The Origin of Love - Christopher Hitchens

[lloydgar01]

lol make me one with everything, change only comes from within

[kinkyplunk]

Nice bit of Churchill at the end there

[RakeeshJ4]

Panos,

The only way one could seriously say everything he says makes Christians look good is if they are already a believer, and they've made up their minds before arriving at the conversation.

And he died without a deathbed conversion, going so far as to be careful to take precautions so theists wouldnt lie about him, as they did Darwin. That shouldn't depress you...unless you feel God punishes us for eternity for non-belief. In which case Hitchens was right, God is awful.

[RedroomStudios]

wow, been watching just about every Hitchens video on youtube over the last few years but have only just stumbled upon the series of vids from this particular talk. what a great find and an enjoyable way for me to remember Hitch on the day of his passing...

[M3PanoS]

i love this guy. making christians look good with every word he speaks. :)

if this man doesn't have a deathbed conversion, i'll be very depressed.

[semiLivedj]

I have discovered the purpose of life! It is Reality!

[TheArthkm]

what's up with all these dislikes?? It's a perfectly enjoyable video.

[silverstream314]

@TheArthkm A votebot about two years ago...

[thenewbaron1]

@silverstream314 A votebot? Wow, there really is a bot for everything...

[silverstream314]

@thenewbaron1 I don't know if they are used any more, but a few years back, creationists loved them...

[samslick90]

He looks like a gay figure skater basking in the applause.

[samslick90]

Why are reporters asking this fat buffoon's opinions on religion?

Go to any university and you can find at least 500 students and faculty who have more to say.

[Rtystic]

@samslick90 Oh really? You think? Let's see,"any" University? OK, that means ALL Universities are included. "at least 500"? OK, well, there are hundreds of Universities so, then there are easily, at LEAST (according to you) 100,000 people (permitting there are at least 200 Universities) that have, "more to say". Well, since these people are intelligent and have things to say, there must be at least some of them on Youtube speaking their mind on all this. Well, just name ONE here on YT. ??

[samslick90]

@Rtystic Profs, grad students who specialize in history, anthropology, theology, philosophy debate this stuff all the time through academic journals and conferences. They are not going to bother coming on to youtube to debate UFC Hitchtards.

Similarly, geologists, physicists, biologists usually don't bother with Creationists. It's not worth their time.

[Rtystic]

@samslick90 UFC Hitchtards? First of all, Hitchens was one of the best and most eloquent intelligent journalists of the last 25 years in America or anywhere. Further he was great orator and communicator. Finally, it's not worth geolgists or biologists time? Really? ALL OF THEM? NOT. Do you understand that Hitchens CARED about the world and how religion is and has been destroying society and separating people in general...wars...death...tortu­re...etc..etc.? HE tried to DO something about it.

[MrCalathea]

yeah, but 'the love' did not order to burn women, witches, but it was organised religion!

[followHimnotUs]

i like seeing hitchens laugh. good buddhist joke.

[RevanDuvalcane]

4:25 Two great immancipators, and three fingers?

[911BeganTheEndOfGod]

@RevanDuvalcane i think he was tying in jefferson in the back of his mind

[TheSasss1]

Hitchens is the world's most insightful intellectual and realist. I love Hitch and I hope he beats his cancer!

[stiimuli]

stop.....thumping.....the podium O_O

[BigG99]

hitchens didnt really answer the question... this si typical of tuff questions to hitchens... the question is where is love? he went on to bash christianities version of it. answer the question bud.

[Satantransvertdeath]

@BigG99

I believe he at least implied that it is from within us.

[PeterKuriakose]

@BigG99 Okay, bud, you answer it. Why did David and Bethsheeba's child get killed by Jesus, a.k.a your god?

[BigG99]

@PeterKuriakose Because of davids sin as a murderer and an adulterer. it was punishment for davids actions. he lost his son which was birthed due to adultery. God has the right to take life, hes God, he gives and takes away jOB 1:21.. That baby is now in paradise for eternity. God has the right to take our life. Just like a mother feels its her right to abort a baby or a person put down their pet (though we are not pets to God) , so does God have the right to take our lives whenever he pleases

[PeterKuriakose]

@BigG99 What assurance do you have to claim that your god has taken the child to "paradise for eternity"?

The child is a bastard. We all know what your god feels about bastards:

Deut. 23:2 - "A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD."

It almost seems like that child's painful death (a week-long suffering) was as important to human "salvation" as that of Jesus'.

[BigG99]

@PeterKuriakose When David and Bathsheba lost their child, David realized that he could not expect to see him again in this life, but he clearly said the day will come when “I shall go to him.” (II Sam 12:23). David is clear that he will see his son again in heaven... you should read the bible more. and as for your "bastard child" we are talking about people having sex with cult nations. They cant enter the sanctuary because God is protecting his truth from hideous religions. again study

[PeterKuriakose]

@BigG99 David is not clear that he shall go to "heaven". All he says is that he will go to the grave with him. Genesis 37:35 clears that up: "And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said: 'Nay, but I will go down to the grave to my son mourning."

Nonetheless, the sacrifice of the bastard child's life was as important to "salvation" as Jesus's death. It was, after all, an innocent life that was snuffed out.

[BigG99]

@PeterKuriakose well in jewish faith they dont often talk about heaven or hell at all.. but going to the grave if not explicity spoken of as hell is often refferred to as heaven or place of paradise.. I think david would have been assured of his salvation due to his covenant with God. He was special in Gods eyes, therefore him going to meet his son would imply paradise because that is where david is going.

