Frauline Freitzle. WE CARE!! Athiests care about you. Chrisians say they do but will then say, she should have preyed harder and had more faith. It's alright he'll get his later just thank god you're out of there. What hideousness that anyone could say that.
exactly. I've lost count of how many times a Christian has said "look to Jesus" or "I'll prey for you" when I was in need of human companionship and comfort. Religion allows people to be lazy and neglective to actual compassion while feeling self-righteous in the process
And yeah the whole "victim blaming" is sickening as well; "we're filthy sinners who deserve to die and suffer" fuck that
Religion just got fucking fucking fucking DESTROYED son. Goodbye religion...all you failed humans will need to accept that you will die and its going to hurt like you wont believe. When you exhale for the last time you are gone. The end :)
The curse of monotheistic religion is that it separates god from nature and give us the impossible challenge of a relationship with something completely alien. Its interesting that pagan mythologies predating that of christianity considered human beings to be part of a universal order (as modern science has proven) Only monotheistic religions decided that we must live under the laws of a divine, (and yet separate) dictator.
Yes, and all religions are sick self-righteous Mumbo Jumbo. It's for the weak, the stupid, the mentally ill and for the con artist to profit off the latter. Sick useless trash. Thanks for watching too!
I think of the politiicians, and really every american president and then the vatican and on and on and then I contemplate the absolute idiocy of the statement that implies that religion is there for the weaker people in our society. Its clear than theres a good many power brokers as well.
religio-Psychotics are very weak, they are terrified of dying, that's why they cling to their man-made gibberish. It's so selfish too. They believe they get more than the amazing condition of life they already have, how repulsive. Most christians make Bernie Madoff seem like a nice man with good morals. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
Great comment! We don't know his name, but we'll try and find it for you. He does make christians sound like what they are, weak, mentally ill fools who have no intelligence and no faith in themselves at all, just in a fairy tale. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
Amazing. Christopher Hitchens made 2 awesome points - who wants to live in a no-privacy life and secondly what kind of a supreme being sadistically watches someone get tortured daily for 24 years !! I think the reality is there is no being and no one is watching anything. The religious masses are all praying to someone who doesn't exist. Hoping and praying with utmost sincerity will still not make something true. Universe is cold, chaotic and random. Hard to accept but it is true.
Terrific comment, and exactly right. Praying is a fanciful whim of a small child awaiting a gift from Santa Claus, it is an unfit thought for any clear-headed adult. Thanks for watching and commenting also! Be Well!
Christopher Hitchens is one of my favourite speakers. He is always eloquent and is certain to make sure that his points can not be misconstrued. Thanks for posting.
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if religion is so stupid or false, then how come u cannot prove it is not real'?
Isnt it true, if religon was banned, Fritzl would still have raped/spdomised his daughter. What this shows is that free will does exist- mans ability to commit sin if he chooses- whereas hitchens says religion offers no free will.
Hitchens, just like any terrorist, can take any verse of any holy book and twist it to his own means. His arguments are miss the point of religion intentionally.
If religion is so right, how come YOU, nor anyone else, can prove it's real? The burden of proof is on YOU, not people asking for evidential proof. Like Carl Saga said, correctly, "EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY PROOF." The bible, a work of fiction, alleged the Earth was flat and stationary, it's not. The bible, laughable fiction, also asserts in genesis, that light was created before the Suns, which it wasn't, an only an idiot would think it was. YOU FAIL!
Without religion we wouldn't have a tenth of the violence we have now, it's almost all religious garbage, the Middle east for example, ALL based on religious quarrels. We have enough divisions between men, we don't need another man-made one like the idiocy of religion. "This would be the best of all possible worlds if there were no religion in it" -John Adams
@IANC4EVER@IANC4EVER no one has to prove that there is no god! because there is no reason to belive in god! its like thinking star wars is real, do we need to prove yoda wasnt real??
After you have listened to this brilliant tirade, take a moment to click through the timeline and watch the questioner on the left physically wilt under the onslaught.
There's a part in the Hitchens Vs Turek debate where, immediately after Hitchens completely destroys a point put forward by his opponent, that his opponent then actually goes completely red in the face and starts physically shaking a little bit.
I wish I had such an amazing wit that I could make grown men react in such a way with words alone :P
Yes, that was hilarious for certain. Many of our videos on the stupidity of relogion have the same effect on these loonies, it's great. Thanks for watching and for the great accurate comment! Have a great week too!
This really is quite brilliant, can anyone link me to a citation for the Madame Freissel (sp?) case? I seem to be unable to find it, and I'd really like to read up on such a profoundly tormenting story.
@Mitth13 Oh, that was in Austria, between one and two years ago. A psychopath built a prison dungeon in his basement, locked up his daughter and raped her, fathered a couple of children with her and raped those as well. The most disturbing thing is that no one seemed to notice, not even his wife.
@VideoAudioDisco09 actually if he "repents" he would have to do so with conviction...simply speaking the words in no way carries power.
I think that is the part people get hung up on, which even theists agree is ridiculous. Imagine living your life in self-indulgences (believing you can ask forgivness at the last moment) & then dying, but trying to get in under the wire to heaven. So now for eternity thats all you have to reflect back on....a bad life.
