He taught me how to stand up for knowledge and reason, in a world determined to be ignorant. Thank you Christopher.

@bitumenjudea806

Жыл бұрын

well said

@timhallas4275

Жыл бұрын

@@bitumenjudea806 Thanks, my friend.

@MLIVCH

Жыл бұрын

❤

@chamuthenuja2937

Жыл бұрын

Aye🙌

@messiahapostle8239

5 ай бұрын

Until you wake up in HELL like him!!! ======== An Atheist is his or her own god!!! Atheists worship their opinions as gods! See Psalm 2. God is never mocked! 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 impostors 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 at Millions of MT-Carmels in This MY 🌎WORLD! It's Mount-JESUS ⛪ CHURCH EXTRAVAGANZA! It's JesuCRACY Imperative!!! Hallelujah!

How missed you are Mr. Hitchens. Champion of reason.

@skirk248

8 жыл бұрын

no one can bitchslap verbally quite like him

@bjarnesegaard5701

8 жыл бұрын

***** you are of course free to believe what you want. I would never say otherwise. Regarding reason, there is not much of the sort in any religion. Religion caters to emotions and not the intellect. Religion is used to keep people connected in groups. First very tribal and later in empires like the Roman that used christianity and later the Arab that used Islam. No news I that. The reason the bible is silent about anything and everything related to nature is, that the men who wrote the bible didn't know. When job asks god why and how all the dumb answer he gets is "where were you when I made the crocodile" etc. When they do try to depict nature they get it all wrong. The bible and the quran. Then the defence of this bronze age bs is of course to call it poetry and old wisdom. It is neither. You want to compare it to art? Fine. Just don't bring it into the public sphere and certainly not into politics. When you have numbscull republican congressmen denying climate change based on gods promise in the bible, we have a serious problem. If it was a small country the world could handle it, but this utter stupidity comes from the world's superpower and highest energy user in the world. When ignorant religious zealots can play dice with the world's future it is scary.

@bjarnesegaard5701

8 жыл бұрын

***** to treat religion and their books as philosophy like it almost seem you do is fine. 😊 You are right the bible is not a science book but say that to your radical co-believers. Using the "not able" to understand argument regarding the bible doesn't told up. At least not in my case. As a former christian I have read the entire bible twice and many many passages many more more times. Have you read the entire bible? All of OT? This god cannot wipe his own ass that is how stupid he is. NT I can give the same judgement. If you want to stay a christian don't read the bible. And then again, how do you know you are a christian? Well your parents probably brought you up that way. And in your particular branch of christianity. Religion poisons everything. But you sound like a reasonable and intelligent guy.

@bjarnesegaard5701

8 жыл бұрын

***** a relationship with a god that only exist in your head. That is a relationship with yourself. Your god is you. But you believe what you want, just don't bring it into the public sphere and not into politics. You read the bible and not the quran because you were prepped by your surroundings and upbringing and culture. Religion is just a matter of randomness.

@fjccommish

5 жыл бұрын

His reason is that no argument has convinced him. That's a good reason for him to remain unconvinced. God speaks to me, so I know God exists. I won't convince Christopher he is wrong, and he won't convince me I am wrong.

Hitchens was a genius. I regret that I found out about him after he had died. But I feel very lucky that there are so many GREAT video clips of him like this one to watch, listen and learn.

@sciencefirst7032

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, I love him!!!

@55Quirll

5 жыл бұрын

As do I, he is a great man to learn how to argue from. Learn all you can about what your opponent is going to argue about, more than your opponent.

@uscpat

5 жыл бұрын

Isaac Allerton Debate, not argue! ;-)

@55Quirll

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the clarification. I do get the two terms confused. Keep me straight should I make any other mistakes. Again, thanks.

@uscpat

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I didn't mean to correct you. It was a poor attempt at humor.

I could listen to him speaking the whole day.

This guy is an artist, speaking his mind into words which is so difficult for many of us. He speaks my mind in perfect vocabulary.

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@Sam Spade . An artist, philosopher, poet and warrior for truth !

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT . With the religious, reason sleeps !

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT . You do not realize that 'personal Christianity', a belief in a 'personal savior' ... IS A RELIGION !

