Christopher Hitchens on God Is Not Great - The John Adams Institute
On February 13, 2008, The John Adams Institute hosted an evening with Christopher Hitchens. He dismisses Hillary Clinton as “an aging and resentful female” and, regarding Barack Obama, he asks, “why is a man with a white mother considered to be ‘black,’ anyway?” Christopher Hitchens is one of America’s most provocative public intellectuals. In his book, God Is Not Great - a runaway bestseller in the U.S. - Hitchens goes after organized religion with both barrels blazing. Why is the West in such a heightened state of insecurity? Hitchens gives a three-word answer: “Religion poisons everything.” And if all religions are dangerous, Islam, he says, is the biggest threat because “it’s unalterable.”
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“Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way”- Christopher Hitchens
@cameroncameron2826
Жыл бұрын
How come he could not admit his freemasonry = requirement to believe in a supreme being ? And was a radical marxist ? How come not 1 once his world affairs opinions proved to be right ? How come the result of new atheism breaking up european churches was them being looted by the aristocracy followed by them beginning to help themselves to free land from the national parks of europe ( including Dartmoor - The Lake District - The Derbyshire Peaks et al - none of which are regarded as 'Public' anymore now that the concept of 'public weal'th' / land appears to have been abolished ? How come your kin will need to pay a toll to a aristocratic tyrant just to visit the countryside in the future ? Because the man was always a lightweight, only elevated to such large status falsely by ignorance. A mere useful idiot that didn't have the sense to avoid plotting against BRITAIN. And lets face it the pigs oratory was ugly crap much of the time aided by religious people who had also sold out during the same looting purge & were going along with the stage management = being dominated by New Atheism. We even have an oil executive as archbishop of canterbury I'm an ATHEIST = a non theist ( not a Nu Atheist ) who was always aware of their snidey anti british social engineering company that existed on the side. NA including Hitchens in particular = full of radical marxist reification sht, specially the red herring that it took to seem as though they really did stand with Britain!!!!! And he has the neck to discuss Tyranny nin this video after helping to design the first wave of WOKE for the globalists cabals.
@gabriellaspaeth2275
10 ай бұрын
I like ve Hitch!!
@munyaradzikennethdodzo2655
9 ай бұрын
I like Hitchens, but he had an annoying air of impudence, arrogance and invincibility. The moderator was very kind and polite. I value that and wish the world had more people with accommodation for divergent views.
@tommarello01
8 ай бұрын
@@munyaradzikennethdodzo2655You'd be mistaken if you thought he was unaware of this. Below is an excerpt from his book - Letters to a Young Contrarian: "Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. Picture all experts as they were mammals. Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence. Suspect your own motives, and all excuses. Do not live for others any more than you would expect others to live for you." ✌
@messiahapostle8239
7 ай бұрын
Hell is real!!! Do not go to Hell with Mr. Hutchins! He is moaning now!!! --WICKED PEOPLE [Haters Of GOD-Jesus, Lovers of their sins that hate to see HolyBIBLE-God control them] Are About To See The TERRORS Of Old Testament Now!!! KING JESUS of Psalms 2 and 72 and Isaiah 2 is NOW Standing UP, and about 3 to 4 billion garbage people are about to be FLUSHED out of This WORLD!!! >>>The Sin of The so-called Christians all over The World and for donkey years simply tied God's HANDS to act on behalf of the so-called Christians who have all their feet in Satan and their lip-service in God. (Matthew 7:21). BUT by GRACE Alone, see HIS BLESSING Upon Me! This is WHAT's About To Happen! Millions of so-called Pastors or Ministers will be among the Dead. ENOUGH Is ENOUGH!!! ===================== >>>Worldwide Reign of Christianity is Here! Psalm72 KING JESUS is here. It will happen through HIS Incarnate. HE will implement The HEART Of GOD in Isaiah 2, 11, 49, 59, 65; Jeremiah 1:10; Zephaniah 2:11; Ezekiel 36-37 for Me; Psalms 2 and 72, Haggai to Zechariah 6; etc. At the early months of this period, MILLIONS of wicked people shall die and all systems (political establishments, religions of force and murder, etc) that hinder people from fleeing to JESUS shall be removed. Almost All Muslims shall flee to JESUS during this time. Meditate on the cited scriptures, especially Isaiah 2. >>This 794-year period of Psalm72 KING JESUS is a Gift to Me from DADDYGOD. Almost all Israelis now shall flee to JESUS (Become serious Christians); GREAT JESUS TEMPLE [Apostolic Christian Church Building] shall be erected at The original position of The Solomon's Temple. There will be Jesus-measure peace around The World. [Unfortunately after this time, the 🌎World shall become very decadent again, leading to The Revealing of AntiChrist and The Rest of The Book Of Revelation]. ---BUT FOR NOW: The ONE-TRUE GOD is NOW STANDING Up!!! The SHOW is On!!! It's Mount-Carmel ShowDOWN (1Kings 18) at Millions of MT-Carmels in This MY 🌎WORLD! It's Mount-JESUS ⛪ CHURCH EXTRAVAGANZA! It's JesuCRACY Imperative!!! Hallelujah!
Watching this from Ethiopia. He opened my eyes and got me free from the yokes of religion
@1984isnotamanual
2 ай бұрын
Hello and good for you sir from 🇺🇸! Is it true that you guys have a fascist dictator that is starting a genocide? Someone i know from 🇪🇹 said that. I cant remember the ethnic group being targeted though. Was i being fed lies?
