I used to look upto people like you.Do your fans know you sell atheist T shirts.It's a bit like a football game now.Who do you support atheism or theism.Buy a shirt now.The game goes on and atheist and theist masters make money.You make me sick.
Do you really want theism vanquished.What would be your purpose in life.Who or what would you and your friends fight against and be angry at.Unlike you I truly want the end of theism.I am a true atheist.Not someone who antagonises them for fame or a sense of intellectual superiority.Theists are victims.
I was also a fan of atheist experience and especially Matt and Russell.But like I said Chris only spoke facts and truths regardless if you liked it or not.Therefore anyone who questions facts and truth either are being untrue to themselves or have alteria motives.
I don't question his atheism.But it is now becoming clear to me that Americans are uncomfortable with truths.The iraq war was justified for the reasons Chris said.Also I am right in accusing you of being atheist mother terrisa,s and I'm calling you out on it.
BionicDance is a friend of the guys from ask an atheist.They are like a atheist mother terrisa.They don't want to destroy theism in all it's guises,but feed on it and it's victims like mother terrisa was a friend of poverty and not a friend of the impoverished.Shame on them.They should follow Christophers example.I WILL BE.
I have just finished watching Russell Glasser on atheist experience.His speech on Chris made me uncomfortable.Are Americans afraid of truth and fact regardless of their theism or atheism.
christopher Hitchens was my only real hero in life so far, he spoke the words i was thinking to the world and he will be dearly missed, maybe in the future you will feel honoured to celebrate your birthday and remember the life of Hitchens on the same day. Happy Birthday
@TowerofMrPower ... Atheists are the ones encouraging people to think for themselves... Honestly, when the fuck have you EVER heard someone from a religious point of view encouraging that type of attitude? They're the ones who have the thought process of "if you don't believe what I believe, you're burning in hell for eternity and evil" You completely misunderstand the message, and I pity you for even commenting on this.
As for this video you saluted him in the way he'd most likely want the most
@TowerofMrPower Who is obligated to always respect people? You can freely think that Santa Claus will give you head tomorrow morning and expect no respect from a lot of people for a belief to that degree. And thumbing down doesn't have much to do with conformism. Clearly, the comment doesn't show how many thumb downs you get, so there is no pattern for anyone to conform to. You speak as though Christopher Hitchens had no respect for all non-Atheists. Fuck outta here...-__-
@TowerofMrPower "I've found YouTube atheists to be haters, above anything else"
-What are you talking about? We love being called sinners and being told to repent or burn eternally, we love it when people politically interfere with our lives because we've offended their beliefs, we certainly can't get enough of being rudely awakened by door to door proselytizers... especially when we're hungover.
Also, I certainly doubt Chris will resurrect in three days.
Think of it this way Keight, he resting in peace now, free from rude disturbances from JW's, mormons, street preachers, jury summons and little girls selling cookies.
@TowerofMrPower "You've been flagged as "spam" because atheists can't stand anyone who thinks differently than they do. They make me want to SCREAM. "
- Like this? "YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD?? YOU HEATHEN! REPENT TO JESUS NOW!"... The key word is think here, you brainwashed jesus puppet, you should try it and maybe you'll be like us, instead of a mindfucked sheep.
@TowerofMrPower Don't you have abortion doctors to kill or gays to oppress because your "almighty" creator says they're an abomination? Go be a good little sheep now, asshole.
While I didn't cry at his passing, I did send him a toast, very similarly to what you did in this video. Somehow, the world is slightly less bright after his his passing.
Not exactly good news to get on your birthday, but he lived a big arsed life, touched a lot of minds and maybe brought some reason into a crazy world. That is all any of us can hope for. Keep his bombastic legacy going :)
Dont cry.I think Chris had a cunning plan.He cloned himself.These clones are called Matt Dillahunty,Thunderfoot,AronRa and my favourite Richard Dawkins.The world is saved.Hurrah for the Hitch.
Why do many Christians hate science? Jesus is the way, "the truth" and the light, therefore "Jesus is truth." Jesus is also "the ultimate moral authority" therefore "truth" is the "ultimate moral authority." Evidence is "truth," therefore science is "obedient to the ultimate moral authority." So why hate science? :)
@styrofoamheart "Why do many Christians hate science? Jesus is the way, "the truth" and the light, therefore "Jesus is truth." Jesus is also "the ultimate moral authority" therefore "truth" is the "ultimate moral authority." Evidence is "truth," therefore science is "obedient to the ultimate moral authority." So why hate science? :)"
-This is the brainwashing talking, FIGHT IT! Science isn't magic, btw.
hmm.. chick outanother dick? na. i think i feel his death as much as any celebrity i've seen pass. cause he's one of my peeps. and we don't get do-overs or eons on clouds. i swore off booze years ago so thanks. i'll call that my shot for hitch too
every year from now on, im going to ask for some johnnie walker black for my birthday. and then im going to spend the 15th drinking it while watching hitchslaps.
