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.
Really? You are that certain? Perhaps, you know something that God does not? Did someone die; and leave you as 'Final Judge'? Or do you just believe Christopher had/has no 'soul' to judge?
Cannot imagine making 'assumptive judgments' such as this.
If I were God; were not take 'kindly' to someone assuming to do my job; or speak for me; much less making serious 'final judgments' in my name.
(And certainly a good bit of all; on this and other 'Hitchens' threads.)
>>I prayed that Hitchens would come to repent and know Jesus<<
I like to believe in deathbed conversions.
May God rest his soul.
He just redeemed himself, perhaps, in ignorance of the reality of God, with those words, and wish, “ ...to die for the good of others...”. That sounds familiar. Isn’t God the root word of “good”? We know nothing of Hitch and God in the moment of the dying breath, since “ his ways are not our ways”. He is merciful to whom he is merciful, where there is repentence. We, here, just don’t know, based on what we see and hear, but what God sees and hears. Justice was done, either way.