However, I'm confident that Mother T is snug in the inside vest pocket of the Good Lord right now. And I've got more-than-a-moderate hunch she's praying her heart out for Hitch's well-being and redemption.
Because hey, that's what Saints do.
So Hitch has an advocate in One High Place who is beseeching the One and Only Lover of Mankind for the One Thing Necessary.
Hitch, my friend, you like irony, don't you? Go for it. One enormous change at the last minute, and a fine giddy irony you can relish for eternity.
Let us pray.
Sadly for Mr. Hitchens he will soon see that his lifelong denial of God will result in an eternal denial by God.
I think you could be right. Yes, let’s pray for him.
I find it ironic that people like Hitchens call themselves “Freethinkers.”
they are quite the opposite. Unlike agnostics or people who simply say “I don’t know,” atheists insist there is no greater power of any kind, nor is there absolutely anything which connects all human spirits - indeed, they deny the human soul even exists.
its a very arrogant, backward, absolutist position - quite the opposite of “free thinking.”
And his brother is praying for him, too. There is always hope, up to the last minute.
Although I disagree with almost everything he says, thinks or writes, he's a guy I wouldn't mind spending time with at the pub. He's always acerbic, entertaining and just as sure of his beliefs as I am of mine.
Very well said.
I always feel really bad for the lost. I pray that he finds redemption before his last breath. I don’t wish anything else for anyone, not really. I don’t understand such public statements in the face of death, but I suppose he has his reasons. God bless you, Mr. Hitchens. My prayers also for his family.
Hardened Heart !
There’s still time, Hitch. Not much, but still time.
Hume was an irrational skeptic. He concluded that neither the senses nor reason can yield reliable knowledge. He also concluded that man is a helpless creature caught in an unintelligible universe.
I agree. I will pray for Hitchens.
All dressed up and no place to go
Lord have mercy. Hitch: Repent.
I do not wish an untimely death to any man and that includes the strident atheist, Christopher Hitchens. However, when Hitchen’s life is over, he will finally know the truth and will receive what he has earned. God knows exactly what that is but scripture leaves no doubt. We can only pray that Hitchens obeys the Gospel, repents and accepts salvation while he still can, but I am not optimistic. What an unnecessary loss of a soul who could have eternal life in heaven but instead, values hedonism and the approval of mortal men more than the approval of God and His rewards, which are eternal and incorruptible.
Hey Hitch, have you ever known a love that would cause a man to lay down his life for a friend... Jesus was that kind of man and more... Jesus laid down his life for his friends and those that hate him. Its up to you; will you be one who Jesus calls his friend? Death is final, no reneging once all truth is eternally revealed.
bfl
It just saddens me. But it is between him and God.
2010 story about Hitch and his supposed dalliances
with Tory ministers...
Wow. Too bad. Hey! How about them Rangers?!
He strikes me as a very angry and very depressed fellow. Sad. prayers for him and whatever family he may have that hasnt chased away
I read his memoir this summer, Hitch 22. It was a great read.
We’ll see how stridently athiest he really is as the moment of death approaches. God always gets the last word, and I imagine that a number of lifelong deniers have “seen the light” at the last moment and repented, thereby resulting in victory for The Kingdom.