@smallzinc
27 күн бұрын
Watching from Ethiopia as well
@VatniksAreFascists
14 күн бұрын
Wow, that is absolutely incredible to hear! I work as a teacher in Norway, and I have students from Ethiopia! I cannot even begin to imagine how much hardship you have to endure because some politician decided to lie about god to get elected. I wish you all the best in life.
I've never seen this till today. I thought I saw all his public appearances. He is one of my favorite mentors of good people to copy. Thanks so much for this posting !
Here on 4/23 You just can't get enough of the late great Hitch... This world is less without him😢
@rykson161
Жыл бұрын
The world is better without him and he’ll bed roasting in his sheets in hell
@lindsaypickett6146
Жыл бұрын
It’s far worse without him😢
@cameroncameron2826
Жыл бұрын
Really well places to go without paying tyrants tolls after he helped them crush religion in europe & they looted the churches are rapidly disappearing thanks to Hitchins. Having tasted church looting blood, the aristocrats only wanted MORE riches and LAND. Thats why they now deem the concept of public land null & void and have begun helping themselves to free slices of DARTMOOR - THE LAKE DISTRICT - THE DERBYSHIRE PEAKS and every national park. The churches had to be damaged badly in order to infiltrate them with fakes - seize control - loot - render them powerless. - new atheism inflicted that damage. In terms of the way this would lead to ALL BRITISH LAND becoming gamne for aristocratic plunder the therm'Useful Idiot' would be a far more accurate description of Hitchens. New atheism who incidentally designed and sold the first wave of WOKE to the cabalists. Hitchens was merely a lightweight who helped the aristocrats abolish the freedom to roam the environment given they are already expecting TOLLS. Like ALL new atheists he targeted things for aristocrat cash & didn't care or understand the consequences. He was like other new atheists suspected of being a freemason thus required to believe in a supreme being. This video shows him discussing matters anyone could as theres nothing special nor extraordinarily 'elegant' being stated by the oaf. I'm non theist but was never taken in but these new atheism scamming & could see through the plotting against Britain all along when it came to the attack on churches. Hitchens did creep up carefully by discussing various religions yes - added more realism and backs the theory he was foolish rather than treacherous. After all when out to steal trillions from under the public nose & cancel their ability to use the environment ( because you took public land ) what else is there to tempt but stupid pigs like Hitchens now you cannot frame people over sexual preference to do that for you ? = ? = yes a stupid pig like Hitchens is the answer. He'll not notice the real agenda, not understand the phenomenology & be drunk the entire time into the bargain. 'Elegant Intellectual giant etc etc etc my FOOT! - the radical marxist cretin helped design they way the richest people in europe could take britain into private hands for FREE & now they want payment for wherever we go in the guise as climate taxes. In a few decades these changes just for going out will be taking place over every Inch on Britain that was PUBLIC LAND / HIGHWAY & that money will be going to the tyrants for their own pleasure. Thus thats what they intend 'social justice' to deliver to THEM. Its also where kids futures have going & if we don't agree with them WAR with its conscription thats going to make sure we agree.
@denisebutler5938
8 ай бұрын
@@rykson161. Prove it!!!
@VatniksAreFascists
14 күн бұрын
20/07/2024 here, some things are timeless, like the words of mr. Hitchens. This other guy? Not so much.
That last crack Christopher made was perfect timing and he made himself smile. He always had himself (like me) as his own very best friend. He could handle being heckled and use it to an advantage.
The greatest debater of all time, and there's not even a close second.
@johnbrooks9523
Жыл бұрын
A simply superb example of a thoroughly incorruptible mind. He could not be persuaded, could not be robbed, could not be bought, sold or duped. He stood by his sound solid convictions & was completely rock steady & immovable. His wit & humour often erupted into contempt for the stupid, the incenified, the bent & the indoctrinated, the misguided, the simple & the blissfully ignorant. He was incisive and immediate in his dismantling of idiotic neurosis. He posed a significant & undeniable threat to all purveyers of superstitious control over weakminded humanity. I suspect he was likely deliberately infected with some form of carcinogen to silence him. He devoted much of his life to releasing humanity from the evil grip of debilitating mind control foisted upon us by those who use religion as a lever & a weapon to manipulate us. Many demented zealots feared him. I found him the most admirable human being to have ever walked this Earth. He preached pure unadulterated logic in a world crippled & restricted by manmade nonsense. We were immeasurably fortunate to share in the crystal clear wisdom of Christopher Hitchens. It is now up to those of us who appreciated him to pass on what he gave us. His work must be continued until all divisive and injurious superstitious infection is thoroughly erradicated.
@djb5275
Жыл бұрын
Matt Dillahunty I believe would be a close second, he is also undefeatable on the debate scene
@davidrooney5223
Жыл бұрын
He was a clear thinker and intellectually clever. But at the end of the day, he only accomplished a successful argument against mankind's behavior and how flawed we are. But he never proved that a Devine presence doesn't exist. I certainly enjoyed his arguments.
@gorkmusic
Жыл бұрын
@@davidrooney5223 no one can prove or disprove the existence of God (which he and most atheists freely admit). All you can do is address where our conceptions of God come from.
@racebannon5523
Жыл бұрын
It's easy to be a great debater when you're right.
We lost a great man 10 years ago today. You'll never be forgotten. RIP Hitch!