Christopher Hitchens; His position on the Iraq war and his arrogance made me actually sympathize with the religious people he always debated, and I'm an Atheist. He's the perfect example of how Atheists really don't have to have anything in common other than not being a theist. I didn't like him at all, I'm not sad he's gone personally. I agree with lots of religious people on certain issues and not him.
I feel ya.....so.....let's get motivated and keep this movement rollin'. Let's get the word out there and change the world for the better. Push harder than before. Do more. Say more....ya dig? Check out my channel.
Faith is the satan of the current world. We've only to open our minds to see it. Men of the future like Christopher Hitchens ripped clear the vale of culpability from many. I know the hope that that has brought to me and can see that that hope and peace must inevitably spread world wide. And just as too few break the zeitgeist of the past and were misunderstood and persecuted in their time, so will Hitchens be honored among the great forward thinking men if our age.
i just found out about him today. I fucking hate it when i get into someone and having hopes of meeting them one day and they are dead this happen to me 3 or times and i get mad and i cry alittle on the inside and dance im crying to.
So he died. Big deal. Honestly, his death is no more notable than the death of the hundreds of thousands of other people who died on December 15. People shouldn't make such big deals out of deaths of famous people. LIFE WILL GO ON with or without Hitchens. It was uncontrollable, it was bound to happen, so stop whining and get over it. That may sound harsh, but death is an essential part of life. No one death is worthy of any more attention than another. Here's to ALL who died December 15.
@jpbarbedwire666 What I'm trying to say is, why mourn for the loss of someone? Instead CELEBRATE their accomplishments in life and reflect on how much good they brought to the world. Don't be sad. Instead, be happy that he lived his life for a great cause and was an inspiration for many people. Crying and mourning about death doesn't have any effect on what happened, so instead be glad that he even existed in the first place.
If Christopher Hitchens didn't have an eleventh hour conversion, then he split hell wide open and landed in the very pit with a loud thud. I couldn't imagine the sheer terror he experienced when he believed he was closing his eyes for the last time, fully expecting everything to fade to black, only to discover that God does exist and he was at or near the very top of his enemy's list. I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN HITCHENS' SHOES RIGHT NOW!!!
This may sound a little weird given that I have never actually met the guy, but I really feel like the last of his kind is gone. This level deep, broad knowledge alongside his outstanding rhetorics is hard to find these days
I didn't really like him that much (I'm a Heretic rather then an atheist but try finding Heritics on youtube most of them are still cowering in fear) but he was never boring, Farewell
I was on the verge of crying when I heard the news. The only thing we can do now is pick up where he left off, take a shot, and give a smile that we even knew about such a guy.
Christopher fucking Hitchens, we will all miss him. :(
Insert claim about dog not eating last night. make miracles link between two. huskies are awesome. dog most be psychic. dog is put all over news. YOU CANT PROVE IT ISNT TRUE LALALALALALALALALALALALALA
I love reading him and seeing him speak. Coincidentally, I just bought his book "Arguably" yesterday, before I found out he died.
I am sad that he will not be around to continue to make fools of god-botherers, but I am grateful for having been exposed to his wit, his intellect, and his courage.
I've mourned Hitchens all I can. Now I must work on defending him from the vultures that will come and try to pick his reputation apart from false deathbed stories to blatant quote mining.
@BionicDance You know what's strange? You may not believe it, but you have quite the fan base, albeit not on Hitchens level. If Youtube is around decades from now, your death could affect many. food for thought
@tsugua27 I've wondered about that from time to time. It's...weird to realize that's a possibility. I mean, whothehell am I? Just some punk kid in Seattle makin' vids. Heh.
Ah, well...it's a moot point anyway; I'm going to live forever or die trying! :)
@BionicDance I love that your reply to my comment is being thumbs up'ed. You're more than you think you are... include me in the bunch who would miss you... don't leave without a message ;-p
Next year. After raising a glass for yourself. Raise another for the hitch. And even though he is now no longer among us. Remember him for everything he taught us and left us. :D
Cancer sucks. He'll be missed by many. We're very lucky to have been able to get to 'know' him so well these last few years. He's gone but not forgotten.
Well we cant say we didn't see it coming months beforehand. He was a great contributor to logic and reason and will be missed. With all the depressing shit in my life lately I'm not surprised.
I, for one, am not curious what the religious have to say about the event. Prayers, forgiveness, hate and anything else. Your moot opinions fall on deaf ears.
Hey Bionic. Thanks for posting this, I found out through your video. He was important and I'm glad I could be part of the YouTube atheist community honoring his memory, even in this small way. All the best to you, Z
Organised religion is violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
A brilliant light has gone out in the Universe. He will be greatly missed. Your light may not be as bright or extend as far as his, but you still help illuminate the world around you. Hang in there and keep up the good work.
@BionicDance Happy birthday. And I'm sorry to hear about Hitchens. I'm not an atheist, but I always liked his witty comments, and I found myself agreeing with them half the time. Sad day.
Celebrate Hitch's life as much as you can. You can make it a tradition that every time your birthday comes, you can have one extra drink in his honor. Then you can go on Youtube and watch all of his "Hitch-slaps".