A stunning argument--Hitchens blew away his opposition there, and I've never heard any adequate response on these points, except for weak arguments like "but God loves us." Really? So if we have doubt he would cast us into a lake of burning fire for all eternity? Is this a loving parent? Yet save a "Christian" who also happens to be a mass murderer?
True. There is no evidence any religion is anymore than fairly tales, and there never will be, since they are fairy tales, composed of lies and ignorance. Thanks for watching and the great lucid comment!
Christopher Hitchens is awesome, unless you're an idiot who believes in the fiction and lies of religion, then you'd tend to dislike his sense of reality and honesty. It's easier to appear smart when the facts are with you, but Hitch is brilliant too!
Is it not amazing that a civilized people--for the Jews of that age were civilized--were so filled with murderous hate towards a kind and loving man who went about doing good, who preached forgiveness, cleansed the leprous, and raised the dead--that they could not be appeased until they had crucified the noblest benefactor of mankind? Again I ask--is this history, or is it fiction?
And let us ask, if Christ performed the miracles the New Testament describes, if he gave sight to blind men's eyes, if his magic touch brought youthful vigor to the palsied frame, if the putrefying dead at his command returned to life and love again--why did the people want him crucified?
It's not the substance of what Hitchens says that amazes me, it's more HOW he puts it together. The construction and delivery of his arguments, however major or minor, are delivered with surgical precision. To put it bluntly, he's intellectualism on steroids. Note that he almost never refers to himself as a de facto "atheist", but more crucially, as an "anti-theist". I believe that subtle difference is key if we're to understand the nuance of his personal position.
Thanks for watching and the critical review. We have corresponded with Hitch and we may do an exclusive interview with him soon. He's down to Earth and well grounded, unlike theists who still believe in Santa Claus. Have a nice Sunday!
I appreciate both aspects of his delivery, however a big reason it comes off so well is because he's done this so many times, and has spent his entire professional life speaking publicly in one form or another. Practice does make...well, really damn good, let's just say.
The religious clowns are more practiced at their lies than Hitchens is at speaking the truth. The religious nuts have been trying to convince the world their fairy tale is real, and preach it every second. It's easy for Hitchens to bury these clods, since reality is the weight of reason, religion is the anchor for fools.
@mccainisthrough ...? The vast majority of religous people I know are not trying to convince anyone of anything. They try to practice a life with good moral ethics & help others. I don't see anything wrong with that. Yet somehow if they were labeled atheists their deeds would then be more qualified for your judegment?
@hexusziggurat -the catholic church acts throughout the world to prevent people in even the most AIDS-struck areas from getting and using condoms, various religious groups in the usa demand textbooks be rewritten to suit their silly beliefs about human origins..george bush tried to convince jacques chirac to join the usa in the iraq war because gog and magog were loose in the middle east...ie., it was fulfilling biblical prophecy...
I often find Hitchens to be a boozy blowhard. But he nailed the case shut with this clip. Wish-thinking is for the weak and unimaginative. If we want things to change and improve, we have to change and improve them. Here and now. It's the only life we get.
Txx 4 the kind words my friend.I actually did christianity in my younger yrs and without going into detail I'll juist say it didn;t work for me.What I do know now is that I certainly don;t need religion to be a good person.Cheers mate.
The christians guys arguement was basically that christianity offers a feelgood fairytale for weak minded,unable ppl[like himself] whereas aetheism doesn't.
That's correct. religion offers nothing at all, ever, while Atheism offers reality and the ability to live within it and develop an understanding that we're all here together and must work together for the best possible results. religions all claim that their fairy tale is true, and they fight each other over their dogma, destroying unity and Our Earth. religion is the greatest threat to mankind. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
Got to like Christopher. And I support his support of the invasion of Irak. Coming from Germany i at least have spend considerable time to learn what it must be like to live in a wicked totalitarian state (unable to properly express my deepest thankfullness for purging this shit out of my ancestors payed with countless allied lives).
wow, thats so fucked up...24 years not ever seeing sunlight and being tortured infront of your kids who are suffering themselves...24 YEARS!! feel so bad for them...i googled the guy, he looks like pure evil
Does it bother anyone of how the theist questionaire riddles with so much weakness? I hate to be mean, but what a pathetic reason to be religious. Ive been dealt a bad hand but if I were to turn to a god, it would still leave me dependent & no matter how much I acheive, Id never really be self-reliant, all credit will go to god. I think the theist who asked the question only sees himself as weak because religion made him that way & its in religion's best interest to KEEP him that way.
Outstanding comment. You sound very enlightened, well beyond what the childish superstition of religion would provide for you, if anything. You also sound strong, a fantastic quality and one that will sail you through life on the power of your own thinking. We wish you well and thank you for watching, as well as the bright thoughtful comment.
Yes, good point. It's also fascinating that these morons who believe in "intelligent design" don't realize that means their fine alleged "god" person gives infants cancer and created a planet where animals kill and consume other animals, including man, which if crated in this alleged "god" person's image, is the most murderous animal on the planet, and the only contributing to its physical destruction with nuclear waste and other formidable types of toxic pollutants. Thanks for watching too!
im agnostic. I think there is an irony here, and that is that religion had a purpose at one point, but that we have essentially evolved past that belief. There is afterall a need for order and some understanding about what is right and wrong. This gave religion an important place, and their clinging to this place has resulted in much pain and suffering.