@davidbanner6230
2 жыл бұрын
I thought Hitchens was a very intelligent, and entertaining, person. but he was not infallible....?
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@davidbanner6230 2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
He was FAR from being great. Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically. --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at: Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ2B09yHj7y5iLg.html The odds are NOT there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWWTraePkabfkaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ttycOwqr2yo84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiV07WupNebkdo.html
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block God is the reason for us and all we have. AMEN!!! Romans 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? Romans 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 For sure!! We give praise to our God our creator!
Always excellent Christopher Hitchens.
This is just brutal…Hitch is like a lion making a stealthy kill and the other guy is a giraffe tumbling down the side of a mountain
@thedoctor.a.s1401
3 ай бұрын
He basically spent a large amount of time agreeing with him
“Fear ALL prophets ... and those prepared to die for the ‘truth’, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, most times instead of them!” UMBERTO ECO
Someone should have told the "moderator" to leave his feelings about his imaginary friend at the door. Yikes.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.
@kenashcom7580
Жыл бұрын
Devil's advocate...oops, no God...no Devil.
@captur69
Жыл бұрын
Yes...and sit the fuck down...he's swaning around like a bouncer...
@willmpet
5 ай бұрын
Myths and Legends!
He left a powerful legacy. Thank you for saving us that had been indoctrinated into utter ignorance.
@antitheistvegan
2 жыл бұрын
100%!
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
@davidbanner6230
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 : righteousness is such a malleable word....?
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@davidbanner6230 Righteousness is what one must have in order to be reconciled with our creator/maker and no one is righteous. All have sinned and fall short of perfect sinlessness. Only Christ Jesus has never sinned and is perfectly righteous. Those who believe this and put their faith in the finished work of Christ that he completed on the cross have his imputed righteousness as a gift from God/Jesus. Nothing anyone can do except repent and believe (have faith) in the power of the resurrection and that Jesus is who he says he is. The King of Glory! Romans 4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
Hitch was just a joke. Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically. --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at: Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ2B09yHj7y5iLg.html The odds are NOT there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWWTraePkabfkaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ttycOwqr2yo84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiV07WupNebkdo.html
The moderator an opponent are not worthy to even tug at the coat tails of Mr Hitchens... and, imo, he let them know that!
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
As a Dutch guy I apologize for the idiots on the panel.
I come back to all these debates and the wit and erudition of Hirch is still a source of great education and entertainment to me! He is irreplaceable and I miss him all the time🥰🇿🇦
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
Hitch spread lies and absurd beliefs. He was a dolt and you refuse to see that. Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically. --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at: Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lY57xLWrpqi3fNI.html crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ2B09yHj7y5iLg.html The odds are NOT there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWWTraePkabfkaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ttycOwqr2yo84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiV07WupNebkdo.html
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
Hitch was a blind man (spiritually) and if you believe his foolishness, you too will be led down a road of spiritual darkness filled with lies and deception. You will never have the joy of knowing the truth (Jesus).
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 Amen, brother.
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
Ignore the two sad children. The ones who can't handle not being special. You know, the sad children of the special people club. 2fat and gimme.
53:38 Christopher Hitchens at his wicked best. Hitch was always at his peak when challenged, but I enjoyed him most when he was relaxed and enjoying his dominance.
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
Your small brain enjoyed small brain Hitch. How sweet. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.
@gallopingnuns6732
Жыл бұрын
@2fast2block You lead with an insult? That's precisely what small-minded people do.
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
@@gallopingnuns6732 no insult at all, proper names proven correct are....proper names. You couldn't get around the basic science I gave. You have a tiny brain that can't think much. You admire Hitch, your model tiny brain.
@andjunglepunkthirteen760
11 ай бұрын
@@2fast2block douche … oh, pardon me, I mean touché.
@2fast2block
11 ай бұрын
@@andjunglepunkthirteen760 you can't deal with basic science in what I gave, so in your frustration, you unfairly call me names. That is the standard you set for your life.
Hitch needed a much better debater than this to show his true brilliance
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
You won't find better debaters among "gods-believers". They're all sad children who can't handle not being special. And emotions severly impairs reasoning.
I found a Hitch lecture I haven't seen? Praise Be! 👏
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, so you can't get enough of that dolt. Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically. --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at: Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lY57xLWrpqi3fNI.html crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ2B09yHj7y5iLg.html The odds are NOT there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWWTraePkabfkaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ttycOwqr2yo84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiV07WupNebkdo.html
@Creamy6oodness
2 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block parklife
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
@@Creamy6oodness and that meant something?
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
@@Creamy6oodness More like trailer trash life.
@daleneparole1502
Жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block, I think that means, park yourself, and Jump off
How the ef does today January 5, 2024 look exactly like he said it would.?. Boy do I miss this guy.
The absolute dismantling of the jewish woman praying question and the notion that nazism was secular and atheistic and that their atrocities were in the name of atheism is absolutely perfect by Hitch. Bravo. Forever remembered Christopher.
Miss you Hitch.
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
NOT me. Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically. --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at: Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ2B09yHj7y5iLg.html The odds are NOT there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWWTraePkabfkaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ttycOwqr2yo84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiV07WupNebkdo.html
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
Hitch was a blind man (spiritually) and if you believe his foolishness, you too will be led down a road of spiritual darkness filled with lies and deception. You will never have the joy of knowing the truth (Jesus).
