin, while in another sense, it means to try or test someone with some sort of adversity. God does do that.
What's wrong with David doing a census? The most obvious answer is because Almighty God TOLD HIM NOT TO. If you were a good man, you would stop right there. That should be a good enough reason for you. God said NO, PERIOD.
God doesn't have to explain His reasons to us puny sacks of dirt.
However, the obvious problem was David getting the big head because of how powerful he was militarily. The US is like that, no?
All fighting aged men of Israel were automatically part of the army, back then. David was proud of his army, and God hates human pride.
God knew, as David should have, that David's power was in God, not his army.
And, your claim that Israel's army couldn't be a certain size, back then, is just an assumption on your part. You weren't there, so you have no way of knowing. You're just exercising FAITH in the written words of man, which is, ironically, what your ilk accuse us Christians of doing.
Even if that accusation was true, then it would only mean that it was just our HUMANS' words against your HUMANS' words.
Your answer is in 2Kings 6:17
@Daniel-b6swithout the Holy Spirit you will never understand the Lord. You can’t interpret scripture by your understanding. 1 Corinthians chapter 2 explains this to you. You must have the mind of Christ which is Holy Spirit. Otherwise you wander in the wilderness.
@Daniel-b6sDavid was to rely on the strength of God and not by the might of a census of how many men he had. By the insight of God he won every battle he faced.
God gives us a lifetime to believe Jesus Christ died for us. That is the only requirement to get into heaven. To believe that Jesus spilled his blood for all of us, and pay for all our sins, so we can enjoy paradise. Why that is so hard for atheists to do is beyond my level of common sense. They will recognize the devil before even thinking about believing in God.
You can't force yourself to be convinced about something. Either you are or you are not.
@@HelloSmith-cn7tj Even in the face of evidence?
@gozz7733 But I don't think there is any, in fact, several historians have examined historical records and concluded that Jesus never even existed!
@@HelloSmith-cn7tj Are you certain about that? Richard Dawkins has admitted Jesus did exist based on evidence that was presented to him.
@@HelloSmith-cn7tj Richard Dawkins has admitted that Christ lived.
Mistake #1, thinking heaven is the same as earth. For many of us, it is not until the “hour of our death” that we realize that we are taking nothing from this earth with us. Not even our bodies. It’s in those moments in which you MUST accept God. It’s in those moments in which God can make you feel the pain that you’ve caused others and ask you one last time to humble yourself. If you respond by saying, “those people were weak.” You are mocking those people. God’s meek and humble. And in HIS eyes, that’s a sin worse than murder.
‘A sincere acknowledgment of our need for him to save us’.
Save us from what?
Your religion tells you that if you don’t worship their god it’s going to torture you for eternity, and only their religion can save you from their god.
It’s the biggest con in history.
"An atheist is someone who can't bear the reality of God"-- Tom Stoppard. That's right, TOM STOPPARD.
A theist is someone who can’t bare the reality that they a basically worthless in the end
@@mrsentencename7334i'm a theist and a Christian so thank you 😉👍🏻
@@Cross-Defender your not worthless right now though, and hopefully not for a while as your memory travels generations
@@mrsentencename7334 well i hear lot of skeptic's saying Really dumb things about why God doesn't exist without looking in to the evidence for it first, dumb Quotes of Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens and yes there are Christian making bad Arguments for there believe but atheist are not speciale either you can be a idiot and still be an atheist it's just a lack of evidence according to atheist they don't seem to believe anything you tell them even if it's proven they just chose not to believe my father is a atheist and so is most of my family or agnostic I'm a theist after a long investagtion not to find out if there is life after death i have no problem with it at all i became a christian because i studied the life and resurrection for Christ and i didn't became a christian over night nor did i became a christian by believing the Bible yes the Bible might than not be 100% accurate but that doesn't change the fact that there is literal historical evidence in it like scriptures and archology even after studying christian i took 1 year off when i was 16 i was seriously emptying my mind to find every puzzel piece and to put it toghter and at a young age of 17 or maybe 18 years old after months maybe a few years of Arguments skeptical Question disscussing religion historical evidence like scriptures and archology and even trying to disproof Near death experiences i became a christian and bought a Bible, Yes the Bible is true only read it in Context and it's written in poems, metaphores and History, so I was a Agnostic, then i became a Gnostic Theist and i did start to study christianity about a year or so later maybe 2 even tough I'm very interested in Jesus and the Bible and his authencit of it's history, the story of how became a christian is way longer and more complex but i don't want to wast your time i respect other poeple their time 🙏🏻❤️✝️
@@Cross-Defender so you do know that beyond your actions, you are worthless?
The entire universe with its incredible design and amazing laws all happened spontaneously, just like my Honda...
We can prove your Honda was designed, unlike the universe.
