Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62

December 16, 2011 BBC World News
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[jeffreydebra1]

There will never be another like him.

[plancknplant]

i cant beLIEVE they said (00:30): "He was an atheist and an alcoholic"

it just makes you want to break their face apart

[RonSafreed]

There is another aspect of religion of the Bible than Judaism/Christianity&excisted in some cultures til the 20th centiury First in the Bible-Adam thru to Abraham&really to Moses Job in the book of Job lived centuries before Abraham but had the same God Cornelius in the book of Acts was neither Jew/Christian nor a pagan, heathen,or infidel, but was "devout"This devout monotheism excisted before Judaism til the 20th century Most cultures fell from it but not all book-Eternity In Their Hearts FYI.

[andylite1]

@RonSafreed I often meet people making the very same error - mistaking christianity for morality and atheism for immorality. Let me put it this way. I assume you are atheist about Tiamat, Zeus, Vishnu and many other invented characters. Now, why should your unbelieving in them affect your concept of morality? Or why should my un beleiving in your diety affect my morality? Atheism, unlike Christianity, has no moral claims at all - it's just the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

[RonSafreed]

When Mao&the communist came to power in China in 1949, there were only 1 million Christians in China. Mao was gung-ho on wiping out all religion in China. BTW Mao also wiped out much illiteracy too. After 63 years of an iron-fisted policy today in 2012 there are 130 million Christians. The Chinese are converting at a rate of 30000 a day. I guess that Mao's little red book is no longer in style&we need "atheist missionaries" to re-convert these Christian Chinese back to atheism.Any Volunteers?

[RonSafreed]

Back in 1970, I was in the eight grade&I had a teacher, that in the summer of 1969 was part of a group of Christians who smuggled a suitcase of Russian Bibles into Moscow. He told on how they all prayed that the customs people at the Moscow airport would let that suit-case by. It was the last suit-case&the authorities let it through& some Russian Christians in Moscow got Bibles Atheist "God anwsers prayer". FYI

[RonSafreed]

In the former USSR1917-92 atheism/evolution was taught daycare-university The Bible was banned&it was illegal to teach it to kids Within months of the fall of the USSRin 92 the Bible was put back in Russian schools Olga Lutsenko an atheist was the main one behind it Death threats made her go to Canada in 96&is a Christian now BTWshe is on youtube&I support her work financially distributing Bibles in Russian&Ukranian schools The Bible was absent 75 years in Russian schools back now 20 years FYI.

[RonSafreed]

John Wycliffe1330-1385 who translated the Bible from Latin to the early-middle English in 1382 felt that the Bible needed to be in the language of the common folk&accessible to everyone. In 1442 his remains were dug up&a trial was held condemming him for translation of the Bible. His bones were burned to powder&dumped in some river. I read his life-story&have the book. Atheist wicked evil people in the past did what they could to keep the Bible from the common folk for over 1000 years FYI.

[RonSafreed]

The Bible has only been accessible to the common man for less than 500 years. William Tyndale1486-1542 was the first to mass publish Bibles using the printing press in 1525. These Bibles cost a common man a week's wage. He smuggled them into England from Belguim. He was a hunted man who was caught,tried&executed in Brussels. I read his life-story. It took 10 months to hand-write a Bible The Bible for 1000 years was under lock&key, even many clergy did'nt have access to it let alone the laity.

[RonSafreed]

Europeans&Orientals have 2 things in common. Atheism is most prevelent amoung both groups. However they have declining birth-rates that are below replacement levels&it has been this way for many decades through much of the twentieth century since WWI. The blacks&muslims are exploding&there is not much atheism amoung them&it looks like there is not going to be many converting to atheism soon. Atheist are a aging&dying population. How many atheist families are large?