Hitchens was a unique spirit who marched to his own drummer. It would be presumptuous for anyone to assume the final destination of his spirit, for that is in the hands of God. No matter what our clergy may say about belief, God is the ultimate arbiter of our position in the afterlife, certainly Jesus helps a lot, but any who condemn a firey end for Hitch, do so because they think it will raise their own prospects, as some sort of arbiter of judgement. And in the end a person’s position in the afterlife is solely in His hands. On balance, I believe Hitch will be well treated because no matter what one can say about his lack of religiousity, he understood gross evil emblematic of Islamofacism, and spoke out.
Well said.
“On balance, I believe Hitch will be well treated because no matter what one can say about his lack of religiousity, he understood gross evil emblematic of Islamofacism, and spoke out.”
It is not the recognition of evil (in whatever form) that gets you into Heaven. It’s the realization/acceptance of that alone which is Good (Christ). Without a personal relationship with the living God, through the Lord Jesus Christ, one cannot enter into the kingdom of God, indeed, one cannot even see the kingdom of God (see John: 3).