Some design.... A super wasteful and capricious (at best), incompetent designer would have necessarily been involved.
@damienschwass9354 With all the constants speed of light gravity, the expansion of the universe has to be perfect seems unlikely unless the muliverse is true billions to trillions of other universes in other dimensions which is possible. But 1 single universe explosion from nothing like taking that Honda car taking it apart fully mixing all the parts together for billions of years will you have a Honda.
>over 99.9% of the Universe is "designed" to be inhospitable to us
>"what an incredible design and amazing laws"
>"just like my Honda"
Religion truly poisons everything.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 29:11
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
You forgot the ultimate one: "The fool says in his heart "There is no God" Psalm 14:1
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How come Proverbs scores so much more than the other team? Or are you only mentioning the games they win?
Solomon was such a horn dog the so-called wisest man who ever lived kept 300 wives and 700 concubines. He's also known as Mr STD. Real wise fella, huh?
Sounds like religious people…
Christopher Hitchens is now in a place where his denial of God is impossible. Whilst on earth, he denied God because he hated God. Now, he has realised that his suppression of the truth of the existence of God in unrighteousness is no longer possible.
if what you say is true then it sounds like your god is petty af
Now that he's gone Christopher Hitchens is now a believer of God. The only sad thing is that he has to experience hell before becoming one.
You have no knowledge for what you claim to be the fate of Hitchens.
Intelligence mixed with arrogance and ego will lead to misguidance every-time. It’s almost like he created an idea of God in his head and rejected that God that existed in his head. But never actually took the time to contemplate that maybe he could be completely wrong in his understanding of who or what God really is. Well may God have mercy on his soul.
@Daniel-b6s ok and? You don’t need a holy book - simple logic and reason can lead one to conclude that, due to its attributes this universe is a product of intelligence and that’s what they call God. Don’t confuse God with religion.
Since you have read the holy books and have found sooo many contradictions, can you tell me which ones are in the Quran?
@Daniel-b6s Or the Quran speaks about the creation of the first man, creation of the soul of the man, and the stages in the creation of mankind.Lazy? you have no idea who your talking to. Be humble, and go read. You clearly did not read or study the Quran, and if you did then your comprehension capacity is clearly lacking. Google is not research
So the intellect of Hitchens versus a strange American AI sounding voice simply saying nothing of any substance. Easy one really...
Hitchens said many dumb things actually.
@@fletcher373 Uh huh
No the American A.I voice agrees with hitches, there's no point in pretending now, the lord will see right though the act, if he trys it.
him saying if he’s real he will say we were too stupid to convince him. no. that’s you saying i knew but wanted to live my way not Gods
He made a conversation about God with the unbelievers, making me think twice about God with his verbiage. Thanks to him, I was attracted to the art of a Christian apologist. May God see the good he did in the bad he said.
*Better to be an "honest" atheist than a false Christian.*
HItchens actually said something remarkable when talking about Pascal's wager: that it would be indeed caricature of the true God if people were to gain admission to Heaven simply by acknowledging God's existence.!! How true!
Hitchens the atheist understood that it's not enough simply to believe that God exists, but to be convinced of the need for salvation.
Hubris on full display here. May the Lord Jesus have mercy on his soul.
Too late for that I guess
The Lord Jesus - if he exists - better be able to answer a few tough questions when he meets Hitch. Rephrasing Dawkins: If you are invited to debate Christopher Hitchens, don't.
@@user-rv7se3rn5oooooooooohh, I'm sure Jesus is shaking in his boots. 😂 😂 😂
If Hitchens is such a tough guy, why didn't he beat death? 😂😂😂
@Daniel-b6s Present your eye witnesses for horus.
Do it quickly.
@Daniel-b6s Translation: I made an assertion I can't prove, and now, I'm going to try to waffle my way out of it.
😂 😂 😂
When I was in despair and anxiety and no one or nothing could help; I took out prayer cards and prayed to Jesus who is God for help in taking away this dread... and then I prayed the Rosary and it was as if a fire started in me and the fear melted away like snow. After a few weeks, it was completely gone and I had peace again.
Shoot, humble yourself... if you are in a bad place to the point where you wanna die, and nothing can help you... give prayer a try even if it's awkward or short. You literally have nothing to lose.
I'm saying this cause I literally went through h*ll and I would never wish that upon anyone.
Thank you.
Mr. Hitchens was a brilliant mind and will always be remembered for his work. He made a big difference in many people's lives and the world for sure. Thank you Mr.Hitchens.
@ghabrielmelooliveira1426 I agree that Hitchens was brilliant. What evidence can you provide that he "made a big difference in many people's lives and the world for sure" -- especially the latter?