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT . It has been noted that it is your OPINION that atheism is a religion. Technically speaking, atheism is a LACK of belief in a particular deity or deities. I do not believe in Santa Clause, therefore I'm an atheist regarding dear Santa. This labeling of atheists as religious by theists of late is simply a tactic to go on the offensive with regards to religion. It signifies a deep LACK of faith in the deluded religious person. A way to deflect self doubt and to try to blunt pointed criticism. Finally, it is a weak attempt to get the nonbeliever to doubt non belief . Non belief is NOT a close minded belief system without experience. It IS an open minded belief system without experience .

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT . Some, probably more then half, nonbelievers ARE warriors for truth ! NO theists can make the same claim simply because they chose to adopt a belief system without ANY evidence to show as empirical proof. Faith is worthless and its ALL the theist has ! The theist has and will always have NOTHING ! To this day, no religion on planet Earth has ANY empirical scientific evidence to show that can be HONESTLY corroborated ! And of course, I truly wish it were otherwise, because I think heaven sounds pretty nice. I actually wouldn't mind spending eternity there. Too bad it doesn't exist ! Wishing it doesn't make it so . Now, why did YOU come to Earth ?

The difference between Science and religion is simple. With Science mankind fly to the moon...with religion they fly into buildings.

@RuminatingRaptor

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT Incorrect. Religion reveals no truths.

@markyounger1240

5 жыл бұрын

How true. And think of how intelligent the astronauts are how how ignorant the hijackers were.

@markyounger1240

5 жыл бұрын

Hate autocorrect

@malcolmbrewer

4 жыл бұрын

wahhh, best comment I've heard in years...

@owlnyc666

2 жыл бұрын

With science we made atomic bombs to blow up Hiroshima and Nagasaki! 🤔😉

Miss you Mr. Hitchens...so much.

I would never want to be on stage arguing against a team of Hitchens, Dennett and Harris... all my arguments would be invalid even if I agreed haha lol

i listened to lies all my life, but now i have decided to hear that which is more probable and true. thank you mr hitchens.

@avarielle1582

5 жыл бұрын

RUSSIAN ROBOT religion is bullshit

What a loss to the world was the untimely death of the brilliant Hitch.

@jesusedel7

7 жыл бұрын

Hes seeing our progress from heaven

@dbrigden

7 жыл бұрын

+jesusedel7. Yeah, right

A superb intellectual and an amazing speaker.

Hitchens is Much More Important than Any God

@annaoflasvegas

10 жыл бұрын

He is amazing! I would worship him before I worship some "Hot Air God"

@annaoflasvegas

10 жыл бұрын

dprague Brilliant and thoughtfully written! You've said it all. Belief is not scientific. Its conjecture at best and ignorance at worst.

@47f0

10 жыл бұрын

***** Isn't it remarkable that anytime science says, "We don't know... yet"., you folks of faith are in an absolute panic to insert your personal god. So, you don't find the science satisfying, or complete enough. Neither do scientists - that's why they keep researching. So how do you get to fill in the blanks with Allah? Why not Zeus? Why not Thor? Or Athena, or Neptune? Every one of you "faithful" (i.e. gullible) have to completely deny all of the other gods (and versions of gods) to feel good about the universe and your place in it, and has to exist in a rapidly shrinking area of scientific gaps - with each tested scientific bit of knowledge making your god smaller and smaller and smaller. How sad.

@juway3824

10 жыл бұрын

***** your first sentence is an incorrect assumption, I think. I've never heard an atheist, nor a scientist who has studied the big bang theory, say that matter is eternal and timeless. any decent scientist will say that no one knows what happened before the big bang or a few fractions of a second after it. as hitchens says in this video, atheists are always ready to admit what they don't know and that they are unnerved by religious people like you who say that they do know. I, as an atheist, know that the big bang theory is the best explanation for the origin of the universe but that it's also incomplete. perhaps it will always be incomplete, but there's a good chance it won't be. science has made a great deal of progress in revealing not only our origins as a species but the origin of our universe. it also continues to develop new technologies and medicine and so many inventions that keep improving our capabilities as a species. you may know that humans have actually set foot on the moon, and that they didn't use a holy text to develop the technology necessary to bring them there and bring them back. in this regard, and in regards to understanding the origin of the universe, all holy texts are utterly useless and I challenge you to point out something in your quran that might help us to save the earth from climate change, colonize mars, find an alien lifeform or travel to another solar system. I wager that science and science alone will accomplish these things, or nothing will

