Christopher Hitchens on Facing Death (ft. Alan Watts, Solomon, Zarathustra-Nietzsche)

[German1184]

"there is nothing of all that whereof thou speakest: there is no devil and no hell. Thy soul will be dead even sooner than thy body; fear, therefore, nothing any more!"

[TheHumbuckerboy]

Some song lyrics courtesy of a Christian song writer /singer and guitarist called Davey Vance ... (verse) 'You are an immortal soul,your body's just a shell.Your destination one or two,in Heaven or in Hell. (chorus) 'Walking on a High Wire ,you don't look too sure.Walking on a High Wire and its a long way ,a long way to the floor !'

[jadenh123]

skip ahead to Alan Watts at about 3:05 - 5:00.. Best part, in my opinion.

[PeeGeeBeeDee]

Being In Jail And Going To Court From Jail Is As Close (At Least For ME) To Being On Your Death Bed As I Can Imagine. You're ALONE. You May Be Surrounded By People But You're Facing Your Situation (Your Court Trial) By Yourself. You Have NO CONTROL Over The Outcome. You May Or May Not Get Released From Jail And It Doesn't Depend On You (There's Nothing You Can Do About It). And You Don't Know The Outcome. You May Go Home, You May Not (It's All Up In The Air. There's No Certainty Of Anything).

[PeeGeeBeeDee]

Similarly, When You're On Your Deathbed, You May Be Surrounded By People But You're Facing Death By Yourself And You Have NO CONTROL Over The Outcome (You're Not A Physician Or A Surgeon And Even If You Were You'd Be Too Weak To Perform Treatment On Yourself). Nor Do You Know The Outcome. You May Die, You May Not. You May Go To Heaven, You May Not. There's Much Uncertainty, Unpredictability, And Uneasiness (FEAR).

[Mindaugas7100]

@PeeGeeBeeDee What are you trying to say?

[PeeGeeBeeDee]

@Mindaugas7100 What Am I Saying? I'm Saying It's Time To Come Up Put Your DOLLARBILL s In The Air. You Told ME Meet Me At The Jail House And I Was There!

[Mindaugas7100]

@PeeGeeBeeDee You got me totally confused, you understand my question yes? Then I suppose you can answer it.

[PeeGeeBeeDee]

@Mindaugas7100 You Must Not Be Quite Bright If You Can't Understand What I'm Trying To Say. It's Literally Spelled Out In Upper Case And Lower Case Letters In The Most Easy To Understand Way I Can Make It Pinoy Pare.

[Mindaugas7100]

@PeeGeeBeeDee Well ofcourse i know what you are saying but i mean the purpose of your telling this here is to share and ask peoples opinions or what?

[PeeGeeBeeDee]

@Mindaugas7100 You're Not Quite Bright Pinoy Pare. Please Re-Read What I've Written Again, Try To Understand What I've Written, And Then Delete Your Posts Because They're Taking Away From The Points I've Made Below. In Other Words, DON'T RESPOND TO ME OR POST ANYMORE UNINTELLIGENT POSTS HERE. ("...Share And Ask Peoples Opinions..." H A H A H A)

[Mindaugas7100]

@PeeGeeBeeDee Your stupid and this is end of discussion.

[Obasiliasfilosofos]

Ancient philosophers like Plato said that if the gods never existed we'd still have need to invent them.

Perhaps the irrational hostility towards atheism, All stems from theists subconscious desire to prevent their sheltered their psyche from opening up to the real grim reality of existence.

[PeeGeeBeeDee]

@Obasiliasfilosofos The Mind Has A Variety Of Ways Of Deceiving Itself And Denying Truth (Preventing It From Accepting Reality). It Evolved To Function This Way For Survival Reasons (You Survive Better When You Think Optimistic, Positive Things Are Right Around The Corner Even In The Face Of Overwhelming Evidence That Suggests That That Isn't The Case).

[FUwogs]

i hope it's a water park with an endless parade of bikini clad asian girls... uuuummmm

[grumpyguts1967]

hitchens opened my eyes , what a legacy to leave behind , to open peoples eyes , make them question , doubt , to think for themselves , and most of all , not to be afraid of death.

[dutch1999]

Who is that speaking at the beginning after Hitchens?

[jadenh123]

@dutch1999 Alan Watts

[Mindaugas7100]

Amazing.

[TheYipedo]

04:33 EXACTLY the point I've been making all these years! Why is "nothing" so hard for people to understand? Think of it as your state before you were born. Did you feel anything? No. Did you realize that it's been 14 billion or so years since the universe expanded until the day you were born? No. You were just born. But that state before you had conscience, that's what death would feel like. We have no good reason to believe otherwise. And, at least for me, that does not trouble me one bit.

[TheYipedo]

@TheYipedo 04:25 is more precise.

[PeeGeeBeeDee]

People Have Genes That Make Them Enjoy Having SEX Just As People Have Genes That Make Them Enjoy Living (Genes That Drive Them To Survive Above All Else. Self-Preservation Genes). Belief In GOD Is Tied In With These Genes Because It Plays On Our "Enjoy Living" Genes Drive To Survive. It Gives Believers The Hope And Optimism To Persist In A CRUEL, CHAOTIC, And UNCARING World As Well As The Hope And Optimism That Life Will Not End At Death (We Will Enjoy Living In Heaven FOREVER).

[vita9n]

Edited beautifully, a wonderful mix.

[jjoneil73]

R.I.P Comrade...

[adstanra]

powerful, well done.Solidarity with all those that appreciate the meaning of this video.

[dewinthemorning]

1:50, "I mean, nobody wants to be in church forever." I know I won't be able to stand it even for one sermon! Oh, the boredom of it! The boredom of it all!

Hitchens had a good and interesting life. He didn't succumb to wishful-thinking to the end. That's what's important.

[PapaWilk]

I always appreciate your videos, Pangea. Your talent is so palpable in your work and this one is particularly meaningful to me. I will miss Christopher Hitchens' talks.

[jholeify]

Great video to one of the greatest voices of our time!

[Neueregel]

splendid !

[Bhags7]

Brilliant.

[JAYDUBYAH29]

love it - where did you get the moonlight sonata remix from?