[funnyapples1]

cheers!

[24claudius]

what are ur opinions on gay people and transgenders?

[stockybob]

Moral and intellectual superiority of atheism has not been established... poor point.

[xn117]

@stockybob your statement is babble. "Atheism" is not a way of life, it is not a religion, it is not a system where people base morals and intellectualism from. It is simple the rejection of a god(s).

Would you say the same for non-astrology? What about non-racism?

[AmorBravo]

Great stuff here man, thanks

[TheAtheistworld]

religion makes humanity into little fuckin children...

[TaNgLeD2121]

i just learned about this man,...... so far everything he says is perfect! 5 stars

[dominictemple]

Well said. The Hitch never fails to inform and entertain.

[oldpiq]

"Up with this we will not put". Well put.

[Thrashaero]

@oldpiq he doesn't want to put!

[darin2483]

Not that in any pathetic attempt at solipsism I would claim to know more about any given subject than Mr. Hitchens, let alone the 16th President of the United States or the author of On the Origin of Species. But from 4:19-4:26 it is 12 February 1809, not 1819, that both of these emancipators are birthed into our world. I myself would attribute this completly minor slip of the tongue to what must have been the intoxicating effect of speaking so eloquently to that small gathering of people.

[waldoistwisted]

You sir are an magniloquent erudite.

[BRussellspouts]

The mellifluousness of Hitch's speech makes even nobel prize winners and other such geniuses sound like inarticulate bumblers. The mainstram of society may well covet Brad Pitt's abs, or Angelina's lips, or Jennifer's hair, but I'm sure there are a great many here who would undergo experimental neurosurgery to possess something like Hitchens' temporal lobes, with his extraordinary ability to access a vast store of anecdotes and arguments, facts and figures, without a moment's hesitation.

[asandwell]

At 6:30-6:33 does he do an American accent?

[mongobobo]

nice American accent there

[beefMERCIFUL]

"moist and husky"

[pornswordtobacco]

I cant help laughing out loud at that guy in the back partly covered by the mic cable, his face expressions are pure gold, why I dont know.

[surgewakefield]

As a former christian I've yet to meet one who can match Hitchens wit, charm, and razor sharp logic.

[superwolf76]

Logic is razor sharp and Hitchens wields logic like a samurai sword.

[lordlacolith]

God damn, Hitch is such a fantastic orator. The best of our time.

[TheAqui1a]

@lordlacolith He's definitely up there with George Galloway and Tony Benn

[lordlacolith]

@TheAqui1a George Galloway? Seriously?

[TheAqui1a]

@lordlacolith He's a brilliant speaker

[lordlacolith]

@TheAqui1a Granted I've only seen him in one debate (I think it was with Hitch), but he was a blithering moron in it.

[Averagegamer100]

@lordlacolith

George Galloway is a disgusting apologist for terrorism. He blames 9/11 on America, and did so infront of an American audience while in a debate with Hitchens. Every time he spoke, he never made one single legitimate point. Just a bunch of insults and ad hominem.

[byteresistor]

@TheAqui1a Galloway doesn't speak. Most of the time he SHOUTS incoherant bs.

[jasongiro2007]

Pure comedy by Hitch.

[DiceWarwick]

it's funny for it's right.

[grishandlarn]

Haha! Fantastic. Thank you for the upload!

[EarthCitizen81]

Absolutely fantastic.  His immediate thoughts come pouring out in such a captivating and truthful way. Keep it up Hitch!

[Territomauvais]

@EarthCitizen81 I wonder if its the liquor over the years?

[MysteryManoLove]

Awesome commentary

[bluehoneycomb]

Moist and husky, h ehe love that!

[isylvan]

I LOL'd so hard at "moist and husky" I woke my son. Damn you Hitcheeeeeeens!!

[faraz1729]

These are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[WaddyMuters]

I think he is a little bit more drunk than normaly, in this one^^

[UniweriaZekt]

Love The Hitch even more when he's in playful mode.

[pomeroy82]

Hitchens is the fucking man!!!

[JohnR22926]

I believe in natural selection and believe that everything we are came about as a result of evolution.

Love? IMO cavemen who first developed the capticity for love were more likely to produce offspring, survive, and prosper. Probably because love caused men/women to stick together and take better care of their children...more likely to stay close to relatives and friends too...a tribe can more easily survive that a lone man in the wilderness.

[Redbeardian]

Sounds reasonable .... also the thought that it may be similar to addiction seems possible. We become 'hooked' on one or more others like drugs or cigarrettes, we can't stand to be apart from them, suffer withdrawal when broken up, do things for and to obtain them we wouldn't normally do, etc.

[lyfecom]

you kinda got it right.

i am way too lazy right now to explain it but if ever you are on a NATgeo website just Google "love" + "virus". love is said to had came from a virus that mutated in the human brain. they did the experiment with mammals/rodents that dont have this virus to see the result and it turn out that these mammals/rodents was able to love afterward and remain with the same partners.

[pcspeaker]

Err. 4:25 LOL

[pcspeaker]

LOL @ 4:35 How many great emancipators?

[o8QWERTYo8]

Pure Hitchens brilliance.

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[silverstream314]

Cheers!

[gary7999]

@o8QWERTYo8 How does this thumbs up thing work?

[gary7999]

@o8QWERTYo8 How does this thumbs up thing work?Like if I give your comment a thumbs up to I have to press reply first?

[zootsoot2006]

Great questions.

[tattooskin72]

He was hilarious in this video. :) all moist and husky....