i hope there is an after life. hitchens and many others are far too good of people, and interesting as well, to simply slip away in to a void of nothingness.... all of that intelligence wasted come death... what a shame.
@qwyzl What we *do* know is that we have *this* life, and in this life full of misery, terminated ultimately by death, he has made a difference. Every action is informed by a thought; if you can change the way people think, you can change the way people act, and thus the impact is a ripple effect. That ripple can be constructive or destructive. When you die, the world will either be a better place in your absence, or it will be worse off for having lost you.
@themediocrenontheist i under stand that. and i under stand many atheists are hard core in their disbelief of some thing more, of the idea of consciousness going on after the death of the body. i get that. i was just saying what a shame that, upon death, those of great intellect are gone once and for all... I F the atheists are right.
@qwyzl Before you were born, do you have any memories? I don't. Not a single one. No horror. No heaven. Just nothing. When I die, that is where we return in my humble opinion. No horror, no heaven. Just back to the state we started from. Is that really so awful?
@MitchStarRepublic i think people have a hard time with the notion of their non existence. to them, yes - to no longer exist, to no longer B E, is an awful prospect to consider.
@qwyzl I understand the sentiment completely. In a way this sentiment could be used to plan for a life after death in the only world we know really exists, here. By making our writings and recordings almost eternal in this digital age, we have a real shot. My grandkids, grandkids will have a real chance to see my face and hear my voice. Something no one in history could have done till this electronic age. The pharohs would have killed for an iPAD in stead of the iSTONES they had. "Emmortality"
@MitchStarRepublic you're right. the pharoahs would have killed had they had what we now have - much more efficiently than they did with their limited technology, that is. more wars, more genocide, more killing on a much larger scale. ironic that people want to live for ever, but have no respect of "life" it self when its in other bodies - which is the very thing that keeps us breathing and "alive".
@qwyzl I hate to get stuck on the killing... I respect the "sentiment" to live on... As Hitch said it, "to know that the party continues after your gone" may not seem wonderful, but in my mind, I am happy it continues. That fact, more then any cosmic skygod, gives my life meaning. It makes me MUCH MORE RESPECTING of the one life I know I have. If this life is nothing but a warm up for the next, then that terrifies me. I know one thing for certain, if there is a god, NO MAN KNOWS HIS MIND!!!
@MitchStarRepublic i agree with that last bit. too many people think they know "the mind of "god"". what they don't seem to be aware of is that A L L tales of all gods were told, memorized and written by MEN. and men who lived during the days of superstition, misunderstanding and faulty, if any, knowledge of any sort. I F there is a god, EVERY one will be in for a big surprise - be cause it will be NOTHING they would expect it to be. that much i'm certain of.
@themediocrenontheist I don't want to get lost in grammar, but couldn't the measure be, is the world a better place after you lived and died, then if you had never existed?
@MitchStarRepublic You planted the seed of doubt in my mind for a moment, but I re-read myself, and I'd said, "When you die," and so termination by death is necessarily preceded by existence in life (as opposed to having never existed). Does this elucidate my message, or is the grammar of it still awkwardly phrased or obscure?
@themediocrenontheist It appears to my mind, that the way phrased didn't allow for the world to be a better place in my absence if I had the constructive ripple effect you mention. In other words, and yes, I am getting lost in the grammar now for sure, if I was evil, then the world would be better off when I die, but if I was constructive, then hopefully the world would not be worse off when I die, but instead the world would be enhanced by the fact I ever existed..
@MitchStarRepublic "if I was evil, then the world would be better off when I die, but if I was constructive, then hopefully the world would not be worse off when I die, but instead the world would be enhanced by the fact I ever existed."
Ah. You have a valid point, though I didn't include it in my statement because "having not existed" means being conceptual, undefined, and the world's complicated enough when accounting for observable phenomenon, let alone the seemingly infinite possibilities.
@qwyzl Well, yes but the wisdom lives on....as with Hitch,Frank Zappa and George Carlin there is a wealth of material to inform,amuse and educate. Maybe it brings our own personal mortality into focus too.
@adamg709 funny how we're the only animals able to contemplate our non existence... i think other animals are lucky in that regard.. they think life will go on as usual. they don't know any thing about death, not really. and when i use the word "think", i don't mean it in the same way we think.
to asylum.com i go!
zerr0ww 1 month ago
God bless Christopher Hitchens.
WKRPinCINN 1 month ago
i hope there is an after life. hitchens and many others are far too good of people, and interesting as well, to simply slip away in to a void of nothingness.... all of that intelligence wasted come death... what a shame.
qwyzl 1 month ago
@qwyzl What we *do* know is that we have *this* life, and in this life full of misery, terminated ultimately by death, he has made a difference. Every action is informed by a thought; if you can change the way people think, you can change the way people act, and thus the impact is a ripple effect. That ripple can be constructive or destructive. When you die, the world will either be a better place in your absence, or it will be worse off for having lost you.