Good post. I see Hitchens squirming in his seat waiting to rip the questions apart, this is rather more polite of a debate then what I normally see of him.
The funny thing is the priest who were telling all the suffering people that they will get their reward in the afterlife lived like kings. They didn't want these people to revolt. They wanted them to feel "satisfied" with the suffering they were going through. I mean really, they even said that the poor man has a better chance getting into heaven then the wealthy man. Ohh really? I should stay poor to be on the safe side. How stupid do you have to be to believe this crap. BRAINWASHING
Quite true on every count. religion is sad, as well as dangerous. All religion does is separate groups into self-righteous idiots who battle one another over their phony claims, it's vile. Thanks for watching and for commenting as well!
I enjoy the fact that he emphasized the trauma she went through pleading to the heavens and "nothing, NOTHING" was said. The silence of the heavens... Haunting. Scary, but this is what our existence as humans is. We are probably alone in this universe, or at the very least this galaxy. We have to get used to it. And start doing things to better ourselves and our loved ones.
Well said. Since there is absolutely no proof of any "god," and only proof that all religious dogma is entirely wrong and has no connection to anything ethereal, it's time to focus on the here and now. Thanks for watching and the fine comment too!
Let's all step up and put all religion, not just Christianity where it belongs.
In the garbage dump.
Many people who were indoctrinated as children, and don't really believe, but don't dispute their false beliefs either, should take a stance for reality, and what science tells us about "magic" in the real world.
Even that special brand of "Jesus magic"
Religion is for children, the downtrodden and the ignorant.
Ironically nothing oppresses subjugates and tyrannizes better than faith itself.
Incredibly well said, we agree 100%. religion needs to be euthanized for the good of society and Our planet. Thanks for watching and the great comment!
He could also have said that religions that promise you a reward in the hereafter, far from helping the oppressed, actually do the work of the oppressors by suggesting that it is ok to resign yourself to a shit life. Turn the other cheek, was/is a weakening philosophy and a charter for bullies.
It's no wonder so many despots use religion to help them in their dirty work.
That was a great speech, but Hitchens did not directly answer the question. He should have pointed out that being an atheist offers dignity, and self-respect that theism does not. We are responsible for our successes as well as our failures. We owe none of it to the supernatural. We have the power to make our lives and our world what we want it to be.
I recently started to read the bible for the first time, I've heard exerts in my schooling on many an occasion having been educated at a catholic school, it's the funniest thing I have ever read. Please follow my example, address your sense of common sense and fairness. I personally want nothing to do with anyone who thinks like that and says others should follow this vindictive example.
Before listening to Hitchens, for me, the issue was always God does he exist? I doubted it very much. Hitchens makes clear, for the first time I've seen, how absolutely horrible it would be if such an all-powerful, all-knowing God did indeed exist. It would be the worst tyrrany ever--far far worse than a "1984" scenario.
Yes, christians are dogmatic Morons who believe in fantasy and ignore reality. You can't blame them though, their IQ's are far lower than Atheist's and Agnostic's IQ's, some surprise. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
"Christianity is for the "week, the poor, the unfortunate?"
Christianity runs and owns 70% of America.
Christianity are the fat cats that sit in the top office of a sky scrapper building and run a Multi-billion dollar company.
So when you say that "Christianity is for the week, poor, and unfortunate." Just ask yourself two things;
When you drive threw your home town, how many Christian churches do you see (That don't pay for taxes by the way.) And 2: How many Buddhist temples do you see?
LOL! The two richest men in the World are Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, boith Atheists, and below them, then next 25 richest people in America are Atheists as well. The christian right is through forever. They are the bush's and the robertsons, they're now 17% of America. And while religious Morons buy their own BullShit, Americans do not. christianity is growing at 5% a year, while Atheism/Reality/Science, is growing at 105% a year. "Lighthouse are more helpful than churches" - Ben Franklin
Yes, this one is particularly good. Hitch is always amusing, and his brevity is a core element, but he's especially humorous in this instance. He's so amiable that it's like throwing rabbits into a Lion's open mouth. There's so either unsuspecting or naive, either way it's "lambs to the slaughter."
@6:00 like a boss
MrShysterme 4 days ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens
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Yup! Thanks!
mccainisthrough 1 hour ago
No theistic argument can stand against the cool light of reason and evidence, and the theists know it.
MrShysterme 4 days ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens
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Truly right, and that can't, and never will change. Be Well!
mccainisthrough 1 hour ago
The passion in the way he speaks is incredible.
SiftyFix 1 month ago 5
@SiftyFix
Yes, it's terrific. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year to you!
mccainisthrough 4 weeks ago
4:59 Two years later your children saw you die. :-(
fire112germany 1 month ago
@fire112germany
People die, and in Hitch's case, it's a great loss, as it is with many, or even most. Thanks for watching and Happy Holidays!
mccainisthrough 1 month ago
@fire112germany
50 years later yours will
peenfluteking 3 weeks ago
@peenfluteking
Stark reality, it's unflinching. Happy New Year!
mccainisthrough 3 weeks ago
@peenfluteking Possibly.
fire112germany 3 weeks ago
@lease2coach
yep, like thunderf00t said about:
"The Lord is my Shepherd, '
'He prepares the table for me'
'he anoints my head with oil'"
it's a bloody cookbook!