Mourn him well, but his own words were to not let his momentary tragedy (which he was actually quite bored with) detract from his purpose. His presence still resounds the world over. And when those pesky religious make his death into a plug for invisible friends in the sky. Respond with the gusto that Hitchens was known for.
@sprwnch obviously the gravity of her response was lost to you. Way to take a simple way of her packaging remorse and turn it into a confrontation to satisfy your own importance...Bionicdance..thank you for your words of remembrance..however they come to you.
I knew this day was coming ever since I found out he had cancer. In his pre-emptive honor I started naming the most bad-ass buttkicking toon I could create in every game I played "Hitchens Lives Forever".
It is an honor that pales in comparison to the worth of the man we have now lost, but maybe if we all did something similar it might serve as a catalyst to spread awareness of him to those still infected by religion? Or at least those that also play MMOs.
RIP Christopher Hitchens. One of the greatest minds and authors is with us no more. He may be gone and he will be missed for sure, but 'Hitch Slapping' will go on even in his absence... ♥
I don't mean to make you feel worce, but probably better brace for all the "well look where he is now" crap from all the christian dooshes. There is bound to be at least some of them.
This is actually the first I'm hearing about it, with the international date line it probably happened between the news cycle. I'm sure it will be all over the news tomorrow.
The sadness you display ... the exact reason I'm anti-religion (not theist in Religions' gods, but not totally atheist ... but still enough atheist to be on your "atheist-list," yeah? ;-) ): I'm anti-religion because they continue to worship a death-God (oh, they may deny it, but THEY claim that 'dying' is the only way to get to 'Heaven.') But My God Is Life, and there IS NO death in him. Hitchens is resting from the daunting task he started well for us to continue in his stead ... LOVE
Hitch really opened my eyes and sharpened my arguments when dealing with "nutcases" a helluvalot. He was funny, intelligent and so very well-spoken. He will be missed. This sucks :(
I've just found out and I'm gutted. You know when a rock star dies like Freddie Mercury or even Michael Jackson you feel saddened BUT Hitch means we've really lost somebody important. He said himself that he had had a great life but abused it somewhat with Whisky and cigarettes but the great people like Hitch will stand alone within the anals of the 20/21 Century. RIP Hitch we loved your work and mind. I hope somebody takes the baton and continues his great work.
A few years back I was serving in Baghdad, we got word that a young guy got shot and killed off the top of his humvee, it was my birthday. I never met this young guy, but it felt so strange that he was killed on the day I normally celebrate the start of my life. My birthday means so much more to me now than it did before, I'm still celebrating the start of my life, but I’m also celebrating the life and memory of someone I never met.
Also-- He was one of the vanishingly few conservatives to whom I could listen. And one who could actually persuade me through force of argument of his positions. I'll miss him. :(
“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
What inspired me most about Christopher is that he never pulled his punches when debating. He was most definitely a force to be reckoned with. I'm grateful for having had the opprtunity to hear his perspective on things like religion...hell, he helped me give voice to my atheism.
So glad that I lived at the same time as this great man. We continue the fight for reason in our world. It will be tougher without him but we have so many videos of extreme pwnage to keep close.
hitch was a dick head and is writing a new book called I WAS WRONG .
pearsc5d 1 week ago
Your face immediately contorts @ 0:45. How do you that?
UsedNMuse 3 weeks ago
@UsedNMuse It's hardly immediate.
BionicDance 3 weeks ago
@BionicDance I'm meant 0:46.
UsedNMuse 3 weeks ago
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UsedNMuse 3 weeks ago
Ya, me too.
RakaTheTenacious 2 months ago
Bionic you are wonderful! ♥ Your voice and style of telling is really cool.
GoldenChantarelle 2 months ago
I used to look upto people like you.Do your fans know you sell atheist T shirts.It's a bit like a football game now.Who do you support atheism or theism.Buy a shirt now.The game goes on and atheist and theist masters make money.You make me sick.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
@suzukix5owner I warned you, kiddo. Buh-bye.
BionicDance 2 months ago
Cop out
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
Do you really want theism vanquished.What would be your purpose in life.Who or what would you and your friends fight against and be angry at.Unlike you I truly want the end of theism.I am a true atheist.Not someone who antagonises them for fame or a sense of intellectual superiority.Theists are victims.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
@suzukix5owner And you're spamming; post less or, seriously, I'm blocking your ass. Condense your thoughts or pace yourself. Pick one.
BionicDance 2 months ago
@BionicDance Hun, this is the part where you type TLDR :)
xXSoulsXx 2 months ago
Show evidence.Sorry but the burden of proof is in you hands.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
@suzukix5owner No, it isn't. You're accusing me and others of being "Mother Teresa atheists"...it's up to YOU to show this is the case.
BionicDance 2 months ago
I was also a fan of atheist experience and especially Matt and Russell.But like I said Chris only spoke facts and truths regardless if you liked it or not.Therefore anyone who questions facts and truth either are being untrue to themselves or have alteria motives.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
I don't question his atheism.But it is now becoming clear to me that Americans are uncomfortable with truths.The iraq war was justified for the reasons Chris said.Also I am right in accusing you of being atheist mother terrisa,s and I'm calling you out on it.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
@suzukix5owner Show evidence.
