The thing that I love is that 99.99999% of non-believer videos have commenting and/or rating enabled, while a very troublesome amount of theist videos do not. Quite telling is it not? Anyway, keep the legend of Hitch alive, and Hitchslap anyone in your way.
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Hershi Ali, the first political refugee from Europe since 1945 who needs an armed guard to go about her business. Yet people still think that Islam is not a threat.
Whoops I just bought Hitch-22 from Borders. They're going out of business though and it was 70%, so I couldn't pass it up. Of course I didn't know that Borders pulled the magazine.
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The commandment "love thy neighbour" is fundamentally meaningless. You can't choose to "love" or "like" or "feel affection" for someone. You can pretend like you do, you can act nice to someone, but you can't FORCE yourself to love someone. The Christians can act politely and they can force themselves to turn all the cheeks they want, but still they're not going to "love" the suicide terrorist that killed thousands. The command is meaningless and impossible to do short of electrocuting ur brain.
@Voiderify also in that commandment enters what hitchens refers to alot as god convicting you of thought crimes which if you believe that and are christian should scare you.
Hitchens' Biblical understanding is perverse and lacking. He may be an incredible journalist and astute writer, but he ought to leave his comments of theology our of his speeches. To anyone who knows it well enough is easy to see Hitchens' limited understanding. Of course he doesn't like the Bible. His life style isn't compatible with what the Bible declares rightfully as wrong. Being bi-sexual as he has so plainly stated as well as being a drunk reveals his motif. Don't be fooled, God is real
@gallantentry Oh, so we should all become religious because YOU say God is real? At least Hitchens provides arguments for his lack of belief, rather than just the words of an inconsistent book compiled by men hundreds of years ago.
@Enjorolla I'm not suggesting you take my word or anyone's word. Find the truth on your own and don't rely on someone who has little knowledge and understanding on the subject such as Christopher Hitchens. The Bible contains no inconsistencies as you arguably suggest. I do however agree with Hitchens that religion is dangerous, but true Christianity is not a religion...it's an intimate relationship with God. Hitchens' blasting of the Bible is all too giving.
@gallantentry So you believe homosexuals should be put to death just for being who they are? (Leviticus 20:13)
Or that children should be killed for swearing at their parents? (Exodus 21:17) Or that of all the good people in the world, only 144,000 jews will be saved during the apocalypse? (Revelation 7:1-8) Or are you one of those who say the bible is consistent, so long as you leave big chunks of it out, and only listen to Jesus's peace and love stories? (cont...)
@gallantentry You say not to take anyones 'word', but the problem with most religions (including yours), is that they take the word of one book (AND ONLY ONE BOOK) all too seriously.
@Enjorolla You missed my point altogether. Anyone who has a sinful lifestyle is naturally offended by the Bible. His motif is personal. I feel bad for Hitchens because he has missed the whole point of the Bible. It condemns so we can see our need for a Saviour not to hurt or to take anything away. Sin is wrong no matter who commits it.
Excuse me sir, but mr. Christopher Hitchens is well versed in many religious text, including the new and old testament, the koran and the hadith. He has a very good understanding of their messages and what they contain. He has read these text extensively, visited many religious countries, debated countless religious scholars and front figures. I know religion well, especially christianity, and I'm sorry, you don't have veto rights - you're simply just wrong.
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I suppose that the AA people have no interest in proselytising their beliefs?
If they do then they are going about it the wrong way. I know that in this lecture they are preaching to the converted but Hitchins, Dawkins, Dennet etc always come across as arrogant, superior and downright smug.
Now this may be simply because they are right and most theists are easy targets but you don't convince someone by laughing at them and ridiculing their beliefs.
Twas just revealed to me that Hitch writes & edits for VANITY FAIR! My God a FASHION magazine, really Hitch? Man that's disappointing. I'm sure it pays well but what about all the royalties from your books? I'm embarrassed to admit, but that does ruin your cred. a bit. Get well soon (& get a new job, preferably out of FASHION or away from POP mags devoid of even a crumb of intellectual thought : )
@LauraKathleen05 I'd be interested to know your problem with M Theresa? I thought she was someone who spent her life trying to help the poor and sick of Calcutta. I understand that some people took issue with her opposition to contraception and abortion. What is it about her that upsets you?
Is it because she looked at life through a religious lens. Does it matter what her beliefs were as long as she is actually doing something to help? I'd genuinely like to know. Thanks
@cupmyplums Its not only that she opposed abortion and contraception which could in fact prevent at least some of the poverty and suffering. She didnt actually treat any of the sick, she just had hospices where they could go to die. She should have put the money towards actual hospitals and doctors and nurses with qualifications instead of getting volunteers with no experience to do it.
@cupmyplums There is also her taking of money from disgusting people (Papa Doc of Haiti being one of the notable examples). Then there was the fact that she spent a great deal of the donations she received on Catholic political action around the world, like working to prevent access to contraception in the developing world and campaigning to prevent the secular Irish government from allowing divorce.
Then there was what Hitchens said:She wasn't a friend to the poor, she was a friend of poverty.
This man is greater than Elisha, king David, Joshua, Samson, Moses. How? because the so call heros of the bible at one time or another kill and shed the blood of another precious human being. You guys keep on debating because the truth cannot reach you until you come to know the perfect and spotless teaching of the LORD BUDDHA. Go find some book on buddhism and start reading, trust me because i am a former Christain now turn Buddhist, may you be free from delusion..........sadhu! sadhu!
