Christopher Hitchens on YouTube

christopher hitchens talks about his ever growing you tube presence and populairity he loves it

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[133maxiboy]

HitchTube.

Looks like he'll get a form of immortality WITHOUT religious faith.

[rubberbaby00]

The Internet, where religion comes to die.

[qwyzl]

@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.

[MitchStarRepublic]

@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!!!

[qwyzl]

@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]

@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.

[themediocrenontheist]

@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.

[MitchStarRepublic]

@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]

@themediocrenontheist Sorry, maybe it is more philosophical then I realized.

[MitchStarRepublic]

@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..

[themediocrenontheist]

@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?

[MitchStarRepublic]

@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?