We lost a great man when Christopher Hitchens passed. His talk about religious toys has always been one of my favorites. A nice collection of Hitchens videos.
No, hitchens is on the same level as Joseph Gobbels. He lied about religion (false claiming that it is dogmatic) AND politics. (Blaming on religion what is the fault of the west, like Hindustan's religious conflict.)
You don’t understand bullying if you think your statement is true. Guess what, I live in the U.S. and I have relatives that have died for my freedom and by no means is that bullying. You may be indoctrinated, not a great thinker, or don’t understand the meaning of words (perhaps all three) but you OP is a huge face plant for you.
Unfortunately, I discovered him far too late. He had already passed away, and I was none the wiser. I wish I could have met him to show my appreciation of his work. His love for literature is very unique.
I was altar boy in the Lutheran church...my then pastor Schemling knocked up the church secretary...both married to others. It likely took place in the church. That was the beginning of the end for me.
My worry isn’t that I won’t have some kind of moral doctrine to keep me in line. My worry is that not everyone will do the right thing unless they think that they’ll be divinely punished for doing the wrong thing.
@@PietStassenAdamastor I did not learn the word or definition of morality from a dictionary, and I suspect few others have...at any rate, dictionaries merely report definitions in use for a given word. They do not proscribe it.
He was NEVER not drunk...and chain smoking. It killed him. His cocked-head, dismissive pose suggesting it was below him to respond to the unwashed was ENTIRELY a defense mechanism. He had a journalism degree, posing as a deep thinker. When asked how a universe of heat derived from cold (violating 1st law of thermodynamics), he said '"it was a suspension of natural law... not supernatural". That's impossibly moronic: flying is supernatural...regardless of how far! His was the claim of great superiority, absent any distinguishing quality separate from his claim to know the true god; atheism. WITH EXACTLY THE SAME ABSENCE OF PROOF...
@@WayneLynch69 Well, Wayne, I know it must be a disappointment to you that you never got to debate him. I'm sure that you, unlike Dinesh D'Souza, or John Lennox, or William Lane Craig, or Al Sharpton, or Rabbi David Wolpe etc., etc., would have demonstrated what a thin crust charlatan he was! But if "flying is supernatural" is your idea of a knock-down argument, maybe it's best you were saved the embarrassment.
@@Mr512austintexas Hitch wasn't smart enough to be a lawyer. He could debate with believers and claim that he is a winner. His shit wouldn't go over in a courtroom or in any kind of a rigorous, formal debate. He just wasn't smart enough to argue for anything where something is important in the balance like a property settlement or someone going to jail. Way over Hitch's head and too much for his personal strength. Hitchens isn't the last word on anything. Hitch is full of presumptions.
No, hitchens is on the same level as Joseph Gobbels. He lied about religion (false claiming that it is dogmatic) AND politics. (Blaming on religion what is the fault of the west, like Hindustan's religious conflict.) Worst of all, he supported ever single post 9/11 genocidal imperialist war he was alive for.
Religion is such easy pickins. They will slowly change the language of bible to fit our culture and God's words and the horrors of the holy texts could be gone in time. Just because it helps believers is no reason to stop hard punches at the holy books. Yeah it seem callus to critique the bad books to those who need it, but it must be done. When we turn away from evidence and logic, we hurt everyone. So much tax money we don't get from religious institutions and Christian churches often do good only when you submit to their lies. A homeless man needs to say the obnoxious "I love Jesus" to get food, well maybe not but homeless believers get the better cots and food. Jesus is really an obnoxious, overbearing guy, much like the old testament god.
Thank you for this wonderful video! 👍🏻 Hitchens and Carl Sagan are heroes to me. The nuns in grade school terrorized us by saying we will go to hell for even “thinking” anything negative or bad. Religion is man-made and is all about control and power.
@@mikerodgers7620If so, then I'm sure we'll all be seeing you there sometime too my friend. Go spread your hatred and poison somewhere else and leave those of us that choose to be free to do so. We don't want to play with your toys and although you would oh so like to force me to do so, you can't make me🙂
In actuality . He is isn't in brimstone and fire. But he is regretting his decisions in life. For he has seen the truth through the hy ghost and he can not deny them. I once got on my knees and asked God to take the hate out of my heart that I had toward my step mother. Then after I prayed I got up on my feet and took about three steps. And everything disappeared, and all of a sudden I was four years old again. I saw it all as if I were right there again, except I was also witnessing it as well. And I saw her hit me in the head with an ash tray. But this time instead of it happening the way I remembered it. I knew I was seeing it the way it happened , and saw the fear on her face and the regret. And I saw other examples as well. And then I was back in my room, and I loved her. Took three more steps and it all went away again, and this time I was reliving my old times in the Marines, and how I was mean to people and lies all the time but some how I thought I was a nice guy. And I realized I was a total jerk . And then I was back in my room again. And I forgave her, for who was I to hold a grudge when I did things just as bad . We are human and make mistakes. And I was shown this is why Jesus Christ died for our sins. I'll never forget the experience. It changed me.
Sadly it doesn't matter what we say to religious people because unless they choose to open their mind then what we say just goes in one ear and out the other
Believing in God is not a religion.. man creates religions to replace God as a way to soothe their troubled souls. I consider myself a non denominational believer in God and it has made more sense to me by doing so.