I've often thought that the emotional basis of atheism is often that absolute death represents the only relief they can imagine. And look at his facial expressions when he speaks of "torment me" @32.18. There is so much pain in this guy. (for the record, I am agnostic).
Well then you're spectacularly wrong. You make the mistake of treating atheism like some religion with universal precepts. The only thing that all atheists share is a disbelief of god.(and even this comes in varying degrees) Any other philosophical opinon is seperate from that disbelief and depends highly upon the individual making that claim. For instance, I don't look forward to death at all though I know its inevitable, and I don't think living forever would be a bad thing.
its horrible to see him now fighting for his life he looks so different, half dead, the by product of chemo, not cancer ......god speed for want of a better phrase
@benben42 Something tells me that's just an intellectual attraction. I seriously doubt that you would think the same if you've never heard him speak and only saw him walking down the street.
But isn't that what attraction is based on, power, intelligence, wealth looks dont come into it when u have one or all of the above..... if your genetic makeup has lead u to a position of power or money you will be attractive regardless of your looks
its genetics that makes an ugly person attractive not saying mister hitchens is ugly i can see what ben is on about
we're mindless slaves to our genes that make us think we have free will
@lyco46 But then again he only said that the forementioned person wouldnt be attracted to Hitchens if he just saw him in the street. Also if Hitchens was dressed like that while walking down the street, I highly doubt that one would consider him to be a wealthy person with power or with high intellect for that matter.
@rubberbandman3rd thats irrelevant cause u do know which makes my point his attraction is purely based on his genes women or men in bens case are attracted to good genes regardless of what they are packaged in....
@lyco46 well the guy is now 61 years old and I don't think he himself cares about the way he looks too much. As a young man hell yeah, the guy could have got by fine with his looks he was quite a handsome guy. But writing is the guys life and he's a treasure to all and an enemy of ignorance and thats all I can say on the matter.
@CorporalNym If you resort to beheading, you've LOST the debate over who's a better human being.
But if there could be an actual debate, meaning that only words were exchanged, Hitchens would show that he himself is a far more moral person than either Muhammad (raper of children, mass-murderer) or his brutal, childish douchebag of a god. Thank goodness He doesn't exist.
Keep your celestial dictatorship the heck away from me.
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Would the poster of this video correct the bookstore mistake earlier by text overlay? A few people no doubt miss the correction several minutes later and its an important one. shame on borders! I have noticed their book selection was corrupted and they dont believe in free speech.
Christopher Hitchens is one of the main reasons I dropped that bag of bricks called religion and moved on living my life, not waiting for my eternal life to begin..... Thank you Christopher.
@smutyhouse I asked Richard Dawkins about that one time at a bar after a lecture in Minneapolis. I wondered if there was a prisoner;s dilemma about it. We want to live in a world where jackasses don't hog the camera time trying to debate the speakers but we still do it. To my surprise Dawkins gave me a kindly serious answer despite my stupid question.
At 8:30 Hitch begins a marvelous chronicle. He starts out by asking RD how long our species has existed on our planet. The only thing missing ( and I had hoped Christopher would've mentioned them) was a dozen or so names of various WELL-known theists/deists who have already openly conceded the known facts of evolution. It would've only furthered his central point. Still, Hitch is a gifted speaker and later in the Q& A he's polite, which he's often accused otherwise.
Go read Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book. It starts slowly, but it is amazing once it gets going. I learned a great deal about Islam and the west. Everybody in the west should read it.
@lyco46 It's true. I am an architect and believe me we don't know much science. But since giving up faith is God I have been reading 2 books/week about science to the point where a PHD from Cornell asked me if I was a scientist, since I seemed to know so much. Once you give up this belief in God you want to know about the real universe.
After rejecting the whole notion of religion I have noticed myself to be more objective, better at listening to others and less angry at different opinions.
Religion really is a mental imbalance, I mean like what would you label a person who thinks he/she has an invisible friend that he/she talks to everyday and maybe even think about every hour... To be blunt that person would be labelled as mentally ill.period.
@MrOnatopial You know where they don't play chess?? IN HELL! Oh, sorry. Reflex. I'm only recently opening my mind to reality. Still new. Seeing intelligent people speak about this is so amazing. I feel so liberated in a way.
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Amen, Hitchens!!!
Where are the men who are brave enough to run the cartoons & show how stupid Islam is? The conditioning of Hitler on Catholics over killing the disabled is now being done by Islam on the world.
Amen, it is a disgrace. After your comment on the church in WWII relative to disgracing the Christian these are your strongest words.
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This is the one coming to what I like that you said.
"The first amendment ... is my life"
You totally rock & I'll use my first amendment right to say I hated Christianity over hell & then found Luke 12:5 is explained by Matthew 10:28 & found God is fair as one only need know themselve to reach Psalms 51:17.
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DNA mutation that is only passed down from woman to woman and DNA mutation that is only passed down from man to man has shown we all come from one woman and one man. Now the woman is older than the man as either the men stop at Noah where as the wives go further back or someother explaination exists, but call this one man Adam and one woman Eve and it seems Genesis disagrees with Hitchens as God starts a sacrifical system with them.