BionicDance 2 months ago
Oh I forgot to put that I am beginning to think that atheist experience presenters are like atheist mother terrisa,s too.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
BionicDance is a friend of the guys from ask an atheist.They are like a atheist mother terrisa.They don't want to destroy theism in all it's guises,but feed on it and it's victims like mother terrisa was a friend of poverty and not a friend of the impoverished.Shame on them.They should follow Christophers example.I WILL BE.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
@suzukix5owner You don't know me, kiddo.
I'd be HAPPY to see theism vanquished.
BionicDance 2 months ago
I have just finished watching Russell Glasser on atheist experience.His speech on Chris made me uncomfortable.Are Americans afraid of truth and fact regardless of their theism or atheism.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
@suzukix5owner I haven't seen the speech you're talking about, but I've met Russell and he didn't strike me as afraid of truth or fact.
BionicDance 2 months ago
Has anyone noticed that Christopher spoke fact and truth in a world where fact and truth are unpopular and scary to all theists.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
You rock girl!!!! Happy B Day...life goes on...hang tough. Here's to you.
Jofishy66 2 months ago
christopher Hitchens was my only real hero in life so far, he spoke the words i was thinking to the world and he will be dearly missed, maybe in the future you will feel honoured to celebrate your birthday and remember the life of Hitchens on the same day. Happy Birthday
MrProtobaby 2 months ago
@TowerofMrPower ... Atheists are the ones encouraging people to think for themselves... Honestly, when the fuck have you EVER heard someone from a religious point of view encouraging that type of attitude? They're the ones who have the thought process of "if you don't believe what I believe, you're burning in hell for eternity and evil" You completely misunderstand the message, and I pity you for even commenting on this.
As for this video you saluted him in the way he'd most likely want the most
PuzpoliticMind 2 months ago
@TowerofMrPower Who is obligated to always respect people? You can freely think that Santa Claus will give you head tomorrow morning and expect no respect from a lot of people for a belief to that degree. And thumbing down doesn't have much to do with conformism. Clearly, the comment doesn't show how many thumb downs you get, so there is no pattern for anyone to conform to. You speak as though Christopher Hitchens had no respect for all non-Atheists. Fuck outta here...-__-
ThaGearOfWar 2 months ago
@TowerofMrPower "I've found YouTube atheists to be haters, above anything else"
-What are you talking about? We love being called sinners and being told to repent or burn eternally, we love it when people politically interfere with our lives because we've offended their beliefs, we certainly can't get enough of being rudely awakened by door to door proselytizers... especially when we're hungover.
Also, I certainly doubt Chris will resurrect in three days.
InsanityComplex1 2 months ago
Think of it this way Keight, he resting in peace now, free from rude disturbances from JW's, mormons, street preachers, jury summons and little girls selling cookies.
InsanityComplex1 2 months ago
@TowerofMrPower "You've been flagged as "spam" because atheists can't stand anyone who thinks differently than they do. They make me want to SCREAM. "
- Like this? "YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD?? YOU HEATHEN! REPENT TO JESUS NOW!"... The key word is think here, you brainwashed jesus puppet, you should try it and maybe you'll be like us, instead of a mindfucked sheep.
InsanityComplex1 2 months ago
@TowerofMrPower Don't you have abortion doctors to kill or gays to oppress because your "almighty" creator says they're an abomination? Go be a good little sheep now, asshole.
InsanityComplex1 2 months ago
@TowerofMrPower Yes, that's right...cuz you wouldn't be thumbed down for being, you know, WRONG or anything. *rolls eyes*
BionicDance 2 months ago
While I didn't cry at his passing, I did send him a toast, very similarly to what you did in this video. Somehow, the world is slightly less bright after his his passing.
Eldrave20 2 months ago
Not exactly good news to get on your birthday, but he lived a big arsed life, touched a lot of minds and maybe brought some reason into a crazy world. That is all any of us can hope for. Keep his bombastic legacy going :)
BETAmosquito 2 months ago
And BionicDance. Thank YOU for everything too! :-)
boyceps 2 months ago
2 things i cant stand......
1. People who write R.I.P. Dead people are not resting nor do they enjoy peace.
2. People who raise a glass and speak to dead people as if they can hear them.
If you are gonna make videos about rationality then at least try and be rational. Just saying.
holdontoyourwig 2 months ago
Dont cry.I think Chris had a cunning plan.He cloned himself.These clones are called Matt Dillahunty,Thunderfoot,AronRa and my favourite Richard Dawkins.The world is saved.Hurrah for the Hitch.
suzukix5owner 2 months ago
Why do many Christians hate science? Jesus is the way, "the truth" and the light, therefore "Jesus is truth." Jesus is also "the ultimate moral authority" therefore "truth" is the "ultimate moral authority." Evidence is "truth," therefore science is "obedient to the ultimate moral authority." So why hate science? :)
styrofoamheart 2 months ago
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@styrofoamheart "Why do many Christians hate science? Jesus is the way, "the truth" and the light, therefore "Jesus is truth." Jesus is also "the ultimate moral authority" therefore "truth" is the "ultimate moral authority." Evidence is "truth," therefore science is "obedient to the ultimate moral authority." So why hate science? :)"
-This is the brainwashing talking, FIGHT IT! Science isn't magic, btw.