LadyAmaltheaUnicorn 2 months ago 2
@LadyAmaltheaUnicorn
Yup! Thanks for having watched too!
mccainisthrough 2 months ago
today's theology's are tomorrow's mythology
maestro4110 3 months ago 3
@maestro4110
Yes, and well suited for that garbage can avatar of yours. Thanks for watching too!
mccainisthrough 3 months ago
4 Christians against 1 Hitch?? Not fair on the Christians, won't stand a chance!!
marcohorowitz8 3 months ago 16
@marcohorowitz8
Exactly right, and thanks for having watched also! Be Well!
mccainisthrough 3 months ago
@lease2coach
BAMMO! Thanks for watching and commenting too! Be Well!
mccainisthrough 3 months ago
Frauline Freitzle. WE CARE!! Athiests care about you. Chrisians say they do but will then say, she should have preyed harder and had more faith. It's alright he'll get his later just thank god you're out of there. What hideousness that anyone could say that.
Dgoosh1000 4 months ago 4
@Dgoosh1000
Fantastic comment, and thanks for watching too! Be Well!
mccainisthrough 3 months ago
@Dgoosh1000
exactly. I've lost count of how many times a Christian has said "look to Jesus" or "I'll prey for you" when I was in need of human companionship and comfort. Religion allows people to be lazy and neglective to actual compassion while feeling self-righteous in the process
And yeah the whole "victim blaming" is sickening as well; "we're filthy sinners who deserve to die and suffer" fuck that
LadyAmaltheaUnicorn 2 months ago
@LadyAmaltheaUnicorn
Nice comment, thanks for watching too!
mccainisthrough 2 months ago
BAM! Fucking BAM!
DeleriosoAnormal 1 year ago 3
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YUP! And thanks for watching too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Religion just got fucking fucking fucking DESTROYED son. Goodbye religion...all you failed humans will need to accept that you will die and its going to hurt like you wont believe. When you exhale for the last time you are gone. The end :)
699backstab 1 year ago 5
@699backstab
LOL! Indeed! Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
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And yet Hitchens sent his son to a Christian school. Typical narcissist - do as I say., not as I do.
DYORPEEPS 1 year ago
The curse of monotheistic religion is that it separates god from nature and give us the impossible challenge of a relationship with something completely alien. Its interesting that pagan mythologies predating that of christianity considered human beings to be part of a universal order (as modern science has proven) Only monotheistic religions decided that we must live under the laws of a divine, (and yet separate) dictator.
Hufflewaffle 1 year ago 4
@Hufflewaffle
Fantastic comment. You couldn't have presented it any better. Thanks for watching and adding your thoughts. Have a terrific weekend too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@Hufflewaffle
Yes, and all religions are sick self-righteous Mumbo Jumbo. It's for the weak, the stupid, the mentally ill and for the con artist to profit off the latter. Sick useless trash. Thanks for watching too!
mccainisthrough 3 months ago
religion argued from that point comes across as "reality-lite".
breaneainn 1 year ago
@breaneainn
religion argued from any point is "Reality-Not." Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
The five christians looked rather sullen did`nt they,LMFAO.
Religion,what a load of utter trash,nuff said
naybobdenod 1 year ago 5
@naybobdenod
Yes, they were brutalized, thanks!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
I think of the politiicians, and really every american president and then the vatican and on and on and then I contemplate the absolute idiocy of the statement that implies that religion is there for the weaker people in our society. Its clear than theres a good many power brokers as well.
keereekee 1 year ago
@keereekee
religio-Psychotics are very weak, they are terrified of dying, that's why they cling to their man-made gibberish. It's so selfish too. They believe they get more than the amazing condition of life they already have, how repulsive. Most christians make Bernie Madoff seem like a nice man with good morals. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
What's that opening speaker's name ? He owns xtian religion more eloquently and more cruely than Chrsitopher ever did...
Acrimonator 1 year ago 2
@Acrimonator
Great comment! We don't know his name, but we'll try and find it for you. He does make christians sound like what they are, weak, mentally ill fools who have no intelligence and no faith in themselves at all, just in a fairy tale. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Amazing. Christopher Hitchens made 2 awesome points - who wants to live in a no-privacy life and secondly what kind of a supreme being sadistically watches someone get tortured daily for 24 years !! I think the reality is there is no being and no one is watching anything. The religious masses are all praying to someone who doesn't exist. Hoping and praying with utmost sincerity will still not make something true. Universe is cold, chaotic and random. Hard to accept but it is true.
fanirama 1 year ago 2
@fanirama
Terrific comment, and exactly right. Praying is a fanciful whim of a small child awaiting a gift from Santa Claus, it is an unfit thought for any clear-headed adult. Thanks for watching and commenting also! Be Well!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Christopher Hitchens is one of my favourite speakers. He is always eloquent and is certain to make sure that his points can not be misconstrued. Thanks for posting.
Corneilius5188 1 year ago 2
@Corneilius5188
Yes, he's fantastic. Thanks for watching and commenting too! Be Well!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
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if religion is so stupid or false, then how come u cannot prove it is not real'?
Isnt it true, if religon was banned, Fritzl would still have raped/spdomised his daughter. What this shows is that free will does exist- mans ability to commit sin if he chooses- whereas hitchens says religion offers no free will.