@user-tu1co9xl1k
2 жыл бұрын
The blind leads the blind and they will both fall down into the pitch.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@user-tu1co9xl1k Agreed. 2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world (Satan/the devil) hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. -Jesus
@nikkobannds8387
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 walk Blind end up congregating with a pole . I do not suggest it .
his description of the mormon church was perfectly accurate, and even those church members would be unable to find any falsehoods in his description
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, churches and religions get worse with time and some have horrible histories, but that being said, Hitch was a nitwit. Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically. --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at: Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ2B09yHj7y5iLg.html The odds are NOT there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWWTraePkabfkaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ttycOwqr2yo84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiV07WupNebkdo.html
@GlowingMpd
2 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block 👎Praise Thor!
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
@@GlowingMpd that sure didn't get around what I gave. Somehow you think it was a good comeback though.
@GlowingMpd
2 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block praise Zeus??🥴
I don't think most people are sincere in their beliefs or occupied daily with bigger than life questions. The majority of "religious" people is just enjoying the social comforts that come with tradition, they don't like to be outsiders. It is more like clothing.
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
I'd rather be "an outsider" than a sad child mindless zombie sheep.
@quantumjet253
Жыл бұрын
I think the same. It's far easier, it's far more comfortable for most to fit into society to give off the impression of belief, as this is sadly still seen as more normal, than to dare rock the boat or look argumentative by suggesting otherwise. I've noticed that a lot with people. You only have to look around during a wedding or funeral and when the time comes to 'pray', you'll hardly ever see anyone do anything but follow the tradition of the moment. Since being a very young boy when I first came to conclusion that, at the time, I considered the whole thing rather similar in nature to any other fantasy book, not to mention I couldn't understand how there were a bunch of these things each with their set of rules, their own book... I think at the time it seemed like a fan club of sorts. Anyway, I always found it fascinating that people when pressed would pass the Hitchens test and don't buy into the ridiculous stories, the mystical or magical, yet, you could all but guarantee they'd 'appear' to praying at the right times when required. I remember once being caught as looked down on, and around at everyone during one particular session by whatever the guy's title was, and I just stared at him thinking, "really. Are you genuinely sold on all this". His gazed broke before mine. I've genuinely always felt when entering churches like I believe I would if I entered a prison, or ex-torture chamber, there's something genuinely uncomfortable about these places, irrespective of whether they're the Notra Dame in Paris or some ugly modern attempt at a church or some several hundred year old village effort. From my experience not being part of the larger, wider, accepted opinion of the masses, is incredibly uncomfortable for many. Perhaps I understand that lack of wanting to stand out or attract attention, and I certainly understand a lack of caring for confrontation, but I do think religion is as good a measure of how disengenous people can be. Equally I've never understood why it's a social norm that people shouldn't talk about religion. I never understood that. I suspect this attitude originated from the religious because I don't think it's come from someone who knows they already have a ton of ammunition to ridicule and put down others!!!
@user-fq8rs7rz3i
7 ай бұрын
I was brought up RC and I realised in adulthood that I had never believed it’s teachings. Even at 10 years old when I stopped believing in Father Christmas, (St Nicholas) I realised that all the other ‘saints’ were probably just part of an huge story to convince people that their lives were not their own, they belonged to ‘God’. I just knew, even at 10 that it was ‘fibs’, just like Father Christmas. Of course, I didn’t tell anyone, but I didn’t go to church again, except for weddings, funerals and baptisms. I made sure my 2 children weren’t brainwashed, but my eldest believes although he’s not part of any sect. Merry Christmas 🤣
Imagine how many pearls were clutched in that audience when Hitchens dared to question the integrity of Obama. One of the things that made him a great man was that he never pandered.👍
50 minutes, pure genius 👌
Hope to find more of Christopher Hitchens debates!!
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
And with them you'll find comment sections full of sad children who can't handle not being special. Just like here.
@johnholmgren1806
Жыл бұрын
I had to listen to it 3 times but Hitch's opponent states that the earth is flat, and to justify it he says because the Quran says it is. How can he be taken seriously after saying something so completely ignorant and silly?
@joecurran2811
9 ай бұрын
@@johnholmgren1806😂
@betzib8021
7 ай бұрын
@@johnholmgren1806it depends upon how much you think a French accent confers validity.
This guy representing Islam is talking in complete, in comprehensible circles. Wow.. way to defend religion...wtf
really top shelf stuff here, this was really Chris at his peak, wish he was around now!
If you’re always on the side of logic and reason, then you’ll never be wrong…
@philcawser
Жыл бұрын
No. You will often be wrong, because you are likely to learn more evidence-based information than you previously knew. You will review the new knowledge, be supported by a global community of professional rationalist/scientists who will try to find the flaws in the new information. Then, if it is the best available evidence at that time, you will admit you were wrong (at that point you differentiate yourself crucially from the totalitarian, the dictator, the theocracy), and you will move on - comfortable living with the complexity of the universe and with the only partial understanding of it by you and the rest of humanity.
@brianjacob8728
Жыл бұрын
if you are operating from valid underlying assumptions. This is where most people go wrong. Even ones with mensa level iqs.
Love and miss u Christopher ❤️
I loved Christopher Hitchens. I wish he were still around. Every single one of his detractors came across as bumbling idiots. Hitchens made the judgmental religious lunatics show their worst side which they'd try to cover up with their feigned righteousness.
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
Literally every sad child does that. E-ve-ry sing-le one. Just look at this CS.