I try each day for the latter...
themediocrenontheist 1 month ago
@themediocrenontheist i under stand that. and i under stand many atheists are hard core in their disbelief of some thing more, of the idea of consciousness going on after the death of the body. i get that. i was just saying what a shame that, upon death, those of great intellect are gone once and for all... I F the atheists are right.
qwyzl 1 month ago
@qwyzl Before you were born, do you have any memories? I don't. Not a single one. No horror. No heaven. Just nothing. When I die, that is where we return in my humble opinion. No horror, no heaven. Just back to the state we started from. Is that really so awful?
MitchStarRepublic 3 weeks ago
@MitchStarRepublic i think people have a hard time with the notion of their non existence. to them, yes - to no longer exist, to no longer B E, is an awful prospect to consider.
qwyzl 3 weeks ago
@qwyzl I understand the sentiment completely. In a way this sentiment could be used to plan for a life after death in the only world we know really exists, here. By making our writings and recordings almost eternal in this digital age, we have a real shot. My grandkids, grandkids will have a real chance to see my face and hear my voice. Something no one in history could have done till this electronic age. The pharohs would have killed for an iPAD in stead of the iSTONES they had. "Emmortality"
MitchStarRepublic 3 weeks ago
@MitchStarRepublic you're right. the pharoahs would have killed had they had what we now have - much more efficiently than they did with their limited technology, that is. more wars, more genocide, more killing on a much larger scale. ironic that people want to live for ever, but have no respect of "life" it self when its in other bodies - which is the very thing that keeps us breathing and "alive".
qwyzl 3 weeks ago
@qwyzl I hate to get stuck on the killing... I respect the "sentiment" to live on... As Hitch said it, "to know that the party continues after your gone" may not seem wonderful, but in my mind, I am happy it continues. That fact, more then any cosmic skygod, gives my life meaning. It makes me MUCH MORE RESPECTING of the one life I know I have. If this life is nothing but a warm up for the next, then that terrifies me. I know one thing for certain, if there is a god, NO MAN KNOWS HIS MIND!!!
MitchStarRepublic 3 weeks ago
@MitchStarRepublic i agree with that last bit. too many people think they know "the mind of "god"". what they don't seem to be aware of is that A L L tales of all gods were told, memorized and written by MEN. and men who lived during the days of superstition, misunderstanding and faulty, if any, knowledge of any sort. I F there is a god, EVERY one will be in for a big surprise - be cause it will be NOTHING they would expect it to be. that much i'm certain of.
qwyzl 3 weeks ago
@themediocrenontheist I don't want to get lost in grammar, but couldn't the measure be, is the world a better place after you lived and died, then if you had never existed?
MitchStarRepublic 3 weeks ago
@MitchStarRepublic You planted the seed of doubt in my mind for a moment, but I re-read myself, and I'd said, "When you die," and so termination by death is necessarily preceded by existence in life (as opposed to having never existed). Does this elucidate my message, or is the grammar of it still awkwardly phrased or obscure?
themediocrenontheist 3 weeks ago
@themediocrenontheist It appears to my mind, that the way phrased didn't allow for the world to be a better place in my absence if I had the constructive ripple effect you mention. In other words, and yes, I am getting lost in the grammar now for sure, if I was evil, then the world would be better off when I die, but if I was constructive, then hopefully the world would not be worse off when I die, but instead the world would be enhanced by the fact I ever existed..
MitchStarRepublic 3 weeks ago
@MitchStarRepublic "if I was evil, then the world would be better off when I die, but if I was constructive, then hopefully the world would not be worse off when I die, but instead the world would be enhanced by the fact I ever existed."
Ah. You have a valid point, though I didn't include it in my statement because "having not existed" means being conceptual, undefined, and the world's complicated enough when accounting for observable phenomenon, let alone the seemingly infinite possibilities.
themediocrenontheist 3 weeks ago
@themediocrenontheist Sorry, maybe it is more philosophical then I realized.
MitchStarRepublic 3 weeks ago
@qwyzl Well, yes but the wisdom lives on....as with Hitch,Frank Zappa and George Carlin there is a wealth of material to inform,amuse and educate. Maybe it brings our own personal mortality into focus too.
adamg709 1 month ago
@adamg709 funny how we're the only animals able to contemplate our non existence... i think other animals are lucky in that regard.. they think life will go on as usual. they don't know any thing about death, not really. and when i use the word "think", i don't mean it in the same way we think.
qwyzl 1 month ago
I like Hitchens on Religion but his policies on War are diabolical.
SausageBaguette 1 month ago
I watch at least 5 Hitchens videos on YouTube everyday.. it's my daily dose.. i get withdrawal symptoms if i don't..
anirvanroy84 2 months ago 11
The Internet, where religion comes to die.
rubberbaby00 5 months ago 52
@rubberbaby00 That is so awsome. Can I buy the rights to use it?!
sinedeocodex 4 months ago
Hitchube :D
Infinitpossibilities 8 months ago
HitchTube.
Looks like he'll get a form of immortality WITHOUT religious faith.
133maxiboy 9 months ago 58
@133maxiboy
The only form of immortality physically possible is having your actions remembered, all immortality are without religion
RogerabbitGosu 1 month ago
This man is pure awesome.
ytfmichaelxu 10 months ago 3
METUBE!!!!
sylviabombs15 11 months ago 3