Hitchens, just like any terrorist, can take any verse of any holy book and twist it to his own means. His arguments are miss the point of religion intentionally.
IANC4EVER 1 year ago
@IANC4EVER
If religion is so right, how come YOU, nor anyone else, can prove it's real? The burden of proof is on YOU, not people asking for evidential proof. Like Carl Saga said, correctly, "EXTRAORDINARY CLAIMS REQUIRE EXTRAORDINARY PROOF." The bible, a work of fiction, alleged the Earth was flat and stationary, it's not. The bible, laughable fiction, also asserts in genesis, that light was created before the Suns, which it wasn't, an only an idiot would think it was. YOU FAIL!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago 3
@IANC4EVER
Without religion we wouldn't have a tenth of the violence we have now, it's almost all religious garbage, the Middle east for example, ALL based on religious quarrels. We have enough divisions between men, we don't need another man-made one like the idiocy of religion. "This would be the best of all possible worlds if there were no religion in it" -John Adams
Adams was indeed correct!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago 2
@IANC4EVER @IANC4EVER no one has to prove that there is no god! because there is no reason to belive in god! its like thinking star wars is real, do we need to prove yoda wasnt real??
snowyywwinters 1 year ago 4
@snowyywwinters
Exactly. The guy's got some very serious mental issues. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
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Luck is everything. I can prove it.
NBTY4ever 1 year ago
After you have listened to this brilliant tirade, take a moment to click through the timeline and watch the questioner on the left physically wilt under the onslaught.
Phage0070 1 year ago 3
@Phage0070
That was hilarious. Thanks for watching and commenting as well!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@Phage0070
Rofl...
There's a part in the Hitchens Vs Turek debate where, immediately after Hitchens completely destroys a point put forward by his opponent, that his opponent then actually goes completely red in the face and starts physically shaking a little bit.
I wish I had such an amazing wit that I could make grown men react in such a way with words alone :P
Averagegamer100 1 year ago 4
@Averagegamer100
Yes, that was hilarious for certain. Many of our videos on the stupidity of relogion have the same effect on these loonies, it's great. Thanks for watching and for the great accurate comment! Have a great week too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago 2
That was an indestructible argument.
Whyisthat101 1 year ago
@Whyisthat101
True, as are nearly all arguments against the pure idiocy of religion. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Why do christians even bother? Hitchens is indestructible.
conman4037 1 year ago 25
@conman4037
Reality is indestructible, religio-Psychotics are fragile. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
like your description - think u hit the nail on the head
rwtj01 1 year ago 2
@rwtj01
Thank you! Thanks for watching and commenting too! Have a pleasant weekend!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
hehe, good video.
daemonowner 1 year ago 3
@daemonowner
Thanks!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
His opening speech could have been reworded as "It seems like atheism is for intelligent people, and Christianity is for stupid people". I agree.
justonefyx 1 year ago 8
@justonefyx
True, thanks for watching and commenting.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
no-THING. NOTHING. Damn.
rulesandwisdom 1 year ago 5
@rulesandwisdom
LOL!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
i agree. christianity is for people who are not intelligent. thats what he said himself. a comforting lie for dumb people.
hansbo11 1 year ago 4
@hansbo11
Exactly! Thanks for watching too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@mccainisthrough One of my favourite clips of Hitchens! I'm going to see him speak this Saturday and have tickets for the third row. Can't wait!
rulesandwisdom 1 year ago 2
@rulesandwisdom
Hitch is excellent, live, or on Memorex. Thanks for watching. Have a nice week too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
When is the moderator going to stop talking?
Nemesis000000 1 year ago
@Nemesis000000
Apparently he doesn't know his place. Thanks for watching too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
that moderator talks too fucking much. Moderation my ass.
Jeebaah 1 year ago
@Jeebaah
Someone should have prescribed a sleeping pill for him prior to his remarks. Thanks for watching too.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@mccainisthrough Thanks for posting! I'm glad I watched it.
Jeebaah 1 year ago
@Jeebaah
Thanks for sharing the kind words! Be Well!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
balls deep first push
NATEandtheMONKEY 1 year ago
@NATEandtheMONKEY
Christopher gutted them with one swipe of his scalpel.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
I like mine better.lol
j/k
NATEandtheMONKEY 1 year ago 3
@NATEandtheMONKEY
LOL! Thanks!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Toche' Mr. Hitchins. All one has to do to know that God doesn't protect the week is to read the bible.
whoopiman 1 year ago
@whoopiman
Yes, truly. Thank you for commenting also.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
checkmate
SuperFreikorps 1 year ago
@SuperFreikorps
Indeed. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Hitchens at his best
naybobdenod 1 year ago
@naybobdenod
Truly. He was as sharp as a scalpel here, his regular form!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
This really is quite brilliant, can anyone link me to a citation for the Madame Freissel (sp?) case? I seem to be unable to find it, and I'd really like to read up on such a profoundly tormenting story.
Mitth13 1 year ago 2
@Mitth13 Oh, that was in Austria, between one and two years ago. A psychopath built a prison dungeon in his basement, locked up his daughter and raped her, fathered a couple of children with her and raped those as well. The most disturbing thing is that no one seemed to notice, not even his wife.
