Collision: Christopher Hitchens vs Pastor Douglas Wilson

[moldrad]

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

Okay, so there's a cosmic Jewish vampire who was his own father and can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because some rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... yep, Christianity makes sense.

[raiderlax5]

hahaha "yes, well science will beat pseudoscience everytime"

[narinwtf]

she said "fair and balanced debate" LOL on fox news?...right....

[OzuManful]

Hitch wrote a couple books about atheism and a couple thousand articles about various other subjects. It's beyond reductive to say that he made a living promoting his atheism.

[andybadger]

what a repulsive woman. Thought both of the guys came across really nicely. Am going to track the doc down and watch it.

[Jeffersonwazright]

She is such a blathering idiot.

[sanman312]

"Should we be concerned?" Yes, according to that graph the percentage on non-believers will only make up 25% of the population in 2028. That is far too low.

[riccokane]

This lady CANNOT formulate an intelligent question. What a sad waste of Christopher's time.

[MrHollywood1717]

would you like some face with your make-up?



[MikeEmery9]

She starts right at the beginning "Should we be concerned as a nation?" Only if it's not going fast enough

[cashboxkeys]

What an incredibly rude host. 

[pyropakman]

The world is a darker, less witty place today. We'll miss you, Christopher.

[yolenin1]

he always gets in the last word, always, its amazing

[VigEuth]

Wow the bitch just tries to softballl wilson in and incite him to get angry and he just stays cool. haha FAIL FOX guess not every christian conservative is as willingly unfair and unbalanced as you.

[1982kanga]

i'm pretty sure fox news is the worst place for. a fair and balanced debate

[xenalaskan]

During the interview, all I could see was two large brains with a wrinkled, pea-size brain in between.

[sociogenetics]

0:50 LOL I love Hitchens.

[brpoole336]

I just wonder why he has such a hatred for religion. I wonder when his time comes who is he going to pray to

[burlong01]

i would love to know where the statistic of 15% of the US population is atheist. i was never asked so how can that be true? i think it should be higher

[JSCwrd]

When an interview has to start with the disclaimer that it's 'fair and balanced' I start to feel a little nervous...

[anunspeakablesecret]

@JSCwrd I got nervous (and worried) when she asked if we need to be concerned about the increasing number of people with no affiliation.

[BelieveNoGod]

ALL female 'interviewers' from Faux 'news' should be at home. Cleaning the house, clothes,etc.

Sorry, they have absolutely no intelligence, so where else ?

[jabbyjabjo]

it is interesting the amount of tv interviewers who immediatly go on the attack or defense as soon as hitchens opens his mouth,it must be a pre requisite for so called journalists to be christians ,before being put on the air.

[ArchRascal]

Shoutouts to Pat Sajak

[js9679]

The news lady totally couldn't handle the conversation. Its like her world would blow up like pinatas if she allowed them to talk a minute more.

[moroney1]

@adoptedoneathotmail it was apparant from the minute she opened her mouth though,

[steelio82]

Naive redneck children trapped in middle aged bodies, believing in fairy tales and presenting the biggest shows on the biggest TV channels on this planet shouting that the fairy tale is true; to a collective species whose mind is evolved in such a way that it can be brainwashed with minimal effort... and we wonder why the human race is fucked.

[verumdolor]

Why do I leave this video thinking that the fox lady is a BITCH?

[TheHorta]

@adoptedoneathotmail - "Hell was created for Satan and his minions..Read the Bible..."

I have. It says nothing about hell being created for Satan, et al. It says everlasting fire, which according to Revelation is the "Lake of Fire" where, in Rev 20:14, both "death and hell" were cast into -- meaning the "lake of fire" is NOT hell, but rather the Second Death.

Also, sheep and goats were cast into everlasting fire with the devil and his angels -- not people. (Matt 25:33)

[DrProgNerd]

@adoptedoneathotmail - Grasshopper was a student of a master. To place yourself in the role of the master and I your student would seem to indicate that it was you who was full of him/herself. Oops (again)

[DrProgNerd]

@adoptedoneathotmail - To presume a friendship where none exists is also disrespectful. To not know how to spell 'friend' is just ignorant.

[Tobytrim]

@adoptedoneathotmail "Explain GOD to an atheist is liken to describing the color red to a blind person"

Yeah like most of us didn't have the idea of "God" incessantly "explained" to us before we ever learned about anything else, and in the hopes to programme us long before we got a chance to learn to think ...........

It seems to have worked with some of you guys-Lol!!

"God" is a human idea, observably no more - And if it wasn't, there would be no atheists, any more than any a-elephant-ists

[miamorhardstyle]

fair and balanced on??? on fox??...best stand up line up...