@juway3824

7 жыл бұрын

Love God so your argument here (or the argument of the author you're copy-pasting) is that an event can't happen unless some other event makes it happen, and therefore that event must have had a cause, etc into infinity - this is a presumption the author puts forward, and let's roll with it even though it's an unproven presumption as far as I can tell. The author says that if there's an infinite chain of events, then something must have caused the Big Bang. What was it? Nobody knows, but the author says that an infinite chain of events cannot exist and has to have an ultimate beginning. Why should I agree with this? Because it can't "put on the garment of being"? Does that really mean anything or are these just flashy words that I should accept as a hand wave? Either I'm having a hard time breaking down this terminology and this is just opaque to me or this is as logically flawed as it appears to be. I honestly can't tell the difference

Hitchens absolutely nailed it at the end. Bravo.

@MrAdryan1603

6 жыл бұрын

I've never seen one argument or case being made by him that wasn't nailing it the entire time. Bravo, indeed :)

@jackstrong8001

4 жыл бұрын

Religion was there scince the beging of humanity Adam , noah and much more were all massengers from god

@pointbreak8646

2 жыл бұрын

I like it when he does this in debates. A god decides to send his son to Palestine for a human sacrifice as that will teach us, absolute nonsense, I'm so glad I dont know anyone personally that believes that shite! I couldnt take them seriously at all. Hitchens was on another level!

Just to help everyone out - those that oppose religion are right while those that believe in religion are wrong.

@stevedl3150

9 жыл бұрын

If only the world were so easily resolved. I`d add `lol,` but it`s not funny.

@Ryan_Winter

9 жыл бұрын

***** Did you reply to TheBeastIncarnate ? If so, than your reply is totally out of context. This isn't about how "the world could be resolved". This is about the question:"Are religions made up crap?" And they evidently are.

@stevedl3150

9 жыл бұрын

Rylan Joran Indeed my reply was directed at TheBeastlncarnate. TheBeastlncarnate said, as you will well know, that those whom oppose religion are right whilst those whom believe in religion are wrong. If my assertion that I made to TheBeast... is out of context ( and I don`t admit it is ), then his assertion is equally out of context. Of course religions are made up ! What kind of fool do you take me for ? As one that does not realize religions are made up ? But that which is made up is not ergo crap. Ie, it doesn`t follow. Eg, Common Law is made up. Does this mean that Common Law is therefore crap ? Beware of deeming Common Law crap. You are way out of your depth.But say on...

@Ryan_Winter

9 жыл бұрын

***** I didn't derive the "crap" from the "made up". I said it is made up crap. And yes I do think lending made up crap any merit means to be wrong. As lending merit to any sort of crap means to be wrong.

@stevedl3150

9 жыл бұрын

Rylan Joran What makes you think it is crap ? I think we already agree that it( Religion ) is made up.

Hitchens enlighten many through his courage that would have made Galileo proud. Great man. Great man. What a great man.

We miss you C.H.

@martialharpistmatthew1837

5 жыл бұрын

John Donahue do you have prof that hell exists? No? But you believe it will all you’re heart? Lol that’s cute.

@danathanaurelius4685

5 жыл бұрын

@@johndonahue3162 Only a religious person could come up with such a disgusting thing to say. Fuck you, sir.

No miracles, just random shit that happens. No ghosts, demons, etc. just evil "religious" people doing harm to humanity. No help from above, or trouble from below, just humans, greed, hate, and corruption. All we need is love!

@catalin633

3 жыл бұрын

Greatest comment I have ever read

Christopher Hitchens was a brave man who stood up for exactly for what he believed. Great job.

What a legend.

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@@johndonahue3162 . He was more humble than most Christians I unfortunately know !

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@@johndonahue3162 . I know more then enough Christians, thank you. Is it not Christians, Jews and Muslims who boastfully proclaim that mere primates are made in the very image of a deity ? Let us also remember that those despots that you listed, who technically were not all atheists, never killed one person IN THE NAME OF ATHEISM . Now, a quote from one of our apostles, Sam Harris . "The true horror of religion is it allows seemingly sane and intelligent people to believe by the billions what only lunatics or imbeciles could believe on their own." That is not a personal hit ! Merely illustrating what 'group-think' can and has accomplished . Yes, religion can and has done 'good works' ! That is not in question. But it can and has been a force for evil. Thanks for the blessings . And may Christopher Hitchens smile upon you ! 😎

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@@johndonahue3162 . I guess it takes a TRUE Christian to know what TRUE Christianity is, right ? WAIT, WHAT ? Regarding prophecies . I think we all can agree that compared to the ancient Chinese at that time period, the 'writers' of the Old Testament were NOT learned' people. I like to think of them as hillbillies of the hot desert. With a fondness for trying to scare small children. King David could NOT have written Psalm 22 because crucifixion did NOT exist in his day . MORE on prophecies . Biblical Prophecies - Rational Wiki rationalwiki.org RationalWiki>wiki>Biblical_prophecies Bottom Line The prophecies in the O.T. were deliberately targeted for fulfillment by the writers of the N.T. .