Google for Josef Fritzl
lagerbaer 1 year ago
@lagerbaer
Spot on, thanks!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@lagerbaer Much obliged.
Mitth13 1 year ago
@Mitth13
Thanks. We'll try and locate a link for you.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@Mitth13
This is a start--
Cant post the URL just google it up from the name.
Staggeringly --His parents were Josef and Maria Fritzl, he was raised Roman Catholic -- from what you here from the loony religious lot.
It would only be possible for a non christian to do, then again if he repents he will be forgiven wont he.
VideoAudioDisco09 1 year ago
@VideoAudioDisco09
Thanks for the additional info!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@VideoAudioDisco09 actually if he "repents" he would have to do so with conviction...simply speaking the words in no way carries power.
I think that is the part people get hung up on, which even theists agree is ridiculous. Imagine living your life in self-indulgences (believing you can ask forgivness at the last moment) & then dying, but trying to get in under the wire to heaven. So now for eternity thats all you have to reflect back on....a bad life.
hexusziggurat 1 year ago
@hexusziggurat
Who says he won't do so with conviction and if so get a walk on the crime.
One of the big sales gimmicks of christianity is Justice, even if posponed til later..
VideoAudioDisco09 1 year ago
@VideoAudioDisco09
Yes, that's well stated. christians are mentally unbalanced. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@hexusziggurat
Great comment, thanks!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
well he surely sat that straight
antibulletdodger101 1 year ago
Just because something sounds nice for some people (as Christianity) that doesn't mean it is true. So easy!
lagerbaer 1 year ago 3
@lagerbaer
Correct. christ-stain-anity is a joke and a fraud, nothing more. Thanks!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
A stunning argument--Hitchens blew away his opposition there, and I've never heard any adequate response on these points, except for weak arguments like "but God loves us." Really? So if we have doubt he would cast us into a lake of burning fire for all eternity? Is this a loving parent? Yet save a "Christian" who also happens to be a mass murderer?
DandAinTac 1 year ago 2
@DandAinTac
True. There is no evidence any religion is anymore than fairly tales, and there never will be, since they are fairy tales, composed of lies and ignorance. Thanks for watching and the great lucid comment!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
I really fucking hate this guy....but he is very smart i will give him that.
wesag982 1 year ago
@wesag982
Christopher Hitchens is awesome, unless you're an idiot who believes in the fiction and lies of religion, then you'd tend to dislike his sense of reality and honesty. It's easier to appear smart when the facts are with you, but Hitch is brilliant too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
PART 2
Is it not amazing that a civilized people--for the Jews of that age were civilized--were so filled with murderous hate towards a kind and loving man who went about doing good, who preached forgiveness, cleansed the leprous, and raised the dead--that they could not be appeased until they had crucified the noblest benefactor of mankind? Again I ask--is this history, or is it fiction?
VideoAudioDisco09 1 year ago
@VideoAudioDisco09
religion = Lies and Fiction. Not a word of any of them are true. Only Science is reality.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
PART 1:
And let us ask, if Christ performed the miracles the New Testament describes, if he gave sight to blind men's eyes, if his magic touch brought youthful vigor to the palsied frame, if the putrefying dead at his command returned to life and love again--why did the people want him crucified?
VideoAudioDisco09 1 year ago
@VideoAudioDisco09
LOL! christ, the Santa Claus for religio-Psychotics.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Magic
SkinnerSG 1 year ago
@SkinnerSG
Yes, Hitchens is magic, religion is fiction and lies.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
What is the name of this debate?
Mitche23 1 year ago
@Mitche23
It's the christian book expo debate.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
It's not the substance of what Hitchens says that amazes me, it's more HOW he puts it together. The construction and delivery of his arguments, however major or minor, are delivered with surgical precision. To put it bluntly, he's intellectualism on steroids. Note that he almost never refers to himself as a de facto "atheist", but more crucially, as an "anti-theist". I believe that subtle difference is key if we're to understand the nuance of his personal position.
Thank you for uploading!
jesal21 1 year ago 24
@jesal21
Thanks for watching and the critical review. We have corresponded with Hitch and we may do an exclusive interview with him soon. He's down to Earth and well grounded, unlike theists who still believe in Santa Claus. Have a nice Sunday!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago 2
I appreciate both aspects of his delivery, however a big reason it comes off so well is because he's done this so many times, and has spent his entire professional life speaking publicly in one form or another. Practice does make...well, really damn good, let's just say.
SurelyYewJest 1 year ago 2
@SurelyYewJest
The religious clowns are more practiced at their lies than Hitchens is at speaking the truth. The religious nuts have been trying to convince the world their fairy tale is real, and preach it every second. It's easy for Hitchens to bury these clods, since reality is the weight of reason, religion is the anchor for fools.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
@mccainisthrough ...? The vast majority of religous people I know are not trying to convince anyone of anything. They try to practice a life with good moral ethics & help others. I don't see anything wrong with that. Yet somehow if they were labeled atheists their deeds would then be more qualified for your judegment?
hexusziggurat 1 year ago
@hexusziggurat
LOL! Sure thing. LOL!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago 4
@hexusziggurat -the catholic church acts throughout the world to prevent people in even the most AIDS-struck areas from getting and using condoms, various religious groups in the usa demand textbooks be rewritten to suit their silly beliefs about human origins..george bush tried to convince jacques chirac to join the usa in the iraq war because gog and magog were loose in the middle east...ie., it was fulfilling biblical prophecy...