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PART TWO
Does the sacrifical system make sense relative to requiring nothing other than guaranteed knowledge (that being self-knowledge)? Yes, Psalms 51:17.
Does the sacrifical system fit in conditioning? Yes, men split animals to say do this to me if I don't keep my promise. You see the promise and sacrifice relate to Jesus in that God in instituting it vs. the promises of men spliting animals would relate by conditioning to God saying, "Kill me if I don't fulfill this promise." We did.
@ABAisSCIENCE Your Noah fairy tale was borrowed from a Poem call "Gilgamesh" that was written 3.5 k years in Ur nowadays Irak . that was way time before ur bible took it from the Summerians. Look for it, and learn some history dont follow like a sheep. question ur believe.
@nikur, the thing is just because something was written down first or is dated as older does not mean it is older than the oral passing down of another story. Job is older than Genesis for author, but obviously Genesis is writing down the oral stories of others that predate Job. Question is why does Muhammed praise the Sabean in his Quar'an when Job is persecuted by the Sabean in Job 1:15? Why do the Chaldeans kill Job's servants in Job 1:17 and kill Haran for following an "Iscah" or observance?
I really love Hitchens, i can see why theists might dislike him, as he does seem to be a bit of an intellectual snob, but thats no reason to dislike him! I know alot of abrasive people, but i still hang out with them.. i dont think you can like absolutely all of a persons personality!
God some people just ask the stupidest questions, they can ask a question a minute in a half long, use as many big words as they can, but it means absolutely nothing. So many people who consider themselves "intellectuals" are like this, they love using phrases like "reconcile this" "open a disource with that" "produce a dialogue", the only certainty in life is that people love being the centre of attention and hearing the sound of their own voice.
man I hate the people in university lectures and talks like this who feel the need to start laughing out loud every time the speaker says something that could be construed as the tiniest bit funny or clever! I always remember this it was so sad these people who forced themselves to make a big noise just as if the professor is watching them personally to make sure they give a positive response.
don't like prudish little man in audience and his middle class rant. if he looked at gangsters and other jailbirds he might find out that lots of gangsters and jailbirds are also big jay zuss freaks.
I just saw the clip of Ayaan speaking at the same event here as Hitchens. She's not bad looking. But she's not the hottie here in this clip in the white dress.
I've used the 'Hitchensian' logic to combat Opus Dei religion teachers in a debate..it works!!! they have memorized religious talking points and don't know how to think dialectically.
Ever heard of dual citizenship you moron ??????? Thats how Sidney poitier got knighted !!!!!!!!! Besides, they have honorary knighthoods as well !!!!!!!
Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf was knighted by the Queen despite the fact that the U.S. Constitition says (in part) that: "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
...but i was also wondering if anyone could explain the q.e.d. that was worth passing on. he finishes it up around 12:20 minutes... something about resurrection?
I will take a shot at it, although I am probably way off base here.
God's design or plan is supposed to be perfect. The hypothesis of resurrection and virgin birth can not be true. Even if it IS true, it is either a dumb design or a bad one which means it can not be perfect. QED
Hmm. Yes. Ibrahim Hooper is a part of CAIR, a silly advocacy group that for Islam. A radio host that I listen to hast to talk to them every once in a while if he criticizes Islam.
The search for the clip continues. If I find it I'll post it here.
The thing that I love is that 99.99999% of non-believer videos have commenting and/or rating enabled, while a very troublesome amount of theist videos do not. Quite telling is it not? Anyway, keep the legend of Hitch alive, and Hitchslap anyone in your way.
BER2ERKER 1 month ago 7
please resurect ! I miss you already
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lightandbeautiful 3 months ago
Hershi Ali, the first political refugee from Europe since 1945 who needs an armed guard to go about her business. Yet people still think that Islam is not a threat.
ritchloui 3 months ago 6
The audience has the giggles!
purewilderness 4 months ago
Whoops I just bought Hitch-22 from Borders. They're going out of business though and it was 70%, so I couldn't pass it up. Of course I didn't know that Borders pulled the magazine.
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TheServiceWeb 5 months ago
Cult subscribers find safety and security in their mass delusions, reflecting the herd nature of the human animal. As it is observed in our animal cousins, the instinct to follow the flock overpowers the need to critically analyze the overall mission and effect of the flock's actions. Just as sheep will follow each other off a cliff, homosapians follow each other into insanity; further evidence that we bear the stamp of our lowly origin.
EvolvedParadigm 5 months ago 3
Thank you for posting this, RationalResponse.
writersblock26 5 months ago 3
30:00 to the end is simply devastating... This man is one of the greatest legends of modern times!
jacderida 6 months ago
without free speech ur nothign but a prisoners of the things u cant express speech about
MGsven 6 months ago
I love this speech i am wathcing this for the 4th time and still i can't get enough of Hitchens.
UnitedEuropa 7 months ago 3
The commandment "love thy neighbour" is fundamentally meaningless. You can't choose to "love" or "like" or "feel affection" for someone. You can pretend like you do, you can act nice to someone, but you can't FORCE yourself to love someone. The Christians can act politely and they can force themselves to turn all the cheeks they want, but still they're not going to "love" the suicide terrorist that killed thousands. The command is meaningless and impossible to do short of electrocuting ur brain.