InsanityComplex1 2 months ago
Sorry but LMAO @ 0:46
UsedNMuse 2 months ago
hmm.. chick outanother dick? na. i think i feel his death as much as any celebrity i've seen pass. cause he's one of my peeps. and we don't get do-overs or eons on clouds. i swore off booze years ago so thanks. i'll call that my shot for hitch too
dirkadirkabro 2 months ago
"sister from another mister", thought I was the only one who said that.
pernch 2 months ago
@pernch Well, I don't know how else to say "brother from another mother" for a sister-type. :)
BionicDance 2 months ago
Nice quote from Christopher from a few months ago in a interview "when I die I wont know I'm dead" I hope his legacy lives on for a long time.
HENRYFOLEY 2 months ago
was my birthday on the 14th.
every year from now on, im going to ask for some johnnie walker black for my birthday. and then im going to spend the 15th drinking it while watching hitchslaps.
my hero is gone.
volound 2 months ago
If Dick Cheney was an Atheist, I wouldn't cry for him either. I think Dick Cheney is an atheist actually, I know Carl Rove is.
DarkFantasyvids 2 months ago
Christopher Hitchens; His position on the Iraq war and his arrogance made me actually sympathize with the religious people he always debated, and I'm an Atheist. He's the perfect example of how Atheists really don't have to have anything in common other than not being a theist. I didn't like him at all, I'm not sad he's gone personally. I agree with lots of religious people on certain issues and not him.
DarkFantasyvids 2 months ago
I feel ya.....so.....let's get motivated and keep this movement rollin'. Let's get the word out there and change the world for the better. Push harder than before. Do more. Say more....ya dig? Check out my channel.
Jonathanedward2010 2 months ago
'Makes me wish I had more than beer to salute him with :(... to Hitch'! (gulps)
Jaybird196 2 months ago
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Faith is the satan of the current world. We've only to open our minds to see it. Men of the future like Christopher Hitchens ripped clear the vale of culpability from many. I know the hope that that has brought to me and can see that that hope and peace must inevitably spread world wide. And just as too few break the zeitgeist of the past and were misunderstood and persecuted in their time, so will Hitchens be honored among the great forward thinking men if our age.
Peace be upon him :P
xenorun 2 months ago
He obviously meant a great deal to you. I was I'd known of him sooner.
Templetonq 2 months ago
i just found out about him today. I fucking hate it when i get into someone and having hopes of meeting them one day and they are dead this happen to me 3 or times and i get mad and i cry alittle on the inside and dance im crying to.
\m/ Christopher fucking Hitchens.
jpbarbedwire666 2 months ago
sister from another mister... 0_o
Snakekilla12 2 months ago
@Snakekilla12 It's like "brother from another mother", y'see.
BionicDance 2 months ago
*hugs*
kelliko70 2 months ago
So he died. Big deal. Honestly, his death is no more notable than the death of the hundreds of thousands of other people who died on December 15. People shouldn't make such big deals out of deaths of famous people. LIFE WILL GO ON with or without Hitchens. It was uncontrollable, it was bound to happen, so stop whining and get over it. That may sound harsh, but death is an essential part of life. No one death is worthy of any more attention than another. Here's to ALL who died December 15.
coda623 2 months ago
@coda623 fuck you your not helping get the fuck out of here with your fucking comment man
jpbarbedwire666 2 months ago
@jpbarbedwire666 What I'm trying to say is, why mourn for the loss of someone? Instead CELEBRATE their accomplishments in life and reflect on how much good they brought to the world. Don't be sad. Instead, be happy that he lived his life for a great cause and was an inspiration for many people. Crying and mourning about death doesn't have any effect on what happened, so instead be glad that he even existed in the first place.
coda623 2 months ago 2
@coda623 i can agree with that
jpbarbedwire666 2 months ago
Dam I feel miserable. I wish I could go to his funeral.
favoritemoneymakers 2 months ago
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If Christopher Hitchens didn't have an eleventh hour conversion, then he split hell wide open and landed in the very pit with a loud thud. I couldn't imagine the sheer terror he experienced when he believed he was closing his eyes for the last time, fully expecting everything to fade to black, only to discover that God does exist and he was at or near the very top of his enemy's list. I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN HITCHENS' SHOES RIGHT NOW!!!
blackcreationist 2 months ago
This may sound a little weird given that I have never actually met the guy, but I really feel like the last of his kind is gone. This level deep, broad knowledge alongside his outstanding rhetorics is hard to find these days
cmdstraker 2 months ago
Thank you for everything Mr. Hitchens.
niccilomachiaveli 2 months ago
\_/ for Hitch
wwwATHEISTATOMcom 2 months ago 2
I didn't really like him that much (I'm a Heretic rather then an atheist but try finding Heritics on youtube most of them are still cowering in fear) but he was never boring, Farewell
scrappydew42 2 months ago
Hitchens:
Yet another NWO casualty.