@@mkq77 I'd say that, by (him)providing different points of view on the world, regarding religious doctrines and faith, it enables people to open up to new, more elucidating and reasonable interpretations of historical, cultural and religous beliefs, interpretations based on scientific evidence, unvailing outdated dogmas and predujicial misunderstandings by the light of reason, that us, human beings have developed through the ages. That is, what I am trying to imply, is that his criticism of religious fundamentalism, or religions in general is an effective objection to dangerous faith based arguments, that, in of course, my opinion, leads in most cases to fear and hating state of mind in society. So, I assassume and thoroughly would point out that, his work has been of great admiratiom and respect, since it unwraps our ignorance and defies arrogant presumptions. But again, I can't speak for everyone, but as for myself, I am more enlightened in way and better educate now.
It’s sad that whenever I think of atheist I think of Lenin Stalin and Mao the most influential atheist of the last century
Atheist in Russia and china killed more of their own citizens then ww1 and ww2 combined, unfortunate is saying it lightly
He was not brilliant just because he was popular. I've never heard one brilliant insight come out of his mouth.
He did make a difference in people's lives. Many were led to their doom by him, while others were strengthened in their faith by the display of his profound foolishness.
I always like Hitchens for being truly thorough of his understanding of the reality. I was an atheist when I first have seen his videos. However, I'm a Hindu and a believer, I love Hitchens more because he made me understand what God can't be.
It's interesting to know that when late Hitchin's stands before God on judgment day, he will realise that apart from the fact that God is all powerful, He is also smarter. Just see how Jesus won all the arguments/ traps He was faced with.
Jesus won not a single argument
How do you know? Because your pastor told you so? Your priest? Your bishop? The same guys who have no qualms to abuse children, women, and the "other" alike? And who told them? A little voice in their deluded brains? The ones who claim to worship an omnipotent being that needs their help? Me thinks the people who put on robes and white collars and call themselves reverends and fathers and such and boldy claim to know the unknowable for sure- and make a pretty good living with that - could do with huge shovels of hubris me thinks.
So many bitter people in these comments. 😂 😂 😂
@@FromValkyrie, So? bitterness is simply a human emotion, nothing more.
@@kenholt8297 yes. It's your only claim to be human, evidently.
Lust of the eyes/lust of the flesh/ pride of life /will keep many from eternal rest in Christ. 🇩🇪 for Christ
true!
My favourite Christopher Hitchens quote is very revealing and was to the effect that if he (CH) could magically disappear religion he wouldn't because he enjoyed the debate too much. He said this to Dawkins who did not like this comment.
shocking statement, yes.
@@nagaseminarian Only for an atheist
Oh well, at least he's a good sport, because John Lennox debated him twice and was much more convincing than Hitch.
@@mis-tur-tay-bur to you maybe, but not to anyone with an open mind
@@NashvilleTuneStream Please describe your open mind....You are in an impossible position if you have closed off God in your supposedly open mind.
As a Christian who is fully in love with Jesus...this is so difficult to watch. You just wanna throw the guy a life saver because he's judges himself unworthy of eternal life. When he passed...2 things could have happened. He went straight down. Or, on his way down, he cried out and was shown why he's not fit to be in the presence of God. In fact, I've heard many NDE'ers whom have died and were in the presence of the Lord, but they said it was so painful to be near holiness as an unclean person that they asked to go to hell!
He knows now. Don't be like him. Be honest with yourself and don't let pride run your life. You don't know everything and won't.
One of the many great men i respect
His view/belief was as ignorant and erroneous as any person that entertains religion as reality....!!
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He refused to listen. His pride and anger got in his way.
He refused to listen to rumours?
@@glennmcc64My friend Jesus is real! There’s mountains of evidence of him! More than any man! Creation is real! Look around you! Creation comes from a Creator!
@@alexcajiao7489 that you are able to jump from 'jesus was real' to 'jesus was the divine son of god, who died and was ressurected from the dead' is where your fault lies.
@@alexcajiao7489then why is it called faith?
@@alexcajiao7489Loco.
I always admired Hitchens for his brutal honesty. And I am deeply saddened that even honest men can be condemned to hell for their rejection of Christ.
He had more than enough time to accept Jesus
@@WarriorforChrist8601Time is irrelevant. Through his search, he never found the evidence needed to convert him. I'm in the same boat. You can't choose what you believe.
Hell is a man made construct. It's not a Bible teaching.
@@reluctantdecontructionist You can't choose what you believe? What on earth does that mean?
@@chrisbarlow2131 I mean it’s pretty self explanatory….? Can you force yourself to believe something you otherwise wouldn’t? That’d be a pretty amazing trick!
Hitchens was right when he said that God knows that Pascal's wager is a gambit. Being a Christian is much more than simply declaring your faith; God cares more about your heart than about your declaration.
The Lord Jesus Christ, is absolutely AMAZING and is FULLY deserving of ALL the love, honor, praise and Worship of the entirety of CREATION! Thank You Lord Jesus, amen and amen!