Voiderify 7 months ago 3
@Voiderify also in that commandment enters what hitchens refers to alot as god convicting you of thought crimes which if you believe that and are christian should scare you.
mercilesshamstrslayr 6 months ago
Hitchens' Biblical understanding is perverse and lacking. He may be an incredible journalist and astute writer, but he ought to leave his comments of theology our of his speeches. To anyone who knows it well enough is easy to see Hitchens' limited understanding. Of course he doesn't like the Bible. His life style isn't compatible with what the Bible declares rightfully as wrong. Being bi-sexual as he has so plainly stated as well as being a drunk reveals his motif. Don't be fooled, God is real
gallantentry 8 months ago
@gallantentry Oh, so we should all become religious because YOU say God is real? At least Hitchens provides arguments for his lack of belief, rather than just the words of an inconsistent book compiled by men hundreds of years ago.
Enjorolla 8 months ago
@Enjorolla I'm not suggesting you take my word or anyone's word. Find the truth on your own and don't rely on someone who has little knowledge and understanding on the subject such as Christopher Hitchens. The Bible contains no inconsistencies as you arguably suggest. I do however agree with Hitchens that religion is dangerous, but true Christianity is not a religion...it's an intimate relationship with God. Hitchens' blasting of the Bible is all too giving.
gallantentry 8 months ago
@gallantentry So you believe homosexuals should be put to death just for being who they are? (Leviticus 20:13)
Or that children should be killed for swearing at their parents? (Exodus 21:17) Or that of all the good people in the world, only 144,000 jews will be saved during the apocalypse? (Revelation 7:1-8) Or are you one of those who say the bible is consistent, so long as you leave big chunks of it out, and only listen to Jesus's peace and love stories? (cont...)
Enjorolla 8 months ago
@gallantentry You say not to take anyones 'word', but the problem with most religions (including yours), is that they take the word of one book (AND ONLY ONE BOOK) all too seriously.
Enjorolla 8 months ago
@Enjorolla You missed my point altogether. Anyone who has a sinful lifestyle is naturally offended by the Bible. His motif is personal. I feel bad for Hitchens because he has missed the whole point of the Bible. It condemns so we can see our need for a Saviour not to hurt or to take anything away. Sin is wrong no matter who commits it.
gallantentry 8 months ago
@gallantentry 'Sin is wrong no matter who commits it. ' This is a tautology. Moses seems to get a lot of leeway.
gamesbok 8 months ago
@gallantentry
Excuse me sir, but mr. Christopher Hitchens is well versed in many religious text, including the new and old testament, the koran and the hadith. He has a very good understanding of their messages and what they contain. He has read these text extensively, visited many religious countries, debated countless religious scholars and front figures. I know religion well, especially christianity, and I'm sorry, you don't have veto rights - you're simply just wrong.
DrDopehat 8 months ago
Get Well soon Christopher. We will miss you.
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exposingthemachine 8 months ago
Morals of a flee ..
dave22h34 8 months ago
I suppose that the AA people have no interest in proselytising their beliefs?
If they do then they are going about it the wrong way. I know that in this lecture they are preaching to the converted but Hitchins, Dawkins, Dennet etc always come across as arrogant, superior and downright smug.
Now this may be simply because they are right and most theists are easy targets but you don't convince someone by laughing at them and ridiculing their beliefs.
cupmyplums 9 months ago
Islam is a disease
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Twas just revealed to me that Hitch writes & edits for VANITY FAIR! My God a FASHION magazine, really Hitch? Man that's disappointing. I'm sure it pays well but what about all the royalties from your books? I'm embarrassed to admit, but that does ruin your cred. a bit. Get well soon (& get a new job, preferably out of FASHION or away from POP mags devoid of even a crumb of intellectual thought : )
timjdong 9 months ago
Hi, all AA members, There is a cerveza in my frigo but i won't touch it!
"Awful sense of 'ennui.. ennui' this morning" he is a tad snob(ish) ol' Kris. Ain't he?
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carsanookdotcom 9 months ago
That was funny how he bagged mother Teresa like that lol "shriveled...old bat."
LauraKathleen05 9 months ago
@LauraKathleen05 I'd be interested to know your problem with M Theresa? I thought she was someone who spent her life trying to help the poor and sick of Calcutta. I understand that some people took issue with her opposition to contraception and abortion. What is it about her that upsets you?
Is it because she looked at life through a religious lens. Does it matter what her beliefs were as long as she is actually doing something to help? I'd genuinely like to know. Thanks
cupmyplums 9 months ago
@cupmyplums Its not only that she opposed abortion and contraception which could in fact prevent at least some of the poverty and suffering. She didnt actually treat any of the sick, she just had hospices where they could go to die. She should have put the money towards actual hospitals and doctors and nurses with qualifications instead of getting volunteers with no experience to do it.
LauraKathleen05 9 months ago
@cupmyplums There is also her taking of money from disgusting people (Papa Doc of Haiti being one of the notable examples). Then there was the fact that she spent a great deal of the donations she received on Catholic political action around the world, like working to prevent access to contraception in the developing world and campaigning to prevent the secular Irish government from allowing divorce.
Then there was what Hitchens said:She wasn't a friend to the poor, she was a friend of poverty.