Speak out loud enough and you will be silenced.
Gone but with a very wide wake.
t4705mb6 2 months ago
I was on the verge of crying when I heard the news. The only thing we can do now is pick up where he left off, take a shot, and give a smile that we even knew about such a guy.
Christopher fucking Hitchens, we will all miss him. :(
Mimi2591 2 months ago
Insert claim about dog not eating last night. make miracles link between two. huskies are awesome. dog most be psychic. dog is put all over news. YOU CANT PROVE IT ISNT TRUE LALALALALALALALALALALALALA
FenrirUlvTheFurry 2 months ago
I love reading him and seeing him speak. Coincidentally, I just bought his book "Arguably" yesterday, before I found out he died.
I am sad that he will not be around to continue to make fools of god-botherers, but I am grateful for having been exposed to his wit, his intellect, and his courage.
infideluxe 2 months ago
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How can any of us thank someone like Hitchens enough for leading our minds to think free? I'm with you Bio. Now we are his legacy.
tsunami770 2 months ago
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tsunami770 2 months ago
I've mourned Hitchens all I can. Now I must work on defending him from the vultures that will come and try to pick his reputation apart from false deathbed stories to blatant quote mining.
HipRockInc 2 months ago
@BarryGormley2010 Yeah.
BionicDance 2 months ago
Had I been drunk I too probably would have cried also. It's amazing how someone you never met could have such impact on you. Happy b-day
tsugua27 2 months ago
@tsugua27 Yeah, it is pretty strange. I never met Hitch, yet his impact on my life was so huge...his death hit me hard.
I don't even wanna THINK about what'll happen when George Lucas dies. :(
BionicDance 2 months ago
@BionicDance You know what's strange? You may not believe it, but you have quite the fan base, albeit not on Hitchens level. If Youtube is around decades from now, your death could affect many. food for thought
tsugua27 2 months ago
@tsugua27 I've wondered about that from time to time. It's...weird to realize that's a possibility. I mean, whothehell am I? Just some punk kid in Seattle makin' vids. Heh.
Ah, well...it's a moot point anyway; I'm going to live forever or die trying! :)
BionicDance 2 months ago 8
@BionicDance I love that your reply to my comment is being thumbs up'ed. You're more than you think you are... include me in the bunch who would miss you... don't leave without a message ;-p
tsugua27 2 months ago
@tsugua27 I don't plan on going anywhere any time soon. No worries. :)
BionicDance 2 months ago
@BionicDance
Next year. After raising a glass for yourself. Raise another for the hitch. And even though he is now no longer among us. Remember him for everything he taught us and left us. :D
Sounds like a good tradition in the making. ;-)
Exile1a 2 months ago
@BionicDance Oh no don't even speak like that, I don't want to think of George Lucas dyeing when Hitch has died. :(
nateNbakkestudios 2 months ago
Cancer sucks. He'll be missed by many. We're very lucky to have been able to get to 'know' him so well these last few years. He's gone but not forgotten.
finlarg 2 months ago
Well we cant say we didn't see it coming months beforehand. He was a great contributor to logic and reason and will be missed. With all the depressing shit in my life lately I'm not surprised.
rzq100 2 months ago
“Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way.”
nachtfee957 2 months ago
Wow Keight, that's the first time I've seen you cry.
Akira625 2 months ago
@Akira625 I don't do it a lot. And certainly not on camera.
And I was drunk; had just got home from the club.
BionicDance 2 months ago
@BionicDance You are entitled to have another, this is the right time for it. I can't physically buy you one, but I can do so in spirit.
thereforeithought 2 months ago
I, for one, am not curious what the religious have to say about the event. Prayers, forgiveness, hate and anything else. Your moot opinions fall on deaf ears.
BeBoBli 2 months ago
Another great man is gone and we are all the weaker for it.
1Lanavis1 2 months ago
it didn't happen..... i'm not accepting it.
xuvetyn13 2 months ago
Hey Bionic. Thanks for posting this, I found out through your video. He was important and I'm glad I could be part of the YouTube atheist community honoring his memory, even in this small way. All the best to you, Z
Zerafinel 2 months ago
What a terrible coincidence of timing for you. I wish there was some way I could get a round of drinks for you and Summer.
thereforeithought 2 months ago
awww
SupermarketsRevil 2 months ago
Organised religion is violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism, tribalism, and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children.”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
johnofdunn 2 months ago
@johnofdunn A very good quote and post. Hitchens was one of the few people who could legitimately be called an intellectual. He will be missed.
thereforeithought 2 months ago
@thereforeithought Hitchens will be missed
johnofdunn 2 months ago
Sadfae (hugs)
Kurana4390e 2 months ago
johnny Walker Black?
eahazell 2 months ago
A brilliant light has gone out in the Universe. He will be greatly missed. Your light may not be as bright or extend as far as his, but you still help illuminate the world around you. Hang in there and keep up the good work.
oscargordon 2 months ago
Looks like I have two shots to take on Sunday. One for my 21st and one for Hitchens. Here's to you, sir.