The part Hitchens miss is this: Pascal wager serves mainly as a challenge to atheists logic. Once you understand atheism is irrational, then you can turn to God and ask sincerely for a DIRECT revelation that would answer your deepest doubts. Upon this sincerity you are saved without relying on the ideas of men but by God's grace given to you unmediated.
So creepy... "DIRECT revelation"...there are several people on TV every morning at about 5am that relay directly from god how much money "HE" wants you to donate. Apparently we still live in the dark ages.
You don't know how creepy you sound.
People like you scare the ever living sh*t out of me. I feel safer around atheists, they are almost always more kind, rational, intelligent, and empathetic. But most importantly, they aren't prone to incomprehensible, irrational violence because they interpret a sign from an imaginary being that they must simultaneously profess to love, appease, worship, and fear.
I don't blame you for believing as you do, not really, it's not your fault. It's your parents, and their parents before them. But mainly it's the religious charlatans, and hucksters calling themselves priest, reverend, rabbi, and imam that are to blame for creating credulous humans that will believe almost anything at all, without any evidence whatsoever.
These subhumans even mock their victims openly by calling themselves shepherds, and their prey, sheep; as they fleece them of their money, sanity, and go on to sexual abuse their children. All this done, while being tax free, and insulated from blame by their religious institutional infrastructures that are embedded like Lyme disease ridden ticks in modern society.
Yes, I think the world could do without engineered lunatics who think like you, created by these monsters, and that that state of the world cannot get here soon enough.
There are a couple of issues with pascals wager.
How do you know you have belief in the right religion? After all if you choose the wrong one you may be in trouble. Religion is usually based on culture and geography. Surely it is unfair for a god to punish individuals because they have been born and brought up as highly influenced children in a region where another religion is the norm.
If God is all knowing, surely he would see through an individual who is only believing in him because it is better than an alternative as opposed to true faith. Pascals wager is a very weak arguement for belief in religion. The whole arguement is based on the premise that believing in God is surely better than hell if you are wrong. The definition of a cult is "an organised group whose purpose is to dominate cult members through psychological manipulation and pressure strategies". This sounds like pascals wager to me.
@@aaronfunnell5220 It's not that some believers are simply trying to consciously cover their butts or trick god.
It's that religious societies impose conscious fear of everlasting torture (read all the comments) to create and maintain the belief...either way, in both instances, the belief is based purely on self interest.
Since religion is fear based belief of a god without evidence (again, read all the comments), you would think that an all knowing god would appreciate one of his flock had intelligence and a spine.
It takes a lot of guts to live among and refute billions and billions of scared sheep.
Luckily atheists are no longer burnt at the stakes, at least in democratic societies.
the man hardened his heart throughout his life. there was not room for any resilience at the end.
since becoming an atheist, my heart is more open than ever. I can see people for who they are clearly; i don't have to think that if I do something wrong, it's okay because god allows unlimited do-overs. I do good things because that's better for society. Organized religion has ruined much of humanity's potential. History tells us this again and again.
He refused to be gullible.
@@robhaskins 🤡
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Mr. Hitchens' heart was / is beyond your jurisdiction.
Thus, your claim about him is intrinsically a bearing of false witness, and a rather presumptuous one at that.
I am a devoted christian but i salute to this man, Hitchens, in destroying false theology of many Christians.😊 False theologies in the sense of misrepresenting the very character of God. Sometimes i will say, God uses Hitchens to destroy many so called christian hypocrites😄. Sorry brothers and sisters😅
there IS bad theology and praxis out there...
@jossrose5061
How condescending and disingenuous of you. Your totalitarian belief that we are mere puppets and serfs is sinister enough. But to suggest that atheists exist only to challenge the chosen, the believers, shows you have no genuine care for this man at all.
@@DannyBoy777777 reread reread my comments. Did I say we are mere puppets? Many doesn't believe in God because of such character of you. I'm with Hitchens only when through him hypocrites being destroyed as Jesus destroyed many hypocrites. I hope you are not one of them. I hope you understand what hypocrite is..
@@glennlanham6309 that's my point.. tnx
It's not false Christianity, it's just a form of Christianity that doesn't relate to the one you believe in. There is a reason why there are thousands of christian denominations.
I do believe it's reasonable for an individual like Hitchens to say 'look, I just don't get it', and that the human representatives of God can be SO miserably bad at their job to evoke that sentiment.
He didn't want to get it. I get it, but he's supposed to be the genius?
What God asks is for his creation to believe what he says about his son.
Past that he has a whole book about him.
For those with a brilliant mind...