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@@johndonahue3162 . Christopher Hitchens loathed religious texts especially the Bible yet knew it backwards, forwards, upwards and downwards ! As evidenced by his numerous victories over the poor religious victims who unwisely chose to debate the man . And it is my presupposition that the Bible, which was written by very simple fallible people, not only cannot be taken as a 'credible historical work' but as a matter of fact, is filled with inconsistencies, inaccuracies and obvious contradictions . And that is to be expected with a 'work' that has been embellished and subtracted from, and is over 2,000 years old (N.T.), 3,000 years old (O.T.) . Remember, as the evidence mounts, the 'god of the gaps' keeps receding .

@davidmahfuz5721

5 жыл бұрын

@@johndonahue3162 . It seems you have a low opinion of people who sincerely disagree with Christianity. Unfortunately, I find that attitude all too typical, especially of your average Christian. You underestimate your opponent at your own risk. But your here trying to save souls, right ? www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/04/atheist-christopher-hitchens-writes-love A few critiques of A Case for Christ : Brent Landau TheConversation>the-case-for-christ-w... Jeff J.Powder infidels.org RationalWiki>wiki>Lee_Strobel Do you believe Noah's worldwide flood story and the general time line for it ?

He changed America so the world.

He had such a direct way of explaining the Words of Wisdom that even a delusional person should be able to understand. But unfortunately most faith believers don't even care to think about the logical points he made

Christopher was a wise man we miss u brother rip

Hitchens is greatly missed

@rsiv7737

6 жыл бұрын

Arrogant intellectual... okay

@rsiv7737

6 жыл бұрын

Arrogant in what exactly? Being brutally forthright and not taking prisoners when arguing with numbnuts? You might feel a hue of arrogance from his speech, all I hear is a read intellectual who puts his thoughts without any "good manner censorship" when the situation asks for it. By his friends and relatives, he was always described as a kind man.

@michaelvanliempt8779

5 жыл бұрын

@Jack Mehan say that he indeed was unbelievably arrogant. What points have you proven or refuted by that assertion?

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@Jack Mehan . Jack, he was human. It is easy to become addicted to whatever. He was wrong about things like politics. As are religious people believing in a deity.

@davidmahfuz9737

5 жыл бұрын

@Jack Mehan . I've been wrong before. I may actually be wrong now on certain things. What about you ?

Thank You, Mr Hitchens.

I believe in life before death. No ghosts and no magic. Let's keep it real. We all die and forever stay dead soon enough. That's life. Live with it.

@spacekitten3686

9 жыл бұрын

schlummieleinchen1 Yes, indeed. This is not a dress rehearsal. This is the big show.

@robertpreston2220

6 жыл бұрын

Say what you will about religion it is evil, but not nearly as evil as scientists who torture and kill innocent defenseless animals all day everyday! Just one I would love for one of these evil scientists to try and do that too me and see what happens. i am not defenseless! Gutless scientists. I mean talk about living in the dark ages! And science admits they do not have all the answers. Hell look at all the things that existed that we had to wait for science t discover lol. They are so slow

@petehouse8380

5 жыл бұрын

Robert H I certainly don’t rape or torture animals, not all scientists are involved in animal experiments. Just saying. I do eat them though.

@shadowchao21

5 жыл бұрын

Way to insert such a stupid view in the most liked comment so others can see what you want them to. Animal experiments are being weeded out already.

@skydreamer76

5 жыл бұрын

True.

Christopher Hitchens was a man who was not ashamed of telling the truth...A great rarity nowadays.

@jingievaalbal3322

Жыл бұрын

What truth? 😂😂😂😂

The world needs you Hitch!