The 2 greatest religions ever made are constructed on the biggest human motivations that are in our very essence... HOPE vs FEAR... If simple people just understood this simple concept of humanity ingrained in all of us, and THEN were told to read their Bible or Quran again - many could snap out of it if they were honest with themselves... I know, with Christianity, most Christians never read the Bible... Maybe only the 'GOOD' parts
Noteworthy, certainly. Notorious? Hardly. Articulate, honest, intelligent, unabashed, unapologetic and unafraid. A great man and I, as one of millions, miss him terribly.
R.I.P. To THE LATE CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS. MISSED GREATLY !!! HIS BOOK "GOD's NOT GREAT " WAS A PAGE TURNER & HEAD TURNER !!!! I NEARLY FELL OFF MY CHAIR READING THIS AMAZING BOOK!! THANKS FOR THE UP LOAD VIDEO. FROM, U.K. (2024).
@@micklumsden3956 if people who believe in God are good, how come the religious countries have the most murder rates? The most criminals? The most violation to human rights? Less human rights overall? You think you have a point? I am not brittish but I can firmly say your point might not be true but even if it is it's still bullshit
@@micklumsden3956 Because of pseudo-religious dogmatism by the Conservative right inculcated via their own asocially warped upbringing perpetuated by Margaret Thatcher and continued by her scions in government including Tony Blair and his own disciples. Thatcher's father was a preacher and Blair also heavily religiously influenced. - See the debate between Hitch and Blair. Under Blair's reins, Labour was shifted towards the right, drifting from it's socialist roots, rebranding as New Labour. Any decent socialist can't stand the man. The unbalancing towards the right wing and the closure of many industries has caused a deepening depression in the UK for decades since 1979. I am old enough to have lived through it, having left school just before Thatcher came to power.
There's a unique gravitas to Hitchens which you don't get with the other three horsemen and that's not to diminish their brilliance. Hitchens is poetic, visionary, sharp witted, speaks with complete certainty and clarity of thought and can cite copious poets and philosophers by heart. I have seen not one debater ever hold a candle to him. Even get the sense that his fellow horsemen and beyond (Stephen Fry for example) were wisely restrained in his presence. Amazing mind.
There's a "must-watch" debate with Christopher Hitchens & Stephen Fry against Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Ann Widdecombe on the motion “The Catholic Church is a Force for Good in the World”, in which the contrasting but perfectly complementary styles of CH & SF utterly annihilated the opposition.
His commentary on theology and organized religion is so famous that people forget his commentary on other topics that he was just as good at. Henry Kissinger, Mother Teresa, the Clintons, foreign policy, etc. He truly was ahead of his time, would love to hear his commentary on current events today
He helped bring us the garbage we have in America today. And no one remembers his speech in what he said he was wrong when he said we don't need to have religion teaching of God. He had no idea how bad this nation would get. And said that we need to teach about God.
@@MrRickb75645it figures a Christian like yourself would just lie with no qualms or hesitation. Hitchens never, ever said anything of the sort. You are an evil, dishonest person.
I loved this collection of snippets. It brought back a rush of memories from when my life was changed a little over 10 years ago after finding Hitch's debates and speeches on RUclips. Thanks for putting this together.
@Lisa-ow8mh I don't understand how these people can't see that they're forcing their beliefs on others. They say it's a choice. No it's not. If it was why would they threaten someone of this damnation for not choosing their choice.
@Lisa-ow8mh Bearing false witness is lying. Being a devout faith-based believer requires a certain type of mental gymnastics, lying to themselves, deluding themselves. Self-delusion and brainwashing. But there is a cure: intellectual honesty, critical thinking, and watching videos featuring Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matt Dillahunty, etc.
@@Istandby666 That and their fervent desire to save you. I must save as many of these heathens as possible. Then it's off to convert the millions of others in the dark. I must save them from everlasting hell! These are the ones who sincerely do not believe that they're forcing anything on anybody. They literally believe that they are saving people from eternal damnation. And free will is nonsense. Just ask Adam & Eve! The most frightening thing is that it's still rampant after 2000 years of progress. It will never go away. Humanity was free from it for far, far longer than it's even been around! I wonder if they all went to hell with no Bible to help them?
@@Istandby666The ruthlessness of the self-righteous If you're convinced you're right and everyone else is wrong you'll go to extreme lengths to make everyone agree with you
Nobody before or since has completely destroyed every facet of mainstream religion like this man did…never backed down and continued to let his side be vocalised until his death. One of a kind, a great man who will be missed ❤
I am a born alcoholic and I must repent everyday of my life drinking alcohol, even since I was a baby in my mom's womb. Doesn't this just sound absurd? Well, this is just how absurd religious people sound.
@@Artman1 I'm not being punished, b/c I don't play with the "toys", but if a person is Muslim some folks want to stop them from entering the country, because they play with the wrong "toys".
@@SickPuppet-w6xpeople are not doing that for this reason but it's more of that these ( most of) Muslim people come from very conservative relegious countries and even after coming to a secular country they don't want to follow the rules of that country but want to make this weird eco chambers of their own fundamentalist regressive values and other Muslim who are not like that but never question them but hide them in the name of its our culture. But the thing is your culture is where you live so if you want to live in a secular country you have to be secular.