Jesus is actually our Holy Advocate appealing on our behalf before The Father (The Judge) according to The Word/The Bible (Jesus), while simultaneously, The Word also declares that ALL judgement has been handed over to The Son, The Lamb of God (Jesus), meaning the One to Judge us all is, Jesus.
So how is Jesus Christ both our advocate and Judge simultaneously? Wouldn't He then be appealing on behalf of us, to save us from His Own Judgement and Wrath?
God is definitely real, created universe defined by time, space, and matter and governed by laws and Bible is true through Christ transforming people’s lives then and now. Don’t know why individuals are so stubborn, but God gives them the freewill to either love or reject Him. In Christopher Hitchens’ eyes, you can see that God is still working on his heart. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”- the things God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9
true.
Only in the minds of sheep !
@@tasspafitis848 Atoms contain enough power to destroy a major city and contain at least 17 subatomic particles that are exquisitely organized, durable, and functional to their element. The sun heats, lights, fuels and nourishes Earth with photosynthesis essential for plants, using safe nuclear fusion human scientists can't duplicate. It also supplies Earth with perfect stability in space .... There are 100 trillion cells in a human body and more than that number of bacterial animals living in and on us than we have cells. These animals are essential for us to stay alive. Each human cell contains billions of base pairs of DNA, billions of finely organized phospholipids for each of our cell walls, and thousands of machines that maintain and repair our DNA and other cell structures... Earth's atmosphere, electromagnetic field, geothermal energy output, ecosystems, weather patterns and seasons are intricately designed and functional .... But some believe primordial ooze sloshed about and produced life -- and everything we see is the product of chance and not design. Good luck with that.
@@tasspafitis848 But not the goats.
You say God is definitely real, what is your evidence to say something so definitive? Where is your proof?
I love that Hitchens is still helping people heal from religious trauma. I started listening to him about a month ago and he has helped me deconvert from Christianity. It's a long road but gonna be a merry one. I thank Christopher Hitchens and all those who helped me after I had woken up.
Whats your proof to leave your christianity just a Question 🤔
Sadly what you have done is damned yourself. Truth is found in God and his word. I hope that the holy spirited touches your heart and you know the true meaning of loving God. The truth is far more bitter to swallow than the lie of this world. People don’t want to meet the God the Bible….because then that means you’ll need to confront all those sins and account for them. Sin is not dealt with anywhere else but with Jesus. We are all sinful and fall short.
@@maxitampaxi all the other religions will say it's down to another deity. Speak to a Muslim or other faith. They will also think they are right. I call it brainwashing.
Once an atheist you never go back.
@@fionagregory9147 you sure about that you know that my father is an atheist and what about all those atheist that became religious
Absolutely lovely interview. There was no need to interpret what he was saying.
A true and rare gift to humanity.
May his way of thinking continue on and on.
The issue couldn’t possibly be absence of evidence, because there is no evidence at all. If I ask someone if they think Tolkien’s Middle Earth exists and they say “no”, when I ask them why they don’t believe in it, they are unlikely to mention absence of evidence. There’s no way that a fictional creation could additionally exist in the real world, except by a simply massive coincidence.
Very cool how this channel misinterprets his words and tries to twist this chunk of an interview to support its own views. I wish a fraction of people could understand and appreciate the rationality and bravery of that man.
RIP Hitch 🖤 forever missed. Your words have stuck with many of us.
What does it matter what Hitchens, or any man, says to God? All it matters is what God will say to him. God will not be trialed, and no man is ready, thinking you stand a chance before the perfect moral authority of the universe is either narcisism or stupidity.
“I am not going to try anything servile.” His pride hinders him to repent and believe, as Jesus commanded. So sad. We face that calling and need to listen and obey, and flee to Christ.
He missed the central point of Christianity that God has provided us with a "lawyer" and advocate - His Son, Jesus, who's payment for our sins is our sure defense in God's courtroom.
1 John 2:1-2 says, "My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world."
It is not easy to imagine that Hitchens at last may have found saving grace. I think that he tried to be an honest man but he in many ways distorted the Christian Faith. Maybe because what was presented to him as Christian faith was shallow or insufficient. But on the other hand he somehow must have seeked God because there is no other explanation in my opinion for his obsession in attempting to fight against God. We normally do not fight things which we think just don´t exist. I don´t fight against unicorns. Or against the deities in greek mythology. Or whatelse is called God. Having said this in my opinion Hitchens failed by making his intellectual abilities the benchmark to decide whether there is a God worthy to be worshiped.
Didn't agree with a lot of this man , but in fairness he was not a philosopher nor would he claim to be ...however , he fought hard for his cause to the end and displayed great courage , would be a most entertaining after dinner speaker and with Boris J would have been a great duo. R I P .