Cenobite30 8 months ago
@Cenobite30 We must never forget the eternal message of mother Theressa, always moisturise.
gamesbok 8 months ago 2
@gamesbok rofl
Draeka 7 months ago
I burst out laughing when I read the title of this video as, "Christopher Hitchens at AA"
IamTHEredux 11 months ago 26
@IamTHEredux Now THAT would take an act of god! And likely signal he end of days!
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This man is greater than Elisha, king David, Joshua, Samson, Moses. How? because the so call heros of the bible at one time or another kill and shed the blood of another precious human being. You guys keep on debating because the truth cannot reach you until you come to know the perfect and spotless teaching of the LORD BUDDHA. Go find some book on buddhism and start reading, trust me because i am a former Christain now turn Buddhist, may you be free from delusion..........sadhu! sadhu!
12timlow 11 months ago
Since I have given up religion, my penis has grown 4 inches !
gjsterp 1 year ago 2
"At least you can fucking die in North Korea"
I've often thought that the emotional basis of atheism is often that absolute death represents the only relief they can imagine. And look at his facial expressions when he speaks of "torment me" @32.18. There is so much pain in this guy. (for the record, I am agnostic).
andrewada 1 year ago
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Well then you're spectacularly wrong. You make the mistake of treating atheism like some religion with universal precepts. The only thing that all atheists share is a disbelief of god.(and even this comes in varying degrees) Any other philosophical opinon is seperate from that disbelief and depends highly upon the individual making that claim. For instance, I don't look forward to death at all though I know its inevitable, and I don't think living forever would be a bad thing.
Pervyable 11 months ago 2
@andrewada What do you mean by absolute death representing the only relief they (atheists) can imagine?
LauraKathleen05 9 months ago
I can assure you it hasn't. You will have formed some other psychological cocoon on some other level.
andrewada 1 year ago
that cough must have been the early stages on his cancer..pr bugger
chinahands100 1 year ago
I love how Christopher Hitchens has enriched our language. I love the term, "religious businessman". So perfectly descriptive
Newenlightenmentnow 1 year ago
I'm a third generation atheist. I'm so proud of my family :)
ahmedeox 1 year ago 57
@ahmedeox lucky you.
xn117 1 year ago
@ahmedeox I am slightly jealous.
thenofxer 4 months ago
look at that sexy granny in the white around the 17 minute mark hehe
mcm1345 1 year ago
@mcm1345
She looks a little like Mary Steenbergen.
CallumJStewart 1 year ago
@CallumJStewart WHO IS THE GIRL FROM HOLLAND THAT CHRISTOPHER IS TALKING ABOUT IN HIS INTRO?
maynordj 11 months ago
@maynordj Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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mandakiniization 1 year ago
My hero along with richard Dawkins and Sam Harris
Tethloach1 1 year ago
its horrible to see him now fighting for his life he looks so different, half dead, the by product of chemo, not cancer ......god speed for want of a better phrase
lyco46 1 year ago
"And they said, 'you can link them from your page,' which I DID!"
Hitchens is the man!
thelordmemnoch 1 year ago 6
As a straight male, I find that Christopher Hitchens has a lot of sexual appeal. If I were a woman I would definitely hit that. Just saying.
benben42 1 year ago
@benben42 Something tells me that's just an intellectual attraction. I seriously doubt that you would think the same if you've never heard him speak and only saw him walking down the street.
MaritimeEast 1 year ago
@MaritimeEast B
But isn't that what attraction is based on, power, intelligence, wealth looks dont come into it when u have one or all of the above..... if your genetic makeup has lead u to a position of power or money you will be attractive regardless of your looks
its genetics that makes an ugly person attractive not saying mister hitchens is ugly i can see what ben is on about
we're mindless slaves to our genes that make us think we have free will
lyco46 1 year ago 3
@lyco46 You make a good point.
MaritimeEast 1 year ago
@lyco46 But then again he only said that the forementioned person wouldnt be attracted to Hitchens if he just saw him in the street. Also if Hitchens was dressed like that while walking down the street, I highly doubt that one would consider him to be a wealthy person with power or with high intellect for that matter.
rubberbandman3rd 1 year ago
@rubberbandman3rd thats irrelevant cause u do know which makes my point his attraction is purely based on his genes women or men in bens case are attracted to good genes regardless of what they are packaged in....
lyco46 1 year ago
@lyco46 well the guy is now 61 years old and I don't think he himself cares about the way he looks too much. As a young man hell yeah, the guy could have got by fine with his looks he was quite a handsome guy. But writing is the guys life and he's a treasure to all and an enemy of ignorance and thats all I can say on the matter.
mcm1345 1 year ago
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lyco46 1 year ago
This is better than stand up.
In fantasy, I love to have seen Hitchens debate with Mohammed. Mohammed would have had Hitches head off in minutes. Just to stop his own humiliation.
CorporalNym 1 year ago
@CorporalNym If you resort to beheading, you've LOST the debate over who's a better human being.
But if there could be an actual debate, meaning that only words were exchanged, Hitchens would show that he himself is a far more moral person than either Muhammad (raper of children, mass-murderer) or his brutal, childish douchebag of a god. Thank goodness He doesn't exist.
Keep your celestial dictatorship the heck away from me.
ChollieD 1 year ago
@ChollieD yes indeedy !
CorporalNym 1 year ago
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ChollieD 1 year ago
Irrepressible genius and wit ! A great man.
CorporalNym 1 year ago
Hitchens is THE FUCKING MAN!...