1:36:16 The Dutch Reformed Church -- "Why did it need to be reformed by the way?" 😄
A GREAT MAN OF TRUTH, HE GAVE THE LIGHT INTO SOMEMANY PEOPLES MINT WHO THEY WERE LIVING IN DARKNESS, , THE WORLD WILL MISS YOU DEAR GENIUS MR HITCHENS , MAY REST IN PEACE,
@robert-cu1xo
8 ай бұрын
Thanks god for facial hair,which is dirty and depressing,will be getting rid of it,want to be man not ape
Hitch is so clear and poignant.
@seanachaiBill
4 жыл бұрын
clear and 'poignant'...? ... nostalgic? ...might you mean 'succinct'? .. 'to the point'?
@woodytheduke
3 жыл бұрын
@@howardlovecraft750 why are you watching then godboy?
@Jspore-ip5rk
3 жыл бұрын
@@howardlovecraft750 maaan fuck u...
@SHARON.I
3 жыл бұрын
@@howardlovecraft750 oh ok😂
@MattSingh1
3 жыл бұрын
@@howardlovecraft750 *citation needed
What on earth was this other guy wittering on about?
@Sigmund1924
6 ай бұрын
No one will ever know 😂
Hitchens is so fascinating that he makes it possible to tolerate the moderator and opponent. Barely.
Just found out about Hitchens, he was definitely a cut above. This was like high schoolers on their first debate vs. a doctoral candidate, a massacre.
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
No, he was clueless like you are. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.
@bradleypease2492
Жыл бұрын
@@2fast2blockhow is it clear
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
@@bradleypease2492 find someone that can read and have them read it to you. I can't write in baby language for you to understand.
Cameras were not as advanced in those days. It was only possible to film things from across the street. In all seriousness why was the camera so far back? We would have liked to have seen the speakers' faces.
The moderator is too intrusive and thin-skinned.. Hitch brilliant and pointed as ever ... miss him.
@Reel___
2 жыл бұрын
he's annoying af... Hitchens is the greatest ever.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
@paineite
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 You're unaware that most biblical scholars -- if I remember correctly -- view 2nd Peter as a forgery ?
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@paineite If you believe that then you will also believe there is no Almighty God. One true living God/Jesus, maker of heaven and earth. Creator of all things. You can not get nothing from nothing. A Master designer has to design it and make it.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.
How sad that I'm only getting to know you and you're gone! RIP
Awesome Hitch! I miss him very, very much!
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
Small brains like you miss small brains like Hitch. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.
I can't tell if he was being serious about the flat earth
Go to 22:30, and face another, towering unanswerable. Why wait till that moment? Why allow so many centuries of suffering of your favorite hominid, and THEN decide to step in?
What is the other guy talking about? Not a good speaker.
@romill6424
2 жыл бұрын
its called word salad when you have no cogent argument it is utter rot ,surely even he knows hes talking bollocks
The only thing I can really know about God is what I make up! Wow. that’s it in a nutshell!! 😂😂
"Dutch reformed Why did it need to be reformed by the way?" LOOOL OH Hitch, we miss you soooooo much man. We could've used your help in 2016 and onward
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
As a Dutch guy I apologize for the idiots on the panel.
Just when I thought I had seen all the speeches from Hitchens on youtube... thank you.
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
Wow, your small brain loves the small brain of Hitch. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.
@rightpa
Жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block I would invite anyone in the comments section to try to make sense of what you said. That is such a bullshit interpretation of the laws of thermodynamics it must have been taught to you by a creationist.
@goofyahhh254
Жыл бұрын
@2fast2block too proud? We just don't want to be fooled into thinking unsupported nonsense
@goofyahhh254
Жыл бұрын
You must first demonstrate that supernatural things are possible. Otherwise, they remain impossible and are of no value. What is asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence.
@rightpa
Жыл бұрын
@@goofyahhh254 A Hitch Slap with Hitchens' Razor. Beautiful.
This Moracon guy never gets to the point 😒 👀.
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
He also never gets the point.
FYI. The guy debating with Hitch was charged with multiple accounts of sexual harassment.
@siim605
3 жыл бұрын
Shocker.
@duderyandude9515
3 жыл бұрын
Not actually the first time that has happened.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
FYI Hitch was an alcoholic. A slave to the bottle. So blind (spiritually). Leading others down the road of no hope. So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.
@captur69
Жыл бұрын
He'll fit right in so....
@horizons2358
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha, oh boy.....now that's truly in line with good 'ol mohomadism !😂
I support the Secular Coalition for America.
Just a Nietzsche rip of…. - “Without music, life would be a mistake.” ... - “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” ... - “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” ... - “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
@DBEdwards
Жыл бұрын
All platitudes except. "Without music" and 'I'm not upset." These two are profound and carry the sting.
I will always have an itch for a little more, Hitch…
Again , I note a lot of cherry picking from the faithful in the comments. It saddens me that religion has had such a detrimental effect on humanity. The catastrophes that we have brought upon ourselves in the name of religion is shameful and I hope those who hide behind their filth tomes feel it, only then may humanity have a chance. Only then, when they have emancipated themselves to we stand any chance of reaching our true potential.
I have only recently become aware of Christopher’s discussion. In many ways I’d already come to the same conclusions being cognisant of the history of homo-sapiens. Gods can’t exist, not only don’t. I do believe that most educated people actually have come to the same conclusion, even the clergy and those high up in the church. Admitting it is a different matter? In their quiet moments I’m sure they must say to themselves “ well it’s not looking good “?