A segment from 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within'... My new understandings of what many call 'God -The Holy Spirit' - resulting from some of the extraordinary ongoing after-effects relating to my NDE... Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist. For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing. The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlies all spiritual and physical existence. The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law that allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists. Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’. On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication. For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything. NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result of any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things conventionally - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life, including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream, already exists within us.
My favorite Christopher Hitchens quote is: "Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it." I believe that a secular moral compass had evolved in early humans that allowed us to better live in cooperative groups. Human decency is hard-wired by evolution in us so we could interact cooperatively with a large number of others. This cooperative living is what helped us thrive to become what we are -- but that came long before organized religions reiterated those same secular morals back to us.
I agree! CH’s line about humanity around for 100,000 years and only after 98k years does the Abrahamic deity intervene - to me - is a neon sign saying ‘man made’!
There are two types of people in this world, non-believers and make believers. Thanks to Christopher Hitchens there are now more of the previous and less of the latter and I count myself among them.
A very intelligent, extremely well read and informed man.I think he made such a huge impression on so many because it was obvious he spoke the truth and put many of us on the path to true enlightenment.
I believed for a long time, that religious people would be so much more persuasive if they practiced what they preached. Then I had a new thought; maybe they are. Lie, deceive, coerce and terrorize. Anything is actually permissible to get others not of their persuasion to do what they desire. In order that they may get what they desire; power and wealth.
Christopher Hitchens ...the Greatest Exponent who has Fantastic clarity in explaining the horrors, poisoning and the utter falsehood of religion...Love you for informing us...Greatness Forever ❤❤❤
There is none better, honestly, and not just in regards to religion, but in many other aspects as well. He predicted so many things that are now coming true. I suppose when you have the knowledge that HITCH did, you can predict where the world is likely headed. Greatest of all time. period.
He was a very honest and courageous human being, unfortunately I only knew about him recently but I am so glad that I did. Thank you we love you from Kurdistan ❤❤❤
Ironically religion is slowly dying in the West and drugs are never more prevalent. So... One can argue there is somewhat of a correlation. I am an Atheist but I recognize most people are very simple and just want HOPE to be motivated every day, Religion provides that to a lot of simple people... As it erodes, expect more and more people to turn to drugs in all kinds of ways. People need meaning to have motivation to take on the world today as much as ever
@@travisjazzbo3490 your an atheist that can find peace, like many others that are atheist, those who say they know God, feel empty inside with no peace, because their Pastors condemn them, with an eternity of a firey hell, animals are born with instinct, humans are born with a conscious or the ability to learn right from wrong from our parents, teachers and our surrounding teach us right from wrong, you don't have to be a Christian to know stealing, murder, trying to take your friends wife or husband are wrong
👍✌️ from Romania. 🇷🇴 I am romanian and I support this a lot, sometimes religion can poison your life and your mind and manipulate you and your thinkings. It is very good to analize the religion, not just interpretate it, and I am agnostic beside that. I hope I'll make myself heard. 📣📣📣📣📣
I miss Hitch. He tended to be a little full of himself, but he knew scripture far more than those he opposed, and his arguments were rock solid, and remain so.
Religion claims peace and love yet threatens you with eyernal suffering if you choose to disagree with them Just like a controlling parent or partner Offering you thr illusion of free choice with a threat if you make the 'wrong' choice That doesn't sound like oeace and love to me
im the only atheist in my otherwise muslim family and i questioned all of them "why do you believe in god?" and every one of them gave me the same answer "just incase there is one and they don't want to stick out from the crowd" , i think that's true for most people.
These religious people telling humanity they are sinners in needing salvation. Are they not the same people calling me on the phone in need of an upgrade to this and that and all they need is your password or SSN... Trying to convince me, YOU NEED THIS. What kind of anything let alone a so called God that you need salvation because we were created by this God because of 2 idiots in a garden who ate the only thing that made perfect sense, an apple 🍎. Did people just stopped thinking when reading this? And it gets better the more you read. A buring bush wondering in the desert for 40 years and the ark boat that makes ZERO sense. All the animals on the earth X 2? Then the Devils, Demons, Hell, suffering, eternal damnation. Tell me please that makes perfect sense. Oh and not least. Peter had the faith to walked on water but no one has since. Hmm. My Hitch, you hit the nail on the head. Those are NOT my toys and I wantNOTHING to do with those toys!
@SamuelBlack84 Every now and then, I imagine the guy who came up with the Adam, Eve, Apple tree, Snake and Sin. This was something like 5-10 thousand years ago. This guy had a lot of time on his hands. lol
I know I am not going to live forever and neither are you, but until my furlough here on earth is revoked, I shall elbow aside the established pieties and raise my glass 🥃 of JWB on behalf a courageous man and thought provoking most exalted thinker. Thank you Christopher Hitchens, your inspiration continues to guides me towards my personal liberation. 💐
Hello there good sir. I believe there was a lot more of videos on your RUclips channel. Since I haven’t watched them for a couple of months, I’m eager to know what’s the reason of their removal. All the best
Please watch and share my brief and humble little videos (including my brand new fifth video posted on May 14) in which I provide examples of scientific facts contained in the Bible, facts that today's scientists agree with! Thank you.
