i respected and enjoyed this gentleman’s work. He will be missed.
Too late for that.
I prayed that Hitchens would come to repent and know Jesus, and for physical healing even though he said not waste our time doing so.
Sad...Hitchens was never one at a loss for an opinion.
Too late for that.
I prayed that Hitchens would come to repent and know Jesus, and for physical healing even though he said not waste our time doing so.
If an unbeliever can redeem himself in such manner, he must have done that.
We'll all find out on Judgment Day.
Now comes the march of those who absolutely cannot stand anyone who can’t be bullied into kow-towing to their Imaginary Friend. How dare the man have the dignity to ignore all those threats of Hell — the spiritual equivalent of “pass on this chain letter or you’ll have bad luck.” But some people just can’t be intimidated by the myths of any culture, and it really galls those who are.
Hitchens has found out that God is great.
“I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.”
Suffering in a good cause- like many people of faith do all of their lives.
That was a wish he could have made come true, had he only chosen.
No doubt a good writer, but not a conservative, not even close.
I’d give anything to get his opinion on the existence of God right now.
After seeing a montage of Hitchens photos from Vanity Fair, covering his life, it’s obvious that CH’s atheism comes from his deep-seated marxism...and he seemed to taunt mortality by the smoking and drinking until mortality got the upperhand.
That said, one of the most interseting, stimulating segments I watched on CSPAN, many years ago, was the back and forth between CH and his brother, Peter, who writes for the Daily Mail and is unabashedly conservative...
it was brilliant!
I hope his friend Dawkins finds out BEFORE he dies.
Price of booze should drop, due to reduced demand.
He was a mocker of the Almighty. Poor pitiful thing now.
Hitchens was no conservative. However, he was a vastly talented writer, a clear thinker, and in many ways a seeker after truth. As such, he may be in better circumstances than those who so arrogantly claim to know his ultimate disposition.
My estimation of Christopher Hitchens is schizophrenic. I saw him as a man who was intelligent but not wise, principled but not good, and admirable without being particularly likable.
I suspect he would have found great delight in knowing that he confounded me so.
I also think he would be endlessly amused by the bickering on this thread over the final disposition of his soul.
I wouldn’t want to be him right now. My belief is about 1 second after he died he was having deep regrets. I feel sorry for him.
Quite a character, whatever else one may say.
He now knows Truth, and I hope God is merciful on his soul for his recognition at how wrong he was all these years.