HimesInu 2 months ago
Happy Birthday....
Kingtiger213 2 months ago
@Kingtiger213 I know, right. *psigh* Poor Hitch.
BionicDance 2 months ago
@BionicDance Very sad, definitely.
Kingtiger213 2 months ago
Nicely done, I am wrecked by this Deathcember (see my latest video) I lost a lot this month.
rednecktrucker1969 2 months ago
Didn't agree ith his economics AT ALL(He was right wing, as I understand it) but other than that, his mind shall be sorely missed.
tyrongkojy 2 months ago
My birthday is 16th.. Happy birthday.
rueven54 2 months ago
@rueven54 Happy birthday to you. :)
BionicDance 2 months ago
@BionicDance Happy birthday. And I'm sorry to hear about Hitchens. I'm not an atheist, but I always liked his witty comments, and I found myself agreeing with them half the time. Sad day.
JohananRaatz 2 months ago
@BionicDance I'd hug you right now if I could :(
Celebrate Hitch's life as much as you can. You can make it a tradition that every time your birthday comes, you can have one extra drink in his honor. Then you can go on Youtube and watch all of his "Hitch-slaps".
ImACuteGeek 2 months ago
Suddenly the collective dialogue of our species seems signifigantly less eloquent.
TheAbsinthemind 2 months ago
Deepest sympathy!
VitoPossilipo 2 months ago
that is how we shall keep him alive..he will forever be one of the important figures in this culture war with.
thinkbyproxy 2 months ago
Mourn him well, but his own words were to not let his momentary tragedy (which he was actually quite bored with) detract from his purpose. His presence still resounds the world over. And when those pesky religious make his death into a plug for invisible friends in the sky. Respond with the gusto that Hitchens was known for.
thinkbyproxy 2 months ago
Yeah, cuz it's all about you. How dare he die on YOUR birthday. WTF?
sprwnch 2 months ago
@sprwnch obviously the gravity of her response was lost to you. Way to take a simple way of her packaging remorse and turn it into a confrontation to satisfy your own importance...Bionicdance..thank you for your words of remembrance..however they come to you.
thinkbyproxy 2 months ago
Yeah, how dare his death day be on her birthday!
LongHairedLoser 2 months ago
@sprwnch
Yeah, that was awfully rude of him to die on BionicDance's birthday. I can't believe The Hitch would be that inconsiderate.
Draginvry2 2 months ago
Hitchens' work of enlightening the world to religion's failings is far from over, but far from forgotten.
We'll keep fires going!
ajr5086 2 months ago
I knew this day was coming ever since I found out he had cancer. In his pre-emptive honor I started naming the most bad-ass buttkicking toon I could create in every game I played "Hitchens Lives Forever".
It is an honor that pales in comparison to the worth of the man we have now lost, but maybe if we all did something similar it might serve as a catalyst to spread awareness of him to those still infected by religion? Or at least those that also play MMOs.
Strutinan 2 months ago
Now i feel bad that i never got to meet him, though that was never a possibility.
FattyMcFox 2 months ago
We will all miss the "Hitch" and this evening I will drink a toast of good Scotch in his memory.
toucan780 2 months ago
He lives on in the work he did. he will be missed but never forgotten.
ThePuppetTheist 2 months ago
RIP Christopher Hitchens. One of the greatest minds and authors is with us no more. He may be gone and he will be missed for sure, but 'Hitch Slapping' will go on even in his absence... ♥
zepfan74 2 months ago
I'll definately be having a beer tonight in the name of Hitchens
dawnbringerSO 2 months ago
Well, if there's life after death, and if Hitchens found God there, I hope he gives Yahweh a good Hich-slap!
Akira625 2 months ago
May the "Hitch" be with you. (yeah you may dislike that but I felt it appropriate).
lautz73 2 months ago
Start drinking for the dead? well I guess you have to do something.
I will have to fill a thumb drive with millions of Bibles and format it.... about 100 times.
flammamancer 2 months ago
If god doesn't exist then why is Christopher Hitchens dead? ./c
Iced1992 2 months ago
Real sorry to hear how you got the news. That sucks. Everyone raise a shot of Johnnie Walker to Hitch!
TheCaptainD82 2 months ago
@TheCaptainD82 Sorry I have only Bundy handy... *raises glass*
ulthea 2 months ago
@TheCaptainD82 black label (if available)
eat666shit 2 months ago
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Christopher Hitchens is one of the Neos that have awakened many from the matrix of ignorant religion. R.I.P. You will truly be missed.
realigiousrayne 2 months ago
I'm indifferent. His death means nothing to me on a personal level and I'm not enough of a psychopath to view him as a resource.
SAsgarters 2 months ago
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derAnubis 2 months ago
@SAsgarters Now you're one of the cool kids.