Does anyone else on occasion just get like a moment of pure clarity and realise the absolute absurdity of religion and that in the 21st century there are still a lot of people desperately grasping to what is essentially Bronze Age camp fire stories and using them to dictate their actual lives, and the lives of others? And that they believe them to be literal as opposed to metaphors? It’s wild to me that we as a species threw off certain shackles but held onto others. Anubis and Odin are ridiculous mythology, but Jesus and Muhammad aren’t? Why? It’s probably gona be another 500 years but when religion finally dies I think humans can actually begin to explore their full potential.
Of course, there are many of us. Ex Christian of 18 years here, after my critical thinking fully developed I'm now having a hard time even wrapping my mind around how absurd religion is.
Religious people are perfectly fine with labeling other gods as myths, just not with their own myth. This form of exceptionalism is the by-product of religious indoctrination.
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We lost a great man when Christopher Hitchens passed.
His talk about religious toys has always been one of my favorites.
A nice collection of Hitchens videos.
No, hitchens is on the same level as Joseph Gobbels. He lied about religion (false claiming that it is dogmatic) AND politics. (Blaming on religion what is the fault of the west, like Hindustan's religious conflict.)
@@TheMilitantMazdakite LOL
@@TheMilitantMazdakite 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You're hilarious! What color is the sky in your world? Just curious...
@@synthesis_25 He supported every single post 9/11 imperialist war he was alive for.
@@synthesis_25 Also, the world that I live in is a musical, magical place called REALITY, a place YOU are clearly unfamiliar with.
To tell a person that someone died for them 2000 years ago, is bullying.
To tell a child you either believe in this lie or you burn for an eternity is abuse!
@@seanpittaway5341Indeed, but WE'RE the groomers, according to them.
Every accusation is a confession.
seek a good mental health care clinic for a check up.
You don’t understand bullying if you think your statement is true. Guess what, I live in the U.S. and I have relatives that have died for my freedom and by no means is that bullying. You may be indoctrinated, not a great thinker, or don’t understand the meaning of words (perhaps all three) but you OP is a huge face plant for you.
@@michaelparks5669says the one believing in talking snakes and immaculate conceptions.
Unfortunately, I discovered him far too late. He had already passed away, and I was none the wiser. I wish I could have met him to show my appreciation of his work. His love for literature is very unique.
I will argue that Mr. Hitchens, was probably the best Historian of all time. I wish I had a tenth of his memory.
I never needed a book to legislate morality to me.
I was altar boy in the Lutheran church...my then pastor Schemling knocked up the church secretary...both married to others. It likely took place in the church.
That was the beginning of the end for me.
My worry isn’t that I won’t have some kind of moral doctrine to keep me in line. My worry is that not everyone will do the right thing unless they think that they’ll be divinely punished for doing the wrong thing.
Not even Harry Potter? SMH
Not True ... what about the dictionary? Without it you would never have heard about such a word, never mind know how to spell it.
@@PietStassenAdamastor I did not learn the word or definition of morality from a dictionary, and I suspect few others have...at any rate, dictionaries merely report definitions in use for a given word. They do not proscribe it.
Christopher Hitchens has always been my idol. I really miss him.
No, F***** hitchens! He is an imperialist propagandist.
An idol? You have to pick better ones. He supported the slaughter of Iraqis.
Me too. I love him.
Love to break it to you: sounds like you aimed low and settled for very little
@@PhilSophia-ox7ep Finally! Someone with half a brain! (you)
A great man, a great thinker, a real giant. I miss Hitch. Wish he were here today.
He was NEVER not drunk...and chain smoking. It killed him.
His cocked-head, dismissive pose suggesting it was below him to respond to
the unwashed was ENTIRELY a defense mechanism. He had a journalism degree,
posing as a deep thinker. When asked how a universe of heat derived from cold
(violating 1st law of thermodynamics), he said '"it was a suspension of natural law...
not supernatural". That's impossibly moronic: flying is supernatural...regardless of how far!
His was the claim of great superiority, absent any distinguishing quality separate from his
claim to know the true god; atheism. WITH EXACTLY THE SAME ABSENCE OF PROOF...
@@WayneLynch69 Well, Wayne, I know it must be a disappointment to you that you never got to debate him. I'm sure that you, unlike Dinesh D'Souza, or John Lennox, or William Lane Craig, or Al Sharpton, or Rabbi David Wolpe etc., etc., would have demonstrated what a thin crust charlatan he was! But if "flying is supernatural" is your idea of a knock-down argument, maybe it's best you were saved the embarrassment.
@@Mr512austintexas Hitch wasn't smart enough to be a lawyer. He could debate with believers and claim that he is a winner. His shit wouldn't go over in a courtroom or in any kind of a rigorous, formal debate. He just wasn't smart enough to argue for anything where something is important in the balance like a property settlement or someone going to jail. Way over Hitch's head and too much for his personal strength. Hitchens isn't the last word on anything.
Hitch is full of presumptions.
He was a hack.
Not smart enough to be a "lawyer"? That's a good one! Love your sense of humor. Keep it up. @@trollemctrollersen
He was such a wordsmith. I miss him greatly.
Word salad, more likely
@@VictoriousCatholic why won't you do god's wonder instead of sitting idle and wasting time on every youtube comments. Lazyness is a sin.
I can put videos together showing Hitchens was full of shit.
@@VictoriousCatholic Why not do something more useful to support your familly ?