[TheHorta]

Any religion that teaches that a God of Love created a place of eternal torment for those who don't believe in the god of your religion is a farce, a fraud, and nothing more than an institutional demagogue. Any religion that says their god is so tiny that he / it is not able to "save" those beyond the boundaries of your religion is, likewise, a fraud.

Neither of those gods is in the Bible, unless his name is "Satan."

[moroney1]

Fair and balanced?? This woman's anger was was bubbling at the surface

[OrodesIII]

That blonde woman is very brainy.

[JayDee98765]

"Religon in decline in america" thank god =D

[CarmineFragione]

measuring 8.5 % and then 15%  to project in some future time it will be 25% is simply not Science. Graphic Analysis must measure three possible directions, remaining the same, decreasing or increasing. What is happening today, on face value is no surety of what the future will show. Religious Revivalism is a fact and should be scaled , to show that in just a few years, there could be less Atheists, not more, because a movement on a graph is not a law of nature.

[mcquestion]

You could tell she was dying to force an identity on Hitchens that he didn't agree with: as a man who'd made a career just out of being an atheist and that was all he was, which he isn't. And the "your side is winning" remark about schools, which we know she doesn't agree with because she's a super Christian, that she's barely able to keep her anger in check throughout the interview. The smile is patently false and I get the impression she wants to bathe in clorox after sitting next to Hitchens.

[jamie1234591]

I think even the pastor thought she was a twat!

[lizoir]

2:33 "Even on a hot day". Very clever!! Haha

[Tylrmclstr]

She gave me head.

[MattSingh1]

Fair and balanced as always. Great job, Gretchen. Oh, that woman? That's Gretchen Carlson, the good ol' middle America girl...that studied at Oxford, and is a classically-trained musician. I'm sure the folks of Idaho, Montana and Iowa can empathise...

[jamaq]

its fox news news, so the dumb bimbo is given.

[ZachRose88]

25% by 2028? I'm going to do my best to eclipse that stat.

[Zeyrion]

Dumb bitch: "You've made a career out of promoting yourself as an atheist."

Hitch: "I wish I could really build a career around it."

Dumb bitch: "Well you have."

I really wish there wasn't such a short time limit so he could've just stopped, looked at her, then destroyed her smarmy little implications.

[BigBagsForRent]

@Zeyrion Dude, chill out. She's just stating what she thinks. Hitchens gets away with snide little remarks all the time.

[Asonqualityguitars]

@BigBagsForRent that may be so. the difference is that hitch has challenged what he thinks whereas gretchen has not. he is wise and she is parochial.

[baillou2]

I HATE that lady. You don't know the half of it. She's up there with Ann Coulter.

[BrandonGagne]

how is it fair and balanced when the host's mic is turned up so much higher?

[ForkCheck]

Nah, she's just dumb as hell. So dumb she's probably as transparently stupid to Christians as she is to atheists.

[xLance2000]

Hateful, bias little bitch >:(

[Aldaan3333]

i wanna choke this bitch so bad.....she is acting like a clear cunt

[cpt2115]

the only thing hitchens has done in his entire career is promote himself as an atheist? no, grethcen try again

[AllyWheels]

@cpt2115

That's statement reveals a lot of ignorance..

[bradmanthethird]

"Should we be concerned as a nation?" Sure, if the increase in size of a group that manifests itself disproportionally lower in prison even corrected for socio economic background and race worries you.

[british123able]

god loves everyone, even ginger people!

[sirjambo]

SCIENCE beats pseudoscience every time!

[DrProgNerd]

Nothing is more annoying in an interview than to have the interviewer interupt and steer the conversation where they think it out to go. If you don't want to allow someone the opportunity to express their opinion, don't have them on your show. Christopher Hitchens is insightful and articulate. Had she shut up, we may have been educated and entertained. This was neither educational nor entertaining. It is an example of how not to conduct an interview.

[DrProgNerd]

@DrProgNerd - ought (oops)

[farerse]

@DrProgNerd she is prolly biased toward christianity

[Cvasir]

Even on a hot day, ZING.

[eagle4g63]

I have to say "she is hott"

[andrewgamba99]

"how do you handle your cool when you sit next to christopher hitchens?"

"well maybe because i'm not a fucking nazi like you"

[brindlebriar]

"This is why you'll find in collision: the two of them going head to head." Well, perhaps, but in this clip at least, they didn't go head to head or disagree on anything.

That's fine, but sice the host clearly indicated that they just had gone head to head a little bit, I get the distinct impression that she didn't follow what either of them said, and that she is not bright enough for the job she is doing.

[kurdt40894]

WHY CANT YOU HOLD THE CAMERA STEADY

[kurdt40894]

WHY CANT YOU HOLD THE CAMERA STEADY???????