At least he wasn't a delusional religious moron
Comedy act
I'm an atheist. I want you to know I have a lot of respect for you as a person and your opinion. You've shown a lot of respect for someone, Christopher Hitchens, who holds a different opinion from yours.Unfortunately, the rest of the so called Christians in this comment section show nothing but contempt, and have forgotten Jesus' messages of "Love thy neighbor" and "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Cheers! 🙂
@@lhart99 Thank you for your kindly comments. Some of my best friends are atheists . Ah ...who said that they did not mind Christianity , but the Christians were the problem! Christians seem to forget that we can only speak of God by analogy and in an incomplete way.. St Paul and Aquinas knew this ...many of their followers seem to have forgotten. A man who was not a believer once said to me that when he met me he felt there might be something in my belief. At 77 I still take consolation in his remark ! Enjoy the w/end with your favourite tipple and/or company!
He is not resting in peace.
I had to watch this again for two reasons 1 is atheist have no argument and 2 what's the name of the piano song at the end ?
i forgot which music i added at the end but it's from storyblocks audio file. God bless you.
What argument would you expect from an atheist? Atheists aren't the ones making extraordinary claims. We say only that, absent evidence, we reject your premise.
You need to be convinced of religion not of atheism
wdym atheists have no arguments? the person making the claim is where the burden of evidence lies. atheists don’t need an argument
Gnossiennes No.1 by Claus Egan
He lived an Atheist he died an Atheist, he completely missed the point, he just didn't get it and he was wrong.
The moment his spirit entered eternity he is no longer an atheist.
Pascals wager is not a call to believe in God or become a Christian rather its a call incumbent on the atheist. its intention is to provoke thought on the part of the person who is content in just not believing in an afterlife, not thinking about it and accepting that there is nothing to be searched for or convinced of regarding God. It's meant to entice one to not be comfortable with one's limited understanding. All of our understanding as a whole is limited because it's time bound, only grasped as time is unraveled. Today we know more than yesterday, but how dumb we will look come tomorrow. Thus it's also a call not to hinge our understanding only on what is being unraveled daily and presented on a scientific front, but to dare to leap to the logical conclusion that the one choice given it's amount of evidence or the lack thereof is a far better outcome than the other as it places to odds squarely in the favor of the one who is beholden to it.
LOVE how Hitchens plays soft piano solos, while responding
2:06 “Not going to try anything servile”…. I feel like that says so much. The God of the Bible wants people to come to Him admitting their lowliness, not their intellect. It’s a shame that this apprehension was not upon him at the time of this interview. Humility goes a long way, it seems, and it seems like CH was arguing against humility here, am I wrong to say so?
You are spot on!
You are wrong. He was arguing against mindless faith. Follow the crumbs, Hansel, and you too can be lead away from the seemingly tasty house that is the lair of religion.
Man this guy is suffering unimaginable pain.
you have no way of knowing that, no one does
Only believers will be at the judgement seat of Christ. To be judged for things we did for Jesus to gain reward or lose reward because we did them for ourselves. Unbelievers will stand before God at the great white throne judgment to be turned into Hell for not having put their faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord.
Hitchens makes a better cause for anti-theism wherever he seems to present himself, text or debates. Though he’s correct when saying that convinced disbelief carry’s more honesty across then a dishonest faith. He also acknowledges that faith is one of the most overrated virtues and I’m compelled to agree.
A lot of judgement here about the heart of a brilliant man simply bc he didn’t blindly accept your understanding of the universe.
Look up the fine-tuning of the universe. The atheist’s only response to it is to invoke the multiverse, which is believed in completely on blind faith.
„I won’t allow a rapist and a pedophile who preaches every Sunday from the pulpit to call me a sheep. Only an imbecile would allow others to refer to them as flock or sheep.“
- Christopher Hitchens
@@Philip__325whats your point? Are you seriously trying to manipulate a person off of fear so that they join your side? Disgusting.
@@Philip__325 "for God hath shewed it unto them." Religion is all based on some ancient man telling you god said this or that, when that man has zero proof of that. THERE IS NOW AND NEVER HAS BEEN ANY WAY TO PROVE THAT ANY GOD REVEALED ANY RELIGIOUS TRUTH TO ANY MAN. It's all made up by some woman-hating ancient guy who thought he was talking to god. Anyone who believes anything anyone like that says is nuts because the person who believes he spoke to god is psychotic. couple that with the fact that no god has ever INDISPUTABLY spoken to the entire world, and only a fool would believe in man-invented religion. get on with living your life according to humane principles, the kind Christ preached (I believe in many things he taught, but I KNOW he was not god, just a great teacher), and forget about a god having to tell you to do so.
Fear of God is wisdom. The way to deal with it is to ask for His Mercy. One time is all it takes.
Hope this helps.
@bobfromdenison Fear in anything is submission. Fear is something that comes when you are unable to master your emotions.
@bobfromdenison Absolute submission to anyone or anything is extremely immoral.