tyz228 1 year ago
@tyz228
Excellent, well said, and true. Thanks for watching and commenting also!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
I often find Hitchens to be a boozy blowhard. But he nailed the case shut with this clip. Wish-thinking is for the weak and unimaginative. If we want things to change and improve, we have to change and improve them. Here and now. It's the only life we get.
drumrnva 1 year ago 3
@drumrnva
Yes, we'd agree. Live in the here and now, there is nothing else. Thanks!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
I keep hearing the word "Fairytale" do ye not know the devil is the "Myth Master"
We in Christ are to expose this "Myth Master" an all pagan ways, this is our duty.
What is say is true...If you cannot belief the truth...You will "FA:LL" for anything...
John 14:30
"I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
BrightLight57 1 year ago
@BrightLight57
LOL! That's funny stuff. Write in a book, other idiots did, they called it the bible, the world's most pathetic man-made fictional drivel!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago 4
Txx 4 the kind words my friend.I actually did christianity in my younger yrs and without going into detail I'll juist say it didn;t work for me.What I do know now is that I certainly don;t need religion to be a good person.Cheers mate.
jimmah1967 1 year ago 2
@jimmah1967
Thank you and Cheers!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
The christians guys arguement was basically that christianity offers a feelgood fairytale for weak minded,unable ppl[like himself] whereas aetheism doesn't.
jimmah1967 1 year ago 2
@jimmah1967
That's correct. religion offers nothing at all, ever, while Atheism offers reality and the ability to live within it and develop an understanding that we're all here together and must work together for the best possible results. religions all claim that their fairy tale is true, and they fight each other over their dogma, destroying unity and Our Earth. religion is the greatest threat to mankind. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Got to like Christopher. And I support his support of the invasion of Irak. Coming from Germany i at least have spend considerable time to learn what it must be like to live in a wicked totalitarian state (unable to properly express my deepest thankfullness for purging this shit out of my ancestors payed with countless allied lives).
blackpajamas1 1 year ago
@blackpajamas1
Yes, religion must be euthanized for the safety of Our Earth.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
wow, thats so fucked up...24 years not ever seeing sunlight and being tortured infront of your kids who are suffering themselves...24 YEARS!! feel so bad for them...i googled the guy, he looks like pure evil
pawndominance1 1 year ago 2
It's very creepy, and yes, "pure evil" is an accurate statement. Thanks for the comment.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Does it bother anyone of how the theist questionaire riddles with so much weakness? I hate to be mean, but what a pathetic reason to be religious. Ive been dealt a bad hand but if I were to turn to a god, it would still leave me dependent & no matter how much I acheive, Id never really be self-reliant, all credit will go to god. I think the theist who asked the question only sees himself as weak because religion made him that way & its in religion's best interest to KEEP him that way.
Key2daUnderground 1 year ago 4
Outstanding comment. You sound very enlightened, well beyond what the childish superstition of religion would provide for you, if anything. You also sound strong, a fantastic quality and one that will sail you through life on the power of your own thinking. We wish you well and thank you for watching, as well as the bright thoughtful comment.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
"We're all created in god's image"
Two words - Joseph Merrick
MrSyrett 1 year ago 4
Yes, good point. It's also fascinating that these morons who believe in "intelligent design" don't realize that means their fine alleged "god" person gives infants cancer and created a planet where animals kill and consume other animals, including man, which if crated in this alleged "god" person's image, is the most murderous animal on the planet, and the only contributing to its physical destruction with nuclear waste and other formidable types of toxic pollutants. Thanks for watching too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
im agnostic. I think there is an irony here, and that is that religion had a purpose at one point, but that we have essentially evolved past that belief. There is afterall a need for order and some understanding about what is right and wrong. This gave religion an important place, and their clinging to this place has resulted in much pain and suffering.
wizardoflawz 1 year ago 3
Extremely well said, thanks! Thanks for watching and commenting too, beautifully expressed and quite true. Have a nice weekend too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Good post. I see Hitchens squirming in his seat waiting to rip the questions apart, this is rather more polite of a debate then what I normally see of him.
machngunjoe 1 year ago 5
Thanks! Yes, good stuff. Have a nice weekend too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Wow! Thanks so much for that. That was incredible. He is incredible!
rscrim1 1 year ago 28
@rscrim1
You're entirely welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
The funny thing is the priest who were telling all the suffering people that they will get their reward in the afterlife lived like kings. They didn't want these people to revolt. They wanted them to feel "satisfied" with the suffering they were going through. I mean really, they even said that the poor man has a better chance getting into heaven then the wealthy man. Ohh really? I should stay poor to be on the safe side. How stupid do you have to be to believe this crap. BRAINWASHING
moety2 1 year ago 7
@moety2
Quite true on every count. religion is sad, as well as dangerous. All religion does is separate groups into self-righteous idiots who battle one another over their phony claims, it's vile. Thanks for watching and for commenting as well!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
I enjoy the fact that he emphasized the trauma she went through pleading to the heavens and "nothing, NOTHING" was said. The silence of the heavens... Haunting. Scary, but this is what our existence as humans is. We are probably alone in this universe, or at the very least this galaxy. We have to get used to it. And start doing things to better ourselves and our loved ones.
thenaj88 1 year ago 2
@thenaj88
Well said. Since there is absolutely no proof of any "god," and only proof that all religious dogma is entirely wrong and has no connection to anything ethereal, it's time to focus on the here and now. Thanks for watching and the fine comment too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Schooled!