=3
TAz69x 1 year ago
Its strange because there are cartoons that depicted even more offensively than the Danish ones - Family Guy!
They have many gags about Muslims and terrorists and Islam in general!
The only treat they got was from Sarah Palin. :|
What is going one here - Muslims know obscure Danish cartoons but they don't see the internationally famous Family Guy?
luarionte 1 year ago
@luarionte the hadith doesn't say you can't portray muslims, just mohammed.
thecool9 1 year ago
I like Hitchens but he did duck the question that guy posed about evolution. After the guy was done speaking he immediately changed the subject.
CainmosniMirrored 1 year ago
@CainmosniMirrored
He is NOT a scientist! He doesn't need to answer nor do anyone should expect an answer!
Actually the question was rather pointless! It didn't matter the scientific accuracy to the point that he made!
So it was a NERD question!
luarionte 1 year ago
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groundzer077 1 year ago
@CainmosniMirrored That's because there is no real question in what the guy is saying. He was just rambling.
groundzer077 1 year ago
When he is gone, I will cry.
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JezusSlave 1 year ago
Would the poster of this video correct the bookstore mistake earlier by text overlay? A few people no doubt miss the correction several minutes later and its an important one. shame on borders! I have noticed their book selection was corrupted and they dont believe in free speech.
stephenjay375 1 year ago
I wish we could've seen her face that beginning
xSolraccarloSx 1 year ago
I always thought the same thing about heaven: "Eternally praising an authoritarian leader? Sounds like Hell."
Setzer 1 year ago 2
Hitchens is the best!
Phangaea 1 year ago
such quality,christopher hitchens.
SvendsenAtheist 1 year ago
1:00 The educated equivalent of "No homo."
HerrMannelig 1 year ago
Christopher Hitchens is one of the main reasons I dropped that bag of bricks called religion and moved on living my life, not waiting for my eternal life to begin..... Thank you Christopher.
Jason29n 1 year ago 75
@Jason29n actually catholicism demands in part that you do just that....
krane121 7 months ago
i really hope he gets better :'(
robertedge 1 year ago 7
"they wish to be martyrs, ok im here to help" - classic.
aguteempasil 1 year ago 8
really pisses me off when it's ment to be questions and people try to do a lecture of their own!
smutyhouse 1 year ago 5
@smutyhouse I asked Richard Dawkins about that one time at a bar after a lecture in Minneapolis. I wondered if there was a prisoner;s dilemma about it. We want to live in a world where jackasses don't hog the camera time trying to debate the speakers but we still do it. To my surprise Dawkins gave me a kindly serious answer despite my stupid question.
sulljoh1 1 year ago
At 8:30 Hitch begins a marvelous chronicle. He starts out by asking RD how long our species has existed on our planet. The only thing missing ( and I had hoped Christopher would've mentioned them) was a dozen or so names of various WELL-known theists/deists who have already openly conceded the known facts of evolution. It would've only furthered his central point. Still, Hitch is a gifted speaker and later in the Q& A he's polite, which he's often accused otherwise.
wonkothemagicelf 1 year ago 6
God I want to Party with Hitchens!!
ChaoticChris5150 1 year ago 44
@ChaoticChris5150 hahaha! i dont think anyone could keep up with his amazing capacity of scotch intake!
aguteempasil 1 year ago
@aguteempasil ROFL I agree!
ChaoticChris5150 1 year ago
@ChaoticChris5150 I think God want to party with Hitchens aswell....
xkoenigseggx 7 months ago
@ChaoticChris5150 Me, too.
writersblock26 5 months ago
that bloody flashing!!!!!
Gman74 1 year ago
Go read Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book. It starts slowly, but it is amazing once it gets going. I learned a great deal about Islam and the west. Everybody in the west should read it.
sulljoh1 1 year ago
Ayan Hirsi Ali is one of those rare people I'd lay down my greedy life for.
If atheists had saints, she'd be our Joan of Arc.
MultiUniv3rsal 1 year ago 11
so grandiose! Christopher Hitchens kills me :)
dmcgraye 1 year ago
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He's saying annoy.
FSUjonnyD 2 years ago
No, he's saying ennui. It means boredom.
d00df00d 2 years ago 12
ahh, thank you. Learn something new every day.
FSUjonnyD 2 years ago 8
I see I'm happy I'm not the only one who didn't understand what he was saying.
he woke up with... enwee? huh?
iLuvSPH 2 years ago
Ennui.
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inkstersco 2 years ago 6
i woke up in enwe and closed my potamic and called my metors!!! what the hell is he talking about!!!! wats an enwee!! i agree with the rest though!
KarthikSoun 2 years ago
Gasp! Ayaan Hirsi Ali's turned him into a big fluffy teddybear.
Anab10sis 2 years ago 12
If u knew her she d make the same with u!
Brantinger 2 years ago
since i've given up religion all my brain has grown back.....
lyco46 2 years ago 250
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outofmywayjerkass 2 years ago
@lyco46
BAHAHHAHA! Piss funny.
dblacky1977 1 year ago
@lyco46 It's true. I am an architect and believe me we don't know much science. But since giving up faith is God I have been reading 2 books/week about science to the point where a PHD from Cornell asked me if I was a scientist, since I seemed to know so much. Once you give up this belief in God you want to know about the real universe.
sulljoh1 1 year ago
@lyco46 Welcome back m8!