@ObservantHistorian
2 жыл бұрын
To be a preacher, you have to be a liar or delusional. Most people aren't actually delusional.
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
"Gods can’t exist, not only don’t. I do believe that most educated people actually have come to the same conclusion" No, you dolts come to that conclusion and if you think otherwise, show me what you have. Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically. --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at: Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ2B09yHj7y5iLg.html The odds are NOT there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWWTraePkabfkaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ttycOwqr2yo84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiV07WupNebkdo.html
@jtf9670
2 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block which god ? your god ? I believe in the tribal god that created the islands of guam , my homeland. but since we disagree on which god to believe in, we must fight, let's have a war , I kill your people and you kill mine and then maybe after that we will determine who believes in the "correct' god.
@jonathanalexander9881
2 жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block You're not as smart as you think you are.
@rumien1383
Жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block strikes me as a massive arse covering exercise. “ and today’s weather forecast..... you might get a bit of everything “
All species are descended from a closely related, previously existing species.
“No favours are done by prolonging fairytales into adulthood.”
Til this day there is no answer to Christophers question and no one will find an answer to the question.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.
@norbertmeyer1186
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 no worries, take a drink and relax , he was never here. The Titel of CH book is one wird to long . "God is not " would be sufficient.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@norbertmeyer1186 Hitch was pacifying his brain with the bottle so he didn't have to think about one day facing his Maker/Jesus.
@daleneparole1502
Жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056, that would be Johnny Walker Black. Thank you... cheers
1:36:15 I gush at this style of Hitchslap
the only time hitch makes sense is when he opens his mouth
@GlowingMpd
2 жыл бұрын
👍
@quantumjet253
Жыл бұрын
And the only time ridiculous statements and stupidity are spoken is when he stops. Fortunately though the other guy pretty much kept quiet. The host would have done well to have followed suit.
Oh to hear what he would have to say about the global state of affairs now. Wow
what was the point of the speaker after Hitchens ?? Pointless
@romill6424
2 жыл бұрын
no point whatsoever ,nonsence personified thought he was auditioning for a comedy store gig,failed miserably ,poor man
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
"gods-believer" Never get the point. That they're sad children who can't handle not being special.
@Smokey66s
Жыл бұрын
Ability to fast forward much appreciated.
@MrCanis4
Жыл бұрын
maybe someone who happened to pass by the front door?
I must admit, when telling Hitch he had 15 minutes left and he said, "Oh good, that's what I was hoping for", I said out loud "god is great!". 😉
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
How's that?
@michellemaria1360
Жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block How's what? 🤔
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
@@michellemaria1360 " I said out loud "god is great!".' How did that make your god great? What god do you have?
@michellemaria1360
Жыл бұрын
@2fast2block Oh!!! That's called sarcasm. Sorry I wasn't clear 😏 I'm an Atheist and that's also why the lower-case g. ✌️
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
@@michellemaria1360 then how did this and you get here? The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.
This dude' accent is all over the place. That said, 🤤
It is always challenging in these debates on religion involving this much missed unrivalled polemicist that anyone in the audience can continue to believe in an omniscient deity when they leave the venue.Yet so much of mankind is indoctrinated from birth or in later need of existential reassurance to be unable to abandon their role as sheep herded by a celestial shepherd during their lives and hopefully beyond.
struggled to follow the second speaker's point
@quantumjet253
Жыл бұрын
Wait, what... he had a point!?
@Sigmund1924
6 ай бұрын
He took longer to get to his points than Columbo. He really needs to find a new career.
Can’t get behind Hitches pro-imperialism shift but the man was a brilliant conversationalist. We’d be a lot better off if guys like him were still influencing public dialogue
Oh dear I found Christopher Hitchens very late in life. I didn't know the awful details of all organized religions. I have seen the evils first hand of the worst of humanity. It is the history of the poets ans scribes trying to account for this wonderful gift of life and creation. Then evil steps in against love. I have discovered life and creation are all about and are love. I have discovered that life and creation are about infinite perfection. And those who are evil do not know love and are quite defective just born blind to life's beauty and the perfection of all that is created.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Mey his way of thinking continue
This other guy goes on forever without much of a point
That first audience member is an unfortunate part of this video.
@quantumjet253
Жыл бұрын
...as was the host!
@Sigmund1924
6 ай бұрын
As was Christopher’s opponent.
Surprised the other speaker doesn't get a mention in the wordage under the video.
If only Christopher Hitchens could have witnessed Trump's religious leanings!
@captur69
Жыл бұрын
Like everyone knows trump ran with the hare ,while hunting with the hounds, there's not a religious atom in his body...Like all presidents, they'll say and do anything to get into power...it's a sapien thing.....
@CynthiaArtist
Жыл бұрын
Really!!! He’s turning in his grave!
@tennesseegregario7253
Жыл бұрын
You still talking about Trump? Damn he got in your head big time. I wonder which would irritate Hitch the most, Trumps religion or The Biden Crime Family's selling out of America? Think before you post.
Was he debating the moderator in this? They kept showing the other guy just sitting there looking bored and annoyed lol
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
The time it takes to explain something is greater than the attention span of a "gods-believer".
Hate the interrupting ads
@yesucansell2
3 жыл бұрын
I pay ten bucks a month and about it. Ads are the worst.
Good stuff
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.
"...man does not create reality and can achieve his values only by making his decisions consonant with the facts of reality. " -Ayn Rand-
constantly flipping through the book while christopher responds say alot about the muslim scholar
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@Scott Scotty So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.