[HKOverlord117]

Fair and balanced debate - Fox News

OXYMORON

[oliG0Poly]

Belief in religion is on the decline. "Should we be concerned as a nation?" No. In fact, we should be happy that people are waking up and realizing that religion is nothing but a superstition. Religion causes psychological damage to teens by making them feel ashamed simply for having natural thoughts about their sexuality. And look at how many gay teens commit suicide because the church tells them that they are an abomination against God.

[hendrix5045]

"Science will be pseudoscience everytime." - Christopher Hitchens

[OrTheThirdPerson]

@hendrix5045

*beat

[MaverickRhetoric]

@hendrix5045

*beat

[hendrix5045]

@MaverickRhetoric , ahh yes, i had a keyboard/brain fail lol

[rememberthename33]

to make it unbiased all she needed to do was to shut the fuck up for 3 minutes and she couldn't even do that

[alexdloew]

I cant stand this woman. What a biased bitch. Then again an atheist on fox will always result in a lose lose situation even if the atheist won.

[Pullmanfan7]

call that an argument?? lol

[Pandonodrim]

I loathe her. She is a disgusting and dishonest wretch - but then again all the pundits at Fox News are. It infuriates me to even call them "news" but they are so wonderfully Orwellian in their name choice, aren't they?

[snifferdogx]

This woman is a dumbfuck hick. Typical of Fox to put a moron with 2 tonnes of make-up in front of the camera.

[funcpl2741054]

the truth is everyone makes Barbie doll news anchors look like idiots.

[1955JAFO]

Isn't she a twat?Did she think Hitch was going to go all goofy and get upset because she thinks he's a turd?This interview is bogus and Hitch should have let them both have it between the eyes, but then he would have stooped to their standards and realize it is a total waste of his time and talent.

[SkyBoss99]

@1955JAFO This is FOX news, they do this to everything.

[PaulRyan2k]

She's a dumb ho

[iamnothowardhues]

"Very interesting conversation" Is it just me or did that actually seem sincere? Hitchens is a fucking pimp. Awesome.

[Rnewmanguy]

lool the woman is a retard. 'i might also add you're very respectful of each other, maybe that's why you're friends'

nice analysis

[highlanderdurp]

is there a place to watch Collision online

[glassbrain]

My god this woman is dreadful.

[tenorhighc1]

Listen closely how the Pastor admits that Christianity if were not true ( to him ), he would find NO use for it... and that it would encourage martyrdom. This is a very interesting point. He is saying that the Christian teachings are immoral, but since they come from God ( which he believes true ), he will follow it. I have to congratulate him for his honesty. But integrity? No. -- would you follow a an immoral system because its from a god? Not me.

[suicidefilming]

He-he-he, gotta love how much contempt she shows towards Christopher Hitchens, then starts laughing and smiling when she talks to Mr. Wilson.

[slye1991]

Search Time 100 Most influential people and vote for Hitchens!

[aaronthebaron80]

If Douglas Wilson is the intellectual champion of modern Christianity, we anti-theists have nothing to worry about.

[ThePublicIsInsane]

God I hate when fox has on someone they despise(Christopher Hitchens) the interview last 30 secs and they don't get to say what they feel or fox pulls the " that's all the time we have" but the blonde bitch I hate her the most of fox. She's just as brainwashed as the next religious person. It just looks like she doesn't think for herself. But then again religious people don't.

[CatFaceRevolution]

More atheist clips should start with a picture of Pat Sajak

[superwowie111]

"Well yes science will beat pseudo-science every time"

I came.

[horrabletypoe]

I watched the intro, and knew it was Fox News as soon as the voiceover said "should we be concerned?". It's just... dumbfoundingly duplicitous journalism.

[gunny2020]

"So why is he wrong?"

Fair and balanced.

[flumberg]

should we be concerned as a nation!?!?

thats disgusting,.

[wakenbake82]

faux news

[suppernoddypo2k7]

Gretchen Carlson is a retard.

[GiantSandles]

"You've made a career off of promoting yourself as an atheist."

Not even a couple of seconds in and the interviewer has already made an incredibly ignorant statement. Wow.

[BelialFetusEater]

oh man, sure you can say its not a myth "because i said so".... Just like any other religion where without proof you can say "because i said so" and people need to believe it. Remember one of the greatest thinkers of all human history (Socrates) was put to death for "defying the gods" because of superstition. However he embraced his fate with open arms. Mr. Hitchens has been battling cancer, and we can only hope he wins, because he is what humanity needs if it wishes to survive.