I feel so sad for him. So sad because Satan used his pride in his logic to blind him to the amazing glory of the Lord. This is why I hate Satan so much. He can make the smartest person who is basically a decent person burn in all eternity by using their pride to blind them to the Glory of the Lord. It's heart breaking. I used to think like him all my adult life until in Elohim in his infinity mercy decided to save me at 54 years old. 🙏
True , satan wants us all to suffer in hell with him, but don't blame it all on him.. each man has free will.. and every day of our lives we are making decisions, big and small.. prayer and fasting for ourselves and for others is how we must fight... God bless
The Judge of the earth will do right. thanks for sharing your story.
People give satan waaaay to much credit
Don't forget God allowed job to suffer at the hands of satan, satan can't do anything that God doesn't allow
God made satan
@@Bettttyso? Job still had a choice and he choose to remain faithful, if there wasn't freewill, then job wouldn't have suffered in the first place
When Dawkins was asked recently by Piers Morgan that doesn't he know that he could be wrong all the while. Richard Dawkins held back a little and simply answered that yes, he could be wrong. So he's relying on uncertain
That's how every intelligent human should respond to such a question. But there's absolutely no evidence to suggest he's wrong, and the universe works perfectly well without the need to invent a god that you should give money and power.
But wait you can't give your money to the imaginary god directly, you must go through his intermediary here on earth, the priests, who are themselves nothing more than charlatans, frauds, and hucksters making their living off the stupidity of the credulous who believe such nonsense.
I can understand believing this stuff as a child, when your head was all soft and you still believed in Santa, unicorns, and dragons, but shouldn't you people have outgrown this fantasy stuff before you became adults?
The reason he claims that he isn't sure is because he can not 100% disprove that any religious diety doesn't exist but based on the historical, scientific and archaeological evidence it is extremely unlikely. He is therefore making his claims based on probability and evidence as opposed to blind faith.
Its the same with religion.. and more so actually...just that aethists openly agree that they cant be 100% sure.
@@forestshade9451 LOL. Atheism is a religion! By the way, no religion is making a claim that they're 100% sure. We look at the evidences and trusts it because it's reliable! Atheists on the other hand are making a claim that it can't be a god, but they don't have evidences for any of that. Atheism is an irrational belief!
@@aaronfunnell5220True faith isn't blind. Its based on evidence. Bible prophecy is enerringly accurate for instance.
“Light received brings more light. Light rejected brings more darkness.”
Lived in an average working class, religious adherent household. Went to religious guided schools from first grade to graduate degree. My education began with god the fathers' fire and brimstone (old testament) and ended with the hippie son professing love and peace (new testament) with hell simply being as you say "cut off" from your supposed enlightenment. I'd rather be lost and lonely, untethered to bullshit, and deal with reality for better or worse.
You were fed bullshi* all your life,and you didn't even had the brain cells to form qns.😂
Nice clip but the now and then AI lady voice trying to explain why and what sounds very irritating.
irritating, among other things . . .
This channel is wrong about what will God judge people by. Only Jesus can save us. We can’t save ourselves by shedding our light.
Claim . Pity you provide no proof
@@SNORKYMEDIA can you provide any proof about what you said in your video that we can save ourselves by shedding our light?
There is a Judge. It's trial by Judge. Not by jury
You misquoted 2 Corinthians 5:10. That judgement is only for Christians and other believers of the first resurrection and is for the purpose of rewards.
The Great White Throne Judgement, which is the final judgment, is for non-believers in the second resurrection and is done for the purpose of condemnation.
Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence, earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:11-15
Exactly, Thanks for that , I also pointed It out, such ignorance when one IS supposedly guiding people to the light of the world...
it is unfortunate that he never found an understanding of what it is really about. god doesn't want affirmation from you that he exists. he wants you to accept his offer to save you from the second death following the first death which is that of physical body. the second death is merely to exist for eternity in the abyss separate from god. we come here to see what we do with our free will and if we choose to live with god while we are here we then spend eternity with him and vice versa. it really isn't that complicated but it is hard for a lot of people because they love sin so much it is not easy to give up that temporary pleasure for an eternal connection with the most high.
Save you from the "second" death from who?
@@AlCapwnd-tb5ow the second death is the death of your soul. first death is of the body and the second occurs when you enter the abyss and become part of the abyss which is the lack of magnitude. your mass may persist but you vanish from the physical universe. but when you live close to god while alive you are drawn to him after you die avoiding the abyss. this is what the tunnel of light is. being drawn back or reuniting with god. physical existence here on earth is a place between the two.
he said something I found interesting - said he will do nothing 'servile' and I think that is the core of many atheists that they are unwilling to place anyone above themeselves they want to be the god - just an idea I have see what others think
Perhaps, I believe he is more accurately stating his refusal to suck up and appease a God he deems to require servitude and compliance without reason.