I am so blessed not to have jesus as my God anymore, truth doesn't exist in the God of the bible as claimed based on my experience
@kantraxoikol6914
3 жыл бұрын
then please don't use the word "blessed" use "thankful"
@jabezraju9840
3 жыл бұрын
@@kantraxoikol6914 ?
@jabezraju9840
3 жыл бұрын
@Scott Scotty I am just a human free from religion
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
You're a man with a soul. John 8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
@jabezraju9840
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 somebody said like this Changing a rod into a serpent and the serpent back into a rod may be clever magic, but how does such a demonstration prove that Moses spoke to God? If the only thing necessary to prove the truth of an extraordinary claim were to demonstrate an ability to bewilder, there would be no more mysteries to solve. If he claims that he can bring the dead back to life, and in proof of that power pulls a rabbit out of a hat, that is hardly a demonstration of the truth of his claim; it is merely an example of his ability in the art of deception. If he claims that he can fly without wings and without the use of mechanical help of any kind, and in proof of his ability pulls another rabbit out of another hat, that is not proof of his ability to fly, but of his ability to lie, and he will without much hesitation be condemned as a faker. The demonstration of one thing has absolutely no bearing in proving the truth of the other, when there is no relationship between them.
54:12 my thoughts exactly 1:04:46 1:10:59 1:12:07 1:16:00 1:19:16 1:28:30
It’s amazing to see theists babble on about so much and yet say nothing. Same feeling I got hearing priests talk in church. I realized at the age of 12 that it was all bs. Which left me puzzled as to why adults continue to believe this crap. Thank you Hitch for filling the time with thought-provoking content.
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
It's amazing you think you think. You're just some clueless being. The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.
The moderator sides with the theist side and nevertheless Hitch chews them both without even breaking a sweat 🤭
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
As a Dutch guy I apologize for the idiots on the panel.
@SeveruSnake
Жыл бұрын
Hes good
@moonlightray8493
9 ай бұрын
I always love it when people try to gang up on Hitch, yet he still effortlessly eviscerates their arguments.
The Moroccan gentleman who spoke second ,,,, sucks
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
No shit!
If universe is social it's certain to produce a God.
The Dutch moderator shouldn't have been meddling in the argument nor does was his english on a level acceptable for a moderator.
It’s Timely that a sequel book be authored. “Government is not Great - Authorities poison everything...” Don’t be an apologist, be like Hitch.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
That's because all authorities (except one-God/Jesus) are sinful. We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners. All of mankind, born with a sinful nature. The only one who has the authority to tell us that, says so.
@2fast2block
2 жыл бұрын
No, I'm going to actually think...unlike Hitch. Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically. --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at: Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/ www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe. Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it. We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God. Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis. God is the reason for us and all we have. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJ2B09yHj7y5iLg.html The odds are NOT there. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWWTraePkabfkaQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ttycOwqr2yo84.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/lpiV07WupNebkdo.html
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
Hitch was a blind man (spiritually) and if you believe his foolishness, you too will be led down a road of spiritual darkness filled with lies and deception. You will never have the joy of knowing the truth (Jesus).
@danpettinger1353
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 Exactly the baseless, sanctimonious judgement Hitch railed against caused by belief in Bronze Age mythology. You have given away your freedom and humanity and recieved man-made dogma and lies. Grow the fuck up.
@jewbanqora5159
Жыл бұрын
Jesus Moses and Muhammad this is the best of stupidity to follow disgusting evils racist of faith-based religion 💩💩💩
5:44 "It would be rude of me to speak more than.. 30 minutes..." *checks vid length* ಠ_ಠ
Senator McCain had a garage sale sign on his central Ave property in PHX just north of Glendale a block on the west . He had sold the home I knew . So I shipped him a picture as.tje sign was on the new owners home ..I said John you need money ?
Well said both of these gentlemen 👍🎉
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
Hitch was a blind man (spiritually) and if you believe his foolishness, you too will be led down a road of spiritual darkness filled with lies and deception. You will never have the joy of knowing the truth (Jesus).
@GlowingMpd
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 Praise Zeus!👍
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@GlowingMpd Jesus Christ is the king of Glory!!! Zeus is dead and gone. Jesus is alive and well.
@GlowingMpd
2 жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 👋
@epicpancho5459
Жыл бұрын
@@paulgemme6056 lols praise gilgamesh
Americans don't usually appreciate complexity, depth or nuance. That would explain a great deal about the situation they find themselves in today. They also don't appreciate irony, self effacing humour or a sense of the absurd which ke🤔
@WilbertLek
Жыл бұрын
People*
@quantumjet253
Жыл бұрын
One of the biggest lessons I've learned in communicating over the internet is avoid ironic statements at all costs especially when you're unsure of the nationality of who may read your comment. I think the big issue here is that large areas of the internet are infested with quick to anger, paranoid, extremely defensive American boys and young men with a clear emotional immaturity, and anything they don't agree with, or could be misinterpreted is instantly assumed to be an insult of them, their family, their nation, or whatever else they decide in the moment. Actually I still fail because I always assume it's natural to not agree with everything everyone says but that's a big rule breaker in forums. You can disagree with the video if it's the general accepted attitude of messages below it, but if they're generally in agreement, you have to follow suit or risk insult. It's very strange, and something I will never completely come to terms with.