[ExEverest10]

I think my point was proven at 2:07; Hitchens is no saint with regards to the rhetoric he uses, imo, but he wasn't bad in the beginning of this interview, and yet this interviewer felt the need to feel overwhelmingly sympathetic towards the pastor. 'How do you keep your cool'; as though the question only deserves to be asked of one side. Perhaps I am being unfair, and she was working from the impression she recieved from the research, where Hitchens wouldn't always come out the loveliest person.

[ExEverest10]

0:47 I have a problem with anyone who calls anything they take part in 'fair and balanced'; it feels to me as though they have no grasp on the idea of subjectivity and inherent emotional and informational bias in human beings-as far as I can see, it's pretentious, ignorant, and above all, erroneous.

[MrShifty087]

She was instigating like crazy. I like the head crank she did like right in front of Hitchens "But why's it bad?!" 3:20

[CastrolJets]

Fox News once more unable to deliver value from having two great people in the studio. They really are poor.

[tonyss9]

"poitively wicked doctrine." Im not sure if ive ever heard it put so well. The bible is full of myths and legends borrowed from earlier religions. Organized religion is nothing more then an anchient method of controlling primitive people. Its been responsible for more murder then anything else in history. "thou shall not kill....unless you pray to a different invisible man then i do". Jesus loves us....but if you dont believe in me fuck you and burn in hell. a god created this shithole world???

[TheDakota671]

Your side is winning in public schools? You mean science which is believed in by Christians, Muslims, Jews. Atheists, Deists, Agnostics, Hindus, etc.

[JaaS0on]

so much respect for pastor douglas omg - im an athiest

[ItsameAlex]

I'd tap that.

[WSWarthog]

Shittiest 'fair and balanced debate' I've ever seen.

[snoberts]

The presenter could not even stand to be in the presence of an unbeliever.

[TomMackio]

I like how when she says: "Good to see both of you" - her eyes fixed on Wilson, not even a glance at Hitchens

[boscoblack]

that guy almost seems like an emerging atheist. i was surprised by his answers, but glad nonetheless

[trapfish]

"Your side is winning" Fair & balanced?

[rsmoneyglitch]

"What's going on? Should we be concerned for the nation?"

Fuck, shit like this is typical propaganda bullshit to try and make Atheists look like the god damn Beelzebub!

[alex85hst]

I'm actually kind of impressed that Faux News let it become an almost fruitful discussion - that's really not like them. Go Christopher, get well - civilization needs you!

[boysdontcry95]

American media is a total joke.

[mrzipdisk]

the one in the middle shouldn't have a job as a news person/interviewer

[jkumar8]

"Science will beat pseudo-science every time." Great line!!!

[fleammm]

@jkumar8 hell yea thats a great line

[lowlypeasant]

Stupid biooootch.

[SeamusMcGullicudy]

hahahahahaha did you see how she had to pull the plug on the whole interview once Hitch was winning? There is no way that segment was supposed to be that short but her handlers couldn't piss off Fox's main demo so they cut to commercial real quick. Mass Broadcasting 101.

[johnycannuk]

Well, she is hardly fiar and balanced...what a freaking demogogue.

BTW, Jesus did not come back from the dead. He probably didn't even live.

[macnasty0001]

She sucks. Fox sucks. Religion is just plain stupid and dangerous. Hitchens is the man

[WellConditionedChimp]

what a complete waste of time this interview was. zero depth. fuck fox and every other news station. if the news wants to have some impact on culture again, it should take the time to develop a news story in its entirety instead of showing the most fleeting glimpse of something complex. even when something major happens, they just replay the same shit over and over again. lazy and stupid. sound familiar?

[BloodRunsThrough]

fucking americunts

[Rshimy]

that conversation and vocabulary was way over that woman's head.

[spacecowboy95]

Why on earth would Gretchen make the point, almost cynically, that science is winning the battle agains pseudo science in the classroom?

And why the hell would the pastor say "not everytime" to chrisophers claim that science will always win the battles against pseudo science?

its as though the dont want science to succeed, they want something to be there in its way and will be willing to defend whatever that is.

[spdstr588]

That lady needs to be slapped in her face

[SAHBfan]

@spdstr588

"That lady needs to be slapped in her face"

She certainly needs to be slapped - and hard -

but there are better places to slap her ;-)

[LukeTBrown]

Should we be concerned as a nation? That sounds like a fair moderator for sure.

[JosephKnight93]

fair and balanced my ass

[NoRegretsForOurYouth]

@JosephKnight93

I thought Gretchen did reasonably well here, by Fox News standards anyway.

[BrendanIsCool]

@JosephKnight93 honestly this wretched whore wasn't that bad this time, I've seen her a lot spouting her shit. I think she knew hitch would have trounced her if needed.

[heeh2]

"even on a hot day"

lol