Buddythunder1 1 year ago 2
@Buddythunder1
Quite brutally too. Thanks for watching and commenting as well!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading this it's one of hitchens best so far, the man is great.
Carnage2K4 1 year ago 3
@Carnage2K4
Thanks! Thank you for watching and for the kind comment as well!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Let's all step up and put all religion, not just Christianity where it belongs.
In the garbage dump.
Many people who were indoctrinated as children, and don't really believe, but don't dispute their false beliefs either, should take a stance for reality, and what science tells us about "magic" in the real world.
Even that special brand of "Jesus magic"
Religion is for children, the downtrodden and the ignorant.
Ironically nothing oppresses subjugates and tyrannizes better than faith itself.
bigboy45454545 1 year ago 4
Incredibly well said, we agree 100%. religion needs to be euthanized for the good of society and Our planet. Thanks for watching and the great comment!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Da MAN has spoken.
gargamel6699 1 year ago 2
Indeed. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Yes, great reply.
He could also have said that religions that promise you a reward in the hereafter, far from helping the oppressed, actually do the work of the oppressors by suggesting that it is ok to resign yourself to a shit life. Turn the other cheek, was/is a weakening philosophy and a charter for bullies.
It's no wonder so many despots use religion to help them in their dirty work.
shitfacesam 1 year ago 5
Truly a great response by Hitchens. You have a very funny username.Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
That was a great speech, but Hitchens did not directly answer the question. He should have pointed out that being an atheist offers dignity, and self-respect that theism does not. We are responsible for our successes as well as our failures. We owe none of it to the supernatural. We have the power to make our lives and our world what we want it to be.
chansetwo 1 year ago 4
Very well said. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
I recently started to read the bible for the first time, I've heard exerts in my schooling on many an occasion having been educated at a catholic school, it's the funniest thing I have ever read. Please follow my example, address your sense of common sense and fairness. I personally want nothing to do with anyone who thinks like that and says others should follow this vindictive example.
kramdoog 1 year ago 2
@kramdoog
Well said, and thanks for the fine sensible contribution.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Before listening to Hitchens, for me, the issue was always God does he exist? I doubted it very much. Hitchens makes clear, for the first time I've seen, how absolutely horrible it would be if such an all-powerful, all-knowing God did indeed exist. It would be the worst tyrrany ever--far far worse than a "1984" scenario.
DandAinTac 1 year ago 4
@DandAinTac
Hitchens is well grounded and is able to put christianity where it belongs, the garbage bin. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Haha, I loved hearing about how strong and intelligent and well connected I am :D
sam51092 1 year ago 3
Yes, christians are dogmatic Morons who believe in fantasy and ignore reality. You can't blame them though, their IQ's are far lower than Atheist's and Agnostic's IQ's, some surprise. Thanks for watching and commenting too!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
"Christianity is for the "week, the poor, the unfortunate?"
Christianity runs and owns 70% of America.
Christianity are the fat cats that sit in the top office of a sky scrapper building and run a Multi-billion dollar company.
So when you say that "Christianity is for the week, poor, and unfortunate." Just ask yourself two things;
When you drive threw your home town, how many Christian churches do you see (That don't pay for taxes by the way.) And 2: How many Buddhist temples do you see?
EdBoonSucks 1 year ago
LOL! The two richest men in the World are Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, boith Atheists, and below them, then next 25 richest people in America are Atheists as well. The christian right is through forever. They are the bush's and the robertsons, they're now 17% of America. And while religious Morons buy their own BullShit, Americans do not. christianity is growing at 5% a year, while Atheism/Reality/Science, is growing at 105% a year. "Lighthouse are more helpful than churches" - Ben Franklin
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
christopher hitchens doesn't debate, he tears limb from limb.
93parklife 1 year ago 30
@93parklife
LOL! Truly. He makes a savage beast look like a stuffed animal. Thanks for watching and the great, and true, comment!
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Oh, right. Prepositions. Right. Ahem..
"funny that he didn't flip over that table.."
Waitaminute.. Now it sounds like I'm turning him into a ninja... A mental ninja, sure.. Sigh. Language..
jakematters 1 year ago 3
Quite right! He brought the ceiling down on everyone but himself ...the power of the mind, the fiction of religion.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Yeah, I dunno.. That wasn't really "funny ha ha" rather more "funny he didn't flip that table over.."
Hitchens is awesome.
jakematters 1 year ago 2
Yes, Hitchens does get ...involved in his responses. Thanks for watching and commenting.
mccainisthrough 1 year ago
Awesome as usual!!
Bio4ce1 1 year ago 3
Yes, this one is particularly good. Hitch is always amusing, and his brevity is a core element, but he's especially humorous in this instance. He's so amiable that it's like throwing rabbits into a Lion's open mouth. There's so either unsuspecting or naive, either way it's "lambs to the slaughter."
mccainisthrough 1 year ago