It's a fair point, why should he? Why should anyone?
His main critique is against tyrannical and authoritarian structures whether it be on the physical plane or the spiritual.
We all deserve the right to self-determination and not to be forced into submission.
This ties well into the illusion of free will, to strongly paraphrase most religious texts, "you have free will but if you act wrongly you'll be punished for eternity."
It's quite insane when you think about it, especially when there are so many religious beliefs and it's not obvious which one could be adequately considered valid if any!
@@danmchardy6424 Every religion requires a man to work for his salvation, except one. Christianity is the only religion where God works for man's salvation.
They want to be a god? Where are you getting your ill logic from? If someone doesn't believe in god, why would he want to be a god? Why kiss god's feet? Because he requires that in the horshesh1t bible? No thanks. I don't believe in medieval nonsense. And I don't want to be a god.
He surely knows now...but its TOOOOOOO LATE FOREVER!
@MrDitkovich Great point!!! abd I actually have. On July 17, 2015, I went CODE BLUE twice from Acute Respiratory Failure. I died and was immediately in the presence of the Lord Jesus! He is ALIVE and well and is coming VERY SOON my friend!
@MrDitkovich it's all medically documented my friend, look me up, Marty Breeden
@MrDitkovich I can't account for what they saw, but I certainly know what I experienced. I'll try to include an interview I did, hang on...
@@martybreeden6116No, you weren't. I say this as a believer, you are a false prophet. Also I don't think you understand how medical records work based on "medically documented".
All glory and praise to God
@@martybreeden6116 i'm interested
Remember that this was one of the guys who, endlessly, mocked God.
There is no God to mock !
@@tasspafitis848 At least just admit you're not sure. Because if you every studied the cosmos or tried understanding where your own morality actually stems from, you might just keep quiet. Realizing you're doing no good by spouting there is no God, it doesn't change whether its true or not.
@@commonclayofthenewwest6045 The 0nus of proving if there is such a god is for the religious to show their proof that their man made god actually exist and not spread their own fairytales for the past 5000 years that just show only the most stupid of the sheep would follow such ridicules stories from uneducated illiterate desert tribes from 2000 years ago to satisfy their own agenda in them times . so much for the human brain that embarresses the rest of the people that do not defy common sense and logic !
@@tasspafitis848 Are you another one who has searched the universe and outside of it? Or are you falling into having the faith that there is not God?
@@dulls8475 I have searched the universe and i have found no such proof of a god inside or outside the universe ... can you please show me proof of such a god inside or outside the universe rather than just state in your own goat or sheep mentality that you wish the rest of us to believe , and if you can not prove your so called fact , just shut up and keep your own mentality to yourself .
I think he is in heaven debating the great minds. God beleives in deeds, not words. Hitchins lead a good life, a life of purpose, and industry.
Is the kid who posted this trying to argue against Hitchens and convince as there is an invisible man in the sky? 😀
Somewhat reductive view of religion don't you think?
Hard to have a debate with Christians if you don't really know what religion is. You just come across as a tool, as Hitchen did repeatedly in addition to misquoted the bible almost everytime he was on a stage.
The problem with Hitchens is that he never seemed to argue in a way to convince theists, which is the entire point of a debate, instead he just kept playing to his own crowd.
Ironically, Hitchens may gave created more Christians in his lifetime. A resurgence in Christianity is happening now.
@@crashtestdummy2337 😀 😀Sure, kid, good luck with that. 😀 😀
@@crashtestdummy2337 there is no resurgence of christianity; the opposite is occurring. Many have testified that the writings and words of Hitch caused them to walk away from religion so it's complete bullshit to even suggest he created more christians, and as an ex-christian myself, I can confirm that Hitch did not in fact misquote the bible.
You want a reductive view of religion?
Initially designed to explain natural phenomena and create subservience in the masses, it maintains somewhat popular following today because people are afraid of the totality of death.
That's it. That's religion - ALL religion - in a nutshell.
@crashtestdummy2337 cant reason people out of what they weren’t reasoned into. If they didn’t join the religion they are in due to evidence, their is no evidence that can be given to change their mind.
If you need faith to believe in something, you dont have enough evidence.
He was so smart he smarted himself straight into the 🔥s of Hell...What an incredible waste of intellect, which proves that intelligence and wisdom are NOT synonymous...
Nonsense.
@@shaunmcgee4204 ...Then join him...
It's only a fool who creates out of thin air a hell in which they fear to go. I hope one day you grow up from being an intellectual infant into a thinking, reasoning person.
@@randell9667 ...When YOU smart yourself into the same place, don't say you weren't warned 👶...
@@ICU2B4UDO We all go to the same place friend, to think otherwise is just wishful delusion.