So make videos showing Hitchens is full of shit and make money off it. Got it
A mind like Hitchens comes along MAYBE ONCE a century I'm Goddamn glad I was on this rock to hear his....sheer GENIUS
Damn bro chill your dick riding man's at a divine level 😢
Amen!
I think Hitchens is the most logical debater between the horsemen
No, hitchens is on the same level as Joseph Gobbels. He lied about religion (false claiming that it is dogmatic) AND politics. (Blaming on religion what is the fault of the west, like Hindustan's religious conflict.) Worst of all, he supported ever single post 9/11 genocidal imperialist war he was alive for.
Religion is such easy pickins.
They will slowly change the language of bible to fit our culture and God's words and the horrors of the holy texts could be gone in time. Just because it helps believers is no reason to stop hard punches at the holy books. Yeah it seem callus to critique the bad books to those who need it, but it must be done. When we turn away from evidence and logic, we hurt everyone. So much tax money we don't get from religious institutions and Christian churches often do good only when you submit to their lies. A homeless man needs to say the obnoxious "I love Jesus" to get food, well maybe not but homeless believers get the better cots and food. Jesus is really an obnoxious, overbearing guy, much like the old testament god.
@@oppothumbs1 Care to prove your assersion?
@@TheMilitantMazdakite ask Jonathan Swift. Learn to read.
@@oppothumbs1 I'm in desperate need of explanation, I'm feeling some mixed intentions...
Thank you for this wonderful video! 👍🏻 Hitchens and Carl Sagan are heroes to me. The nuns in grade school terrorized us by saying we will go to hell for even “thinking” anything negative or bad. Religion is man-made and is all about control and power.
Both are in Hell. You'll see them there.
@@mikerodgers7620If so, then I'm sure we'll all be seeing you there sometime too my friend. Go spread your hatred and poison somewhere else and leave those of us that choose to be free to do so.
We don't want to play with your toys and although you would oh so like to force me to do so, you can't make me🙂
@@mikerodgers7620 and I will be the first to welcome him. Better hell than getting boogered by a minister.
You're a fool. So I am not surprised.@@chamicels
@@mikerodgers7620 Exhibiting your religious love, are you? Cute...
Religion Poisons Everything-----Christopher Hitchens.........................He was absolutely correct. R.I.P. Hitch
Well he knows the truth now . And is wanting an air conditioner badly.
@@MrRickb75645
That's what stupid people think.
Responses like this remind the how important his work was in my life.
In some regard, he was. In others .. well, we are all imperfect.
In actuality . He is isn't in brimstone and fire. But he is regretting his decisions in life. For he has seen the truth through the hy ghost and he can not deny them. I once got on my knees and asked God to take the hate out of my heart that I had toward my step mother. Then after I prayed I got up on my feet and took about three steps. And everything disappeared, and all of a sudden I was four years old again. I saw it all as if I were right there again, except I was also witnessing it as well. And I saw her hit me in the head with an ash tray. But this time instead of it happening the way I remembered it. I knew I was seeing it the way it happened , and saw the fear on her face and the regret. And I saw other examples as well. And then I was back in my room, and I loved her. Took three more steps and it all went away again, and this time I was reliving my old times in the Marines, and how I was mean to people and lies all the time but some how I thought I was a nice guy. And I realized I was a total jerk . And then I was back in my room again. And I forgave her, for who was I to hold a grudge when I did things just as bad . We are human and make mistakes. And I was shown this is why Jesus Christ died for our sins. I'll never forget the experience. It changed me.
Sadly it doesn't matter what we say to religious people because unless they choose to open their mind then what we say just goes in one ear and out the other
Some people were never meant to make it out of the cave.
Believing in God is not a religion.. man creates religions to replace God as a way to soothe their troubled souls. I consider myself a non denominational believer in God and it has made more sense to me by doing so.
@davidrexford586
Exactly why I don't believe in Christianity. Thank you for that distinction.
The 2 greatest religions ever made are constructed on the biggest human motivations that are in our very essence... HOPE vs FEAR... If simple people just understood this simple concept of humanity ingrained in all of us, and THEN were told to read their Bible or Quran again - many could snap out of it if they were honest with themselves...
I know, with Christianity, most Christians never read the Bible... Maybe only the 'GOOD' parts
@@travisjazzbo3490
Stephen King is much better of a read.
Noteworthy, certainly. Notorious? Hardly.
Articulate, honest, intelligent, unabashed, unapologetic and unafraid. A great man and I, as one of millions, miss him terribly.
Here, here.
Yet we’re better off with him having left
@@VictoriousCatholicNo, we aren't, and judging by your previous posts, you wouldn't know truth if it slapped you across the face.
Yes we are better off without him. Seems like truth bitch-probed Hitchens and he said “thank you, sir. May I have another?”
Notorious in religious circles
R.I.P. To THE LATE CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS. MISSED GREATLY !!! HIS BOOK "GOD's NOT GREAT " WAS A PAGE TURNER & HEAD TURNER !!!! I NEARLY FELL OFF MY CHAIR READING THIS AMAZING BOOK!! THANKS FOR THE UP LOAD VIDEO. FROM, U.K. (2024).
I decline to be spoken to in that tone of voice! BRILLIANT PUT. Thank you Christopher Hitchens. RIP.