Wow. They didn't record this with Hitchens mic volume completely fucked up? Amazing.
Awareness is the ONLY constant of ALL experience what could be more fundamental to reality than THAT???
@lepidoptera9337
Жыл бұрын
Energy, momentum, angular momentum and charges. Dude, you didn't pay attention in science class. :-)
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
@@lepidoptera9337 And how did we get anything? The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.
@lepidoptera9337
Жыл бұрын
@@2fast2block The first law of thermodynamics assumes an isolated system with time translation symmetry, which the universe isn't. Dude, you need to pay attention in school, which you didn't. :-)
@2fast2block
Жыл бұрын
@@lepidoptera9337 There are NO assumptions. The universe is it. If it were not isolated, they wouldn't be laws. Oh, you forgot to show how the universe is not an isolated system and yet the laws still apply. Your tiny brain skipped that key point. You sure are clueless.
@bretnetherton9273
Жыл бұрын
Awareness is known by awareness alone; is the sole irriducible axiom of reality. To put forth a syllable to the contrary is but to concede.
Who is the guy hitch is debating?
@dedewunjo426
4 жыл бұрын
The man's name is Fouad Laroui. Makes me sad and wonder why no one from The John Adams Institute ever answered the question or even mentioned his name in the video description.
@jennicawilton4322
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@robertgalloway8217
3 жыл бұрын
an idiot
@MrCanis4
Жыл бұрын
nobody
From 31th minutes, to 47th... A total of 16 minutes just to say : I agree with Cristopher Hitchens, except I think it's better to tell people to become agnostics rather than atheists. Just how inefficient can someone be ?
@mrovin11
2 жыл бұрын
Agnosticism and atheism are not mutually exclusive. How uneducated on this topic can someone get?
@Zetsthamys
2 жыл бұрын
@@mrovin11 Exactly. It just adds to the inefficiency, 16 minutes just to mumble something useless.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@mrovin11 So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.
no mention of Hitchens' interlocutor?
Nasrudine where have you been ?
To make the statement that "God is not great" is a childish thing to say, since if God is not (supposed) to exist how can he/it be any level of greatness? However it's more than childish because to what do we ascribe what we call 'greatness', for instance would we say the Gandhi (the man) was great, or what he achieved as being great? The reality is that making such statements can be attributed to a desire to sound informed/wise to the target audience, it has no real substance, or logic?
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.
@ecm958
2 жыл бұрын
Neither do you, Banner. Take an enema.
@paulgemme6056
2 жыл бұрын
@@ecm958 The whiskey he drank was great in his mind. Not only was he under the influence of alcohol but he was also under the influence of the god of this world (Satan - the devil). In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
@fishfingers8441
2 жыл бұрын
What Hitch was referring to was the fact that, as he often said, god is real in the sense that for many, their absolute faith in him creates a reality in which god is present, regardless of the fact there is no supernatural dimension. This is in part, the god Hitch is referring to. ‘God is not great’ is in fact a perfect title for the book, if anything is claimed, ‘greatness’ is at the heart of theistic belief. This simple statement isn’t intended to sound wise, although it is absolutely well informed. The ‘logic’ you say it lacks is the content of the book itself. That’s what a title does in these cases, it asserts the conclusion or atleast the question of the author, as demonstrated perfectly. The ‘childish’ tone you seem to have read the title in is of your own doing, clearly the statement is contrary to your own and it’s strength has made you feel condescended upon. In short, you’ve read too much into it, assuming it’s an attempt at witty ‘know-it-all’ cheapness when in fact it’s a simple yet eye-catching (and very successful) way of asserting his opinion.
@davidbanner6230
2 жыл бұрын
@@fishfingers8441 : Well that’s wonderful that has a spokesman who understands all that he was about..? However, I have no problem with that ‘
Just signing here, someone will see this in a hundred years.
I've been listening to Mohamed's into for 15 minutes... Wtf is he going on about???
Christopher had them both best as soon as he stood up.. the nonsense and the sheer impossibility for the existence of God is staggering. There is no God, deal with it.
Everyone saw this today at the time they saw it lol
Quite a few responders who prove Hitchens' points over and over again , one of them actually had the idiocy to tell us Jesus loves us all unconditionally. Why would any rational reasonable being want unconditional love from something that doesn't exist? They just don't get it due to their capacity for believing stuff without decent evidence and so probably never will. Hitchens searched for the truth about difficult questions, he didn't just make shit up.
@schmetterling4477
9 ай бұрын
Jesus doesn't love you unconditionally. I don't know where you got that from... it was certainly not the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
@robgray2973
9 ай бұрын
Oh dear, did you not read what I posted?There is no supernatural "Jesus", there never was and never will be other than the fictional character depicted in some rather poor fantasy stories written by unknown rather ignorant ancient men thousands of years ago. Check the evidence yourself without your appraisal being tainted by that dead end of blind faith because blind faith is the only way any rational , honest being could believe that guff.@@schmetterling4477
@awesomethecool
7 ай бұрын
On a semi-unrelated note, unconditional love is toxic and exploitable. No love should be unconditional. Is someone who is evil and cruel or hurts you on purpose deserving of love? It's stupid and naive at best. So saying Jesus loves everyone unconditionally means he's blind to cruelty, and it's an insult to those who actually deserve his love (I mean, if christianity was hypothetically real)
@Artman1
7 ай бұрын
@@schmetterling4477 Is that the same Catholic Church that taught Hitler to hate the Jews?