Iced1992 2 months ago
@Iced1992 Am I now.
SAsgarters 2 months ago
Gone but not forgotten, add me to the list of people wanting to say just how much he meant to me.
bonnie43uk 2 months ago
for all you fellow atheists out there... let me try and put this into perspective, we just lost our SEAL team "6".....
MpowerdAPE 2 months ago
I love you Christopher Hitchens!
You'll Always be my Big Growling Teddy Bear! I'll Miss You!
BlankPicketSign 2 months ago
RIP Hitchens. A man that has changed my outlook on life and I have left Religion forever. Thank God. (forgive me for that). You will be missed.
TabuuIntense 2 months ago
I know the feeling, my great-uncle died on my last birthday.
Azathoth59 2 months ago
I don't mean to make you feel worce, but probably better brace for all the "well look where he is now" crap from all the christian dooshes. There is bound to be at least some of them.
This is actually the first I'm hearing about it, with the international date line it probably happened between the news cycle. I'm sure it will be all over the news tomorrow.
Disthron 2 months ago
The sadness you display ... the exact reason I'm anti-religion (not theist in Religions' gods, but not totally atheist ... but still enough atheist to be on your "atheist-list," yeah? ;-) ): I'm anti-religion because they continue to worship a death-God (oh, they may deny it, but THEY claim that 'dying' is the only way to get to 'Heaven.') But My God Is Life, and there IS NO death in him. Hitchens is resting from the daunting task he started well for us to continue in his stead ... LOVE
mythmanjay 2 months ago
Hitch really opened my eyes and sharpened my arguments when dealing with "nutcases" a helluvalot. He was funny, intelligent and so very well-spoken. He will be missed. This sucks :(
Eizenstahl 2 months ago
Bummer, I shall have to raise a shot of Johnny Walker to Hitch today.
EmmaDelamare 2 months ago
Ella Fitzgerald died on my birthday. :(
shackupyourstruly 2 months ago
He will be dearly missed. We were not ready to lose such a great man
08codys90 2 months ago
Damn straight, K8...,and thank you, too.
ThinkingManNeil 2 months ago
I had just finished one of his books. All I can say is..... "God Is Not Great"!!
realigiousrayne 2 months ago 15
@realigiousrayne
Chrisopher Hitchen is.
GordonWolters 2 months ago
Been kinda in shock for the last 6 hours. I find that I shall miss him terribly. The world's collective intellect dimmed greatly last night.
darpajian 2 months ago 10
I only just discovered him about about two months ago this is too soon :(
wounduppenguin 2 months ago
i cried for like an hour. still feel like shit. don't know what else to say.
brea30001 2 months ago
I've just found out and I'm gutted. You know when a rock star dies like Freddie Mercury or even Michael Jackson you feel saddened BUT Hitch means we've really lost somebody important. He said himself that he had had a great life but abused it somewhat with Whisky and cigarettes but the great people like Hitch will stand alone within the anals of the 20/21 Century. RIP Hitch we loved your work and mind. I hope somebody takes the baton and continues his great work.
flyingfisbeefilms 2 months ago
I was reading Hitch 22 today on the train and then I come home and see this in my sub box. : ( I'll never forget what he's done for me.
Blackhawk1913 2 months ago
Dread
Katalyzt 2 months ago
I'm pretty much out of words here. The way he looked at the Dawkins price reception, you could see the end was near. Still, this is so messed up
cmdstraker 2 months ago
A few years back I was serving in Baghdad, we got word that a young guy got shot and killed off the top of his humvee, it was my birthday. I never met this young guy, but it felt so strange that he was killed on the day I normally celebrate the start of my life. My birthday means so much more to me now than it did before, I'm still celebrating the start of my life, but I’m also celebrating the life and memory of someone I never met.
ctypro96706 2 months ago
oportunist
finchfrance 2 months ago
This was really moving, r.i.p Christopher
IamDanCope 2 months ago
Also-- He was one of the vanishingly few conservatives to whom I could listen. And one who could actually persuade me through force of argument of his positions. I'll miss him. :(
mbutchin 2 months ago
On a positive note, Happy BDay. HugZ
EricRussellsson 2 months ago
hugs, i know how u feel my grandad died a few weeks ago :( dam this mouth <3
MissMinxLil 2 months ago
That really sucks.
Brandt761 2 months ago
To Hitchens *raises cup* And happy birthday nonetheless, BD.
MsMrNoface 2 months ago
“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
― Christopher Hitchens
Zerafinel 2 months ago
You'll never forget.
jesokingcryst 2 months ago
What inspired me most about Christopher is that he never pulled his punches when debating. He was most definitely a force to be reckoned with. I'm grateful for having had the opprtunity to hear his perspective on things like religion...hell, he helped me give voice to my atheism.
BlueStarFlower 2 months ago
I'll always be grateful for what he did. I don't know what to say.
Zerafinel 2 months ago
So glad that I lived at the same time as this great man. We continue the fight for reason in our world. It will be tougher without him but we have so many videos of extreme pwnage to keep close.
saxmanchiro 2 months ago