SvendsenAtheist 1 year ago
@lyco46 Since I given up my brain religion has moved in.
CorporalNym 1 year ago
@lyco46 lol
ilindah 1 year ago
Ive played chess better simce ive become an atheist. Religion really did poison my game
MrOnatopial 2 years ago 175
After rejecting the whole notion of religion I have noticed myself to be more objective, better at listening to others and less angry at different opinions.
Religion really is a mental imbalance, I mean like what would you label a person who thinks he/she has an invisible friend that he/she talks to everyday and maybe even think about every hour... To be blunt that person would be labelled as mentally ill.period.
tiberux 2 years ago 13
@MrOnatopial Me2..me2..but i did not play chess
SvendsenAtheist 1 year ago
@MrOnatopial You know where they don't play chess?? IN HELL! Oh, sorry. Reflex. I'm only recently opening my mind to reality. Still new. Seeing intelligent people speak about this is so amazing. I feel so liberated in a way.
sirchompsalot 1 year ago
@MrOnatopial You realized that the bishops aren't all they seem huh?
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heeh2 1 year ago
@MrOnatopial WHO IS THE GIRL FROM HOLLAND THAT CHRISTOPHER IS TALKING ABOUT IN HIS INTRO?
maynordj 11 months ago
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Amen, Hitchens!!!
Where are the men who are brave enough to run the cartoons & show how stupid Islam is? The conditioning of Hitler on Catholics over killing the disabled is now being done by Islam on the world.
Amen, it is a disgrace. After your comment on the church in WWII relative to disgracing the Christian these are your strongest words.
See next one coming
ABAisSCIENCE 2 years ago
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This is the one coming to what I like that you said.
"The first amendment ... is my life"
You totally rock & I'll use my first amendment right to say I hated Christianity over hell & then found Luke 12:5 is explained by Matthew 10:28 & found God is fair as one only need know themselve to reach Psalms 51:17.
ABAisSCIENCE 2 years ago
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DNA mutation that is only passed down from woman to woman and DNA mutation that is only passed down from man to man has shown we all come from one woman and one man. Now the woman is older than the man as either the men stop at Noah where as the wives go further back or someother explaination exists, but call this one man Adam and one woman Eve and it seems Genesis disagrees with Hitchens as God starts a sacrifical system with them.
PART TWO NEXT
ABAisSCIENCE 2 years ago
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PART TWO
Does the sacrifical system make sense relative to requiring nothing other than guaranteed knowledge (that being self-knowledge)? Yes, Psalms 51:17.
Does the sacrifical system fit in conditioning? Yes, men split animals to say do this to me if I don't keep my promise. You see the promise and sacrifice relate to Jesus in that God in instituting it vs. the promises of men spliting animals would relate by conditioning to God saying, "Kill me if I don't fulfill this promise." We did.
ABAisSCIENCE 2 years ago
@ABAisSCIENCE Your Noah fairy tale was borrowed from a Poem call "Gilgamesh" that was written 3.5 k years in Ur nowadays Irak . that was way time before ur bible took it from the Summerians. Look for it, and learn some history dont follow like a sheep. question ur believe.
nikur 1 year ago
@nikur, the thing is just because something was written down first or is dated as older does not mean it is older than the oral passing down of another story. Job is older than Genesis for author, but obviously Genesis is writing down the oral stories of others that predate Job. Question is why does Muhammed praise the Sabean in his Quar'an when Job is persecuted by the Sabean in Job 1:15? Why do the Chaldeans kill Job's servants in Job 1:17 and kill Haran for following an "Iscah" or observance?
ABAisSCIENCE 1 year ago
I really love Hitchens, i can see why theists might dislike him, as he does seem to be a bit of an intellectual snob, but thats no reason to dislike him! I know alot of abrasive people, but i still hang out with them.. i dont think you can like absolutely all of a persons personality!
mattyrm 3 years ago 11
"Under the cover of religion, there's no stupidity than can't be explained."
Great stuff.
dougmanjones 3 years ago 9
great vid, go on hitchens tell the people how it is, educate the blind plz....
antitheist2 3 years ago
This video won't load for me for crap.
FinalRealities 3 years ago
Hitchens and his dry british wit, I love listening to him speak.
xvcranevx 3 years ago
fuckin love hitchens!
chadmaveric 3 years ago 11
Yeah he's brilliant so good to have a guy like him on your side !
errbud 3 years ago
It should be a compliment if a woman is thought of as a milf and simply a personal preference that she is thought of not as such by you.
I think she has looked quite attractive in tv appearances I have seen her on, though shes not my type.
But while I do disagree with her on things, I do think shes beautifuly intelligent.
waltermh111 3 years ago
After my previous, rather sexist posts, I think I owe it to everyone to state the obvious... Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an extraordinary person.
vancleaveterry 3 years ago 2
if its sexist to talk about women in terms of their looks then sexism is not a bad thing at all.
You can consider a person sexy or ugly and still have respect for the person.
It is natural for man to think sexually of women just like women do of men. Its necessary for the survival of man, its hormonally driven.
Do not feel guilty that you considered her looks aside from her intelligence.
I saw your comment as an aside, an observation.