“Religion Poisons Everything” - Christopher Hitchens
history is the proof of that, even to our very current time is obvious.
So, given the decline in religious observance in the UK, why is it still such an unhappy country?
@@micklumsden3956 if people who believe in God are good, how come the religious countries have the most murder rates? The most criminals? The most violation to human rights? Less human rights overall?
You think you have a point? I am not brittish but I can firmly say your point might not be true but even if it is it's still bullshit
EVERYTHING
@@micklumsden3956 Because of pseudo-religious dogmatism by the Conservative right inculcated via their own asocially warped upbringing perpetuated by Margaret Thatcher and continued by her scions in government including Tony Blair and his own disciples. Thatcher's father was a preacher and Blair also heavily religiously influenced. - See the debate between Hitch and Blair. Under Blair's reins, Labour was shifted towards the right, drifting from it's socialist roots, rebranding as New Labour. Any decent socialist can't stand the man. The unbalancing towards the right wing and the closure of many industries has caused a deepening depression in the UK for decades since 1979. I am old enough to have lived through it, having left school just before Thatcher came to power.
There's a unique gravitas to Hitchens which you don't get with the other three horsemen and that's not to diminish their brilliance. Hitchens is poetic, visionary, sharp witted, speaks with complete certainty and clarity of thought and can cite copious poets and philosophers by heart. I have seen not one debater ever hold a candle to him. Even get the sense that his fellow horsemen and beyond (Stephen Fry for example) were wisely restrained in his presence. Amazing mind.
There's a "must-watch" debate with Christopher Hitchens & Stephen Fry against Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Ann Widdecombe on the motion “The Catholic Church is a Force for Good in the World”, in which the contrasting but perfectly complementary styles of CH & SF utterly annihilated the opposition.
His commentary on theology and organized religion is so famous that people forget his commentary on other topics that he was just as good at. Henry Kissinger, Mother Teresa, the Clintons, foreign policy, etc.
He truly was ahead of his time, would love to hear his commentary on current events today
He helped bring us the garbage we have in America today. And no one remembers his speech in what he said he was wrong when he said we don't need to have religion teaching of God. He had no idea how bad this nation would get. And said that we need to teach about God.
@@MrRickb75645wrong
@@MrRickb75645source?!
You just backed his point.
@@MrRickb75645it figures a Christian like yourself would just lie with no qualms or hesitation. Hitchens never, ever said anything of the sort. You are an evil, dishonest person.
Yes. Let’s have common sense
RIP Teacher!
God I miss this man!
A very ironic sentence!
@@garylovell6017 only when you refuse to think
@@clementokech9738Is that aimed at me or the original poster?
Always super good to hear Christian Hitchens - as clear as ever in his refutations of religion generally and Christianity in particular.
'Christian' Hitchens? I think he'd be delighted by that irony...😁
Hitchens is absolutely right considering all of the evidence that Christianity is completely made up.
I loved this collection of snippets. It brought back a rush of memories from when my life was changed a little over 10 years ago after finding Hitch's debates and speeches on RUclips. Thanks for putting this together.
Religious people need to get over themselves and STOP bullying people.
Bullying is part of the mental illness that is religion.
@Lisa-ow8mh
I don't understand how these people can't see that they're forcing their beliefs on others.
They say it's a choice. No it's not. If it was why would they threaten someone of this damnation for not choosing their choice.
@Lisa-ow8mh Bearing false witness is lying. Being a devout faith-based believer requires a certain type of mental gymnastics, lying to themselves, deluding themselves. Self-delusion and brainwashing. But there is a cure: intellectual honesty, critical thinking, and watching videos featuring Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matt Dillahunty, etc.
@@Istandby666 That and their fervent desire to save you. I must save as many of these heathens as possible. Then it's off to convert the millions of others in the dark. I must save them from everlasting hell! These are the ones who sincerely do not believe that they're forcing anything on anybody. They literally believe that they are saving people from eternal damnation. And free will is nonsense. Just ask Adam & Eve! The most frightening thing is that it's still rampant after 2000 years of progress. It will never go away. Humanity was free from it for far, far longer than it's even been around! I wonder if they all went to hell with no Bible to help them?
@@Istandby666The ruthlessness of the self-righteous
If you're convinced you're right and everyone else is wrong you'll go to extreme lengths to make everyone agree with you
Christopher Hitchens was great speaker.
But a compulsive liar
@@VictoriousCatholic even your nickname describes who is a liar here 🤡
I doubt your name is a shortened form of a drug used for postpartum depression. What’s your point?
@@VictoriousCatholicreligious text is fiction!
@@VictoriousCatholic😂 look at you on your throne of delusion
Nobody before or since has completely destroyed every facet of mainstream religion like this man did…never backed down and continued to let his side be vocalised until his death.
One of a kind, a great man who will be missed ❤
This man was a pillar of human knowledge and morality.
You are finaly free from this garbage brother....rest in peace
I am a born alcoholic and I must repent everyday of my life drinking alcohol, even since I was a baby in my mom's womb.
Doesn't this just sound absurd?
Well, this is just how absurd religious people sound.
RIP Christopher, we miss you and your clarity.
RIP Christopher Hitchens. Your mind was a rare gem.❤
My favorite critic, absolutely the best. Miss you Hitch.
Oh man, I miss Christopher Hitchens . . .