But I forgot that she had kids.
waltermh111 3 years ago
God some people just ask the stupidest questions, they can ask a question a minute in a half long, use as many big words as they can, but it means absolutely nothing. So many people who consider themselves "intellectuals" are like this, they love using phrases like "reconcile this" "open a disource with that" "produce a dialogue", the only certainty in life is that people love being the centre of attention and hearing the sound of their own voice.
weversonman 3 years ago
man I hate the people in university lectures and talks like this who feel the need to start laughing out loud every time the speaker says something that could be construed as the tiniest bit funny or clever! I always remember this it was so sad these people who forced themselves to make a big noise just as if the professor is watching them personally to make sure they give a positive response.
acehimself 3 years ago
What's en Juin mean? Anyone know?
verchow1 3 years ago
ennui: n. a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction
burnhippiesforfuel 3 years ago 2
buying the book.
jvilla21 3 years ago
His description of `Mother`Terisa is SPOT ON.
This guy talks the talk, and walks the walk!!!!
hoadmaback 3 years ago 8
don't like prudish little man in audience and his middle class rant. if he looked at gangsters and other jailbirds he might find out that lots of gangsters and jailbirds are also big jay zuss freaks.
fartsygloss 3 years ago
As much as I love Professor Hitchens.. .this might come out vulgar but who's the MILF with black hair????
Voltajavi 3 years ago
I was thinking the same thing! :D
williamimperioli 3 years ago
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
erdnallewen 3 years ago
If you look up Ayaan Hirsi Ali on wikipedia, the photo shows a rather non-MILF person. Not the hottie in this video.
vancleaveterry 3 years ago
yeah she does that.
BaileysBeads 3 years ago
I just saw the clip of Ayaan speaking at the same event here as Hitchens. She's not bad looking. But she's not the hottie here in this clip in the white dress.
vancleaveterry 3 years ago
i love hitchens hes work is brillant so is hirsi alis reading her changed my life
jblive1985 3 years ago 11
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lets do somethin tonight! MSG me on M.S.N.
im bored =( V1
HipHop31000 3 years ago
I've used the 'Hitchensian' logic to combat Opus Dei religion teachers in a debate..it works!!! they have memorized religious talking points and don't know how to think dialectically.
toecutterr6 3 years ago 9
While a knighthood is certainly desevered I don't think the queen will because it would be look like giving george bush the nobel peace prize
grnlfe01 3 years ago
I dare say that Mr. Hitchens would refuse such an honor from the head of the Anglican church that pilfers tax payer wages to minister to her flock.
dsobon 3 years ago 7
One question, WHEN THE FUCK IS THE QUUEN GOING TO KNIGHT THIS GUY ????? HE IS AWESOME !!!!!!!!!
akamola 3 years ago 6
Awesome is an understatement!
dlite922 3 years ago 5
Hitchens can't be knighted. He's a US citizen as of about two years ago. He's ours now.
jacobwwright 3 years ago
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Ever heard of dual citizenship you moron ??????? Thats how Sidney poitier got knighted !!!!!!!!! Besides, they have honorary knighthoods as well !!!!!!!
akamola 3 years ago
Hitchens despises the royal family and has a deep dislike of prince charles...
commanderplank 3 years ago 8
Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf was knighted by the Queen despite the fact that the U.S. Constitition says (in part) that: "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
Fuck the Queen. God save Christopher Hitchens!
untamedgorilla 3 years ago 3
akamola: you don't listen to Hitchens much do you? He surely wouldn't kneel before the Queen.
underfoil 3 years ago
I could not understand his "que ee dee" (phonetic) that he said was worth passing on.
could someone please help me? thanks!
todaysprogramming 3 years ago 3
Hitchens means "q.e.d.", which is a Latin phrase that stands for "quod erat demonstrandum", which means "that which was to be demonstrated".
pmfcal 3 years ago 5
thanks!
...but i was also wondering if anyone could explain the q.e.d. that was worth passing on. he finishes it up around 12:20 minutes... something about resurrection?
todaysprogramming 3 years ago 2
I will take a shot at it, although I am probably way off base here.
God's design or plan is supposed to be perfect. The hypothesis of resurrection and virgin birth can not be true. Even if it IS true, it is either a dumb design or a bad one which means it can not be perfect. QED
lucidatheist 3 years ago 2
alright, well it's good to know i'm not the only one not completely certain on this one.
what you said makes sense to me. thanks for the help!
btw, i'm glad someone by the handle 'lucidatheist' helped on this one.
todaysprogramming 3 years ago
Incidentally, Q.E.D. can also mean quantum electro dynamics. Context will obviously help you decide which Q.E.D. is being referred to.
marsCubed 3 years ago
q.e.d. is a latin abbreviation for quod erat demonstrandum which means as much as "what was supposed to be proven"
airrudy 3 years ago
18:05 Dose any one know of a link to the CNN segment he refers to? I've already tried looking, and can't find it.
Noelotropolis 3 years ago
It used to be on youtube but I didn't find it. I just found this clip about "Islamophobia" with the same guy : watch?v=2QsCdnwx6q8
The name of the guy is I. Hooper, his job is the non-violent part of jihad, watch him lying.
truestefq 3 years ago
Hmm. Yes. Ibrahim Hooper is a part of CAIR, a silly advocacy group that for Islam. A radio host that I listen to hast to talk to them every once in a while if he criticizes Islam.
The search for the clip continues. If I find it I'll post it here.
Noelotropolis 3 years ago