It's very sad that he died so young.
I smoked for 12 years and quite 2 years ago, still have the cravings especially after eating and unbearably so after having a drink. Nasty addiction.
His book was one of the books I most looked forward to in a life of reading. It was wonderful and rings completely true.
Can't wait for the theists making themselves look stupid in these comments.
I welcome them, maybe they will see the truth.
It’s not about subjective truth, it’s about objective reality.
Lordidude: short wait, wasn’t it?👍🏼
@@dewardroy6531 Truth isn't subjective. A thing is either true or it is not true. Outside of that, what you have is subjective opinion, not truth.
It’s very hard to feel welcome here.
Perhaps that is a stupid comment? But it is honest and true.
The absolute king if oratory speakers hitch humbles whomever he spoke with, one should be honored to be put in thier place by such a man
The man, the myth, the legend.
Don't force others to play with your "toys". Also, don't punish folks for playing with "toys" you don't like. Then maybe we can all get along....
In what way are you being punished?
@@Artman1 I'm not being punished, b/c I don't play with the "toys", but if a person is Muslim some folks want to stop them from entering the country, because they play with the wrong "toys".
@@SickPuppet-w6x Not in my country.
@@SickPuppet-w6xpeople are not doing that for this reason but it's more of that these ( most of) Muslim people come from very conservative relegious countries and even after coming to a secular country they don't want to follow the rules of that country but want to make this weird eco chambers of their own fundamentalist regressive values and other Muslim who are not like that but never question them but hide them in the name of its our culture. But the thing is your culture is where you live so if you want to live in a secular country you have to be secular.
@@SickPuppet-w6x Isn't the problem with Muslims that they try to force other people to play with their toys?
One of the greatest humans I've ever come across in my lifetime. Legend.
Thanks to modern technology we will have Christopher's wisdom well into the future. Now that is a blessing worth something.
Thank you so much. Brilliant. ❤
Our beautiful comrade ❤
I am a damn proud Atheist.
I wont even call myself an Atheist as that itself is a religion derived term. If I am asked about my religion I reply n/a.
A segment from 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within'...
My new understandings of what many call 'God -The Holy Spirit' - resulting from some of the extraordinary ongoing after-effects relating to my NDE...
Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave.
The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist.
For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is.
Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment.
The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing.
The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlies all spiritual and physical existence.
The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law that allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists.
Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’.
On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication.
For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything.
NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result of any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things conventionally - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life, including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream, already exists within us.
My favorite Christopher Hitchens quote is: "Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."
I believe that a secular moral compass had evolved in early humans that allowed us to better live in cooperative groups. Human decency is hard-wired by evolution in us so we could interact cooperatively with a large number of others. This cooperative living is what helped us thrive to become what we are -- but that came long before organized religions reiterated those same secular morals back to us.
I agree! CH’s line about humanity around for 100,000 years and only after 98k years does the Abrahamic deity intervene - to me - is a neon sign saying ‘man made’!
Great collection of his best points 👍
deeply deeply missed, one of the most beautiful minds that ever existed
There are two types of people in this world, non-believers and make believers. Thanks to Christopher Hitchens there are now more of the previous and less of the latter and I count myself among them.
Indeed. Hitch came to me when I'd questioned my faith and was questioning me.
Gone too soon. I could listen to hitchens all day. He’s so…. Precisely…. Right.
Will be forever great full for this man's clear and consistence arguments...saved me from years of guilt and fear.🍻
Reality gives me all the meaning i need in life.
Excellent production values. And of course, legendary content. We’re so much the poorer with him gone.
Miss him dearly.
Religion is such a crazy thought process, and I did it for 40 years.
Nice edit.
Bravo! Such a nice video to show others!
I really miss Hitchens
A very intelligent, extremely well read and informed man.I think he made such a huge impression on so many because it was obvious he spoke the truth and put many of us on the path to true enlightenment.
Notorious is a slur against Hitchens. Correct should be the word used.
Beautiful !! ❤❤❤ Unique edit!
I believed for a long time, that religious people would be so much more persuasive if they practiced what they preached. Then I had a new thought; maybe they are. Lie, deceive, coerce and terrorize. Anything is actually permissible to get others not of their persuasion to do what they desire. In order that they may get what they desire; power and wealth.
Christopher Hitchens ...the Greatest Exponent who has Fantastic clarity in explaining the horrors, poisoning and the utter falsehood of religion...Love you for informing us...Greatness Forever ❤❤❤
Miss Hitch 💙 💜 💖
Man do we need him right now.
There is none better, honestly, and not just in regards to religion, but in many other aspects as well.
He predicted so many things that are now coming true. I suppose when you have the knowledge that HITCH did, you can predict where the world is likely headed.
Greatest of all time. period.
He was a very honest and courageous human being, unfortunately I only knew about him recently but I am so glad that I did. Thank you we love you from Kurdistan ❤❤❤
And that folks is the WONDERFUL TRUTH1111
Read all his books R.I.P LEGEND
Thomas Paine shares the same sentiments in his book "The Age Of Reason."
One thing is worse than religion: politics.
Especially when put over religion.
Some people used to be all messed up on drugs, now they're all messed up on religion
@Moly14moly if you need him, go for it, just don't force your God on others
@Moly14moly I don't care if someone worships rocks, just don't make me worship them
Ironically religion is slowly dying in the West and drugs are never more prevalent. So...
One can argue there is somewhat of a correlation. I am an Atheist but I recognize most people are very simple and just want HOPE to be motivated every day, Religion provides that to a lot of simple people... As it erodes, expect more and more people to turn to drugs in all kinds of ways. People need meaning to have motivation to take on the world today as much as ever
@@travisjazzbo3490 your an atheist that can find peace, like many others that are atheist, those who say they know God, feel empty inside with no peace, because their Pastors condemn them, with an eternity of a firey hell, animals are born with instinct, humans are born with a conscious or the ability to learn right from wrong from our parents, teachers and our surrounding teach us right from wrong, you don't have to be a Christian to know stealing, murder, trying to take your friends wife or husband are wrong
@user-nz8uy1zm3z if you mix politics with religion you are
Love you, Hitchens.
He's still missed to this day.
👍✌️ from Romania. 🇷🇴 I am romanian and I support this a lot, sometimes religion can poison your life and your mind and manipulate you and your thinkings. It is very good to analize the religion, not just interpretate it, and I am agnostic beside that.
I hope I'll make myself heard. 📣📣📣📣📣
I miss Hitch. He tended to be a little full of himself, but he knew scripture far more than those he opposed, and his arguments were rock solid, and remain so.
I was close to being a professed atheist, and then I discovered Christopher Hitchens. He shoved me across that line at warp speed. I miss him.
Religion claims peace and love yet threatens you with eyernal suffering if you choose to disagree with them
Just like a controlling parent or partner
Offering you thr illusion of free choice with a threat if you make the 'wrong' choice
That doesn't sound like oeace and love to me
You were great sensei
I miss Hitchens today more than ever.
We miss this man of every second of every hour of every day of every week of every……
"I'm Gpmma Gove Him An Offer He Can't Refuse!" The Godfather.
Brilliant!
Thank God for Hitch... Oh wait!
damn- I forgot how well spoken and knowledgeable He is/was -
This vid is heavy-
Iam a proud atheist 😊
im the only atheist in my otherwise muslim family and i questioned all of them "why do you believe in god?" and every one of them gave me the same answer "just incase there is one and they don't want to stick out from the crowd" , i think that's true for most people.
These religious people telling humanity they are sinners in needing salvation. Are they not the same people calling me on the phone in need of an upgrade to this and that and all they need is your password or SSN... Trying to convince me, YOU NEED THIS. What kind of anything let alone a so called God that you need salvation because we were created by this God because of 2 idiots in a garden who ate the only thing that made perfect sense, an apple 🍎. Did people just stopped thinking when reading this? And it gets better the more you read. A buring bush wondering in the desert for 40 years and the ark boat that makes ZERO sense. All the animals on the earth X 2? Then the Devils, Demons, Hell, suffering, eternal damnation. Tell me please that makes perfect sense. Oh and not least. Peter had the faith to walked on water but no one has since. Hmm. My Hitch, you hit the nail on the head. Those are NOT my toys and I wantNOTHING to do with those toys!
Adam and eve ate from the tree of knowledge, that tells you everything you need to know about religion
Don't think, just do as you're told
@SamuelBlack84
Every now and then, I imagine the guy who came up with the Adam, Eve, Apple tree, Snake and Sin. This was something like 5-10 thousand years ago. This guy had a lot of time on his hands. lol
'Don't think, just do' is the exact same mindset today.'
The toy analogy is perfect.
👍
We do not need religion to live a good life.!!!
No, we don't!!!!
I know I am not going to live forever and neither are you, but until my furlough here on earth is revoked, I shall elbow aside the established pieties and raise my glass 🥃 of JWB on behalf a courageous man and thought provoking most exalted thinker.
Thank you Christopher Hitchens, your inspiration continues to guides me towards my personal liberation. 💐
The truth shall make you free.
Hello there good sir. I believe there was a lot more of videos on your RUclips channel. Since I haven’t watched them for a couple of months, I’m eager to know what’s the reason of their removal. All the best
I miss him.
Please watch and share my brief and humble little videos (including my brand new fifth video posted on May 14) in which I provide examples of scientific facts contained in the Bible, facts that today's scientists agree with! Thank you.
There was actually a christian commercial ad before this video started playing... jus sayin
Agreat man who is sorely missed.😢
I think he is amazing.
Does anyone else on occasion just get like a moment of pure clarity and realise the absolute absurdity of religion and that in the 21st century there are still a lot of people desperately grasping to what is essentially Bronze Age camp fire stories and using them to dictate their actual lives, and the lives of others? And that they believe them to be literal as opposed to metaphors?
It’s wild to me that we as a species threw off certain shackles but held onto others. Anubis and Odin are ridiculous mythology, but Jesus and Muhammad aren’t? Why?
It’s probably gona be another 500 years but when religion finally dies I think humans can actually begin to explore their full potential.
Of course, there are many of us. Ex Christian of 18 years here, after my critical thinking fully developed I'm now having a hard time even wrapping my mind around how absurd religion is.
Unfortunately you're likely right that it will take another 500 years to lance this boil on humanity.
Amen!
Religious people are perfectly fine with labeling other gods as myths, just not with their own myth. This form of exceptionalism is the by-product of religious indoctrination.
Brilliant!