We all agree with Hitchens but are not eloquent enough to explain it.... at least I’m not😢

@kpax45

2 жыл бұрын

Well very few people are

Organized religions are about power and control of their "flocks." Science is about increasing knowledge and understanding of the world. When science contradicts religion, the religious "leaders" are threatened, because they can no longer claim to know what they're talking about. A world without religion would be better than the one we have, if only because people will have one less thing to hate each other for.

let us sum up science vs religion--Galileo was convicted of heresy for saying that Earth revolved around the sun

@RepublicofODLUM

5 жыл бұрын

Jazzkeyboardist1 - That is a political argument that has nothing to do with science or religion, but i agree with you 100% about the Iraq war.

@Gottenhimfella

5 жыл бұрын

John cherry-picks his chapters and verses. Let's take this one: "Light was among the very first things created", which glosses over the inconvenient biblical contention that the Earth had already been created in advance of light. Not to mention the sun and other stars, which had to wait for the fourth day, light coming during the first day. From where, exactly? But lets set that aside for now; it will be revisited. The same theory that John claims "confirms" his picklist items, "confirms" rather more solidly (if John is to be consistent) that the only place that elements heavier than iron can originate, is from the explosion/ collapse of a star. It may have escaped John's notice, but has not escaped mine that the earth abounds -- and clearly from the mineralisation of ancient fossils, always has done -- in elements heavier than iron. So it is fatuous to pretend that science supports a claim that the earth existed prior to the "creation" of light, because the source of the materials would not be available, at minimum, for hundreds of millions of years after the first stars formed, burned up most of their fuel, and then collapsed as supernovae. It may also have escaped John's notice, but has not escaped mine, that the source of all cosmic light (and, indirectly, the light of all burning organic materials) is stars, including our Sun. Our sun, it has also to be conceded, is the sole source of the illusion of day and night, which the writers of the Bible clearly failed to understand were not separate entities in alternation: it is always simultaneously day AND night on earth, viewed from a godlike perspective. It would have to be a god who was either stupid or drunk having decided that "the light was good" to pretend he or she went on to "separate the light from the darkness", and call the light day and the darkness night. So these inconvenient but crucial details in the account in Genesis (even forgiving all the others) provide an unimpeachable basis for the refutation of the claim that science supports the contentions in Genesis I (or for that matter, the slightly different contentions in Genesis II. Poor copy-editing?) Science may well be wrong, and usually is, before it is right, and "Big Bang cosmology" is very likely to be inaccurate and possibly plain wrong.... but it's John who's hitching his wagon to it, not me.

@trtlgrdl

5 жыл бұрын

whats this chrissy bullshit? You can discuss without being a bitch?

@trtlgrdl

5 жыл бұрын

typical keyboard player.

@trtlgrdl

5 жыл бұрын

Also, the Iraq war was a bush joint.. remember? The republicans wanted some oil and some 9/11 payback.. you prolly dont remember.

More people need to hear this. Really HEAR it!

Science always wins.

@trythinkingforachange4201

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly, not always. Even though it should.

@Killernaut16

5 жыл бұрын

Science is the study of reality. It has to win.

@elnoruego6854

5 жыл бұрын

Science IS reality

@Killernaut16

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT The device you used to type that ignorant comment is only possible because of physics. Wtf do you think goes into a battery? Holy water? No, Lithium. "We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."

@danathanaurelius4685

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT shut ya bitchass up lol ...always whining

He is greatly missed. Hitchens is one of the best debater ever. What did we do to deserve this guy.

Christopher Hitchens shows life as it is. RIP.

@jingievaalbal3322

Жыл бұрын

Rip👀

It's a shame because biblical truths and scientific truth shall never shake hands so the biblical could go on for another 2000 years but Mr. Professor Hitchens, tried to give people the truth. A WMv

and that, ladies and gentlemen, is what is called getting "hitchslapped!!! a true master, poet, comedian, philosopher!!

THAT WAS AMAZING !!! I have no fear of a god story or any part of it. The kind of love I have for this planet can't be described and Hitchens was truly a modern man type primate. It was cool how he lived and his memory was astounding.

i love Hitch

Look for the religious humming and plugging their ears .

Miss you! Thank you for telling the truth! RIP!

He will always be amazing.

Religion a figment of the imagination

What is up with the weird configuration of the podium? Is it meant to look like a boxing ring?

@jinvid

8 жыл бұрын

If you watch the full debate, it's setup like a boxing match between theists and atheists. Dawkins attended this as well.

@x1tekja

6 жыл бұрын

Ahh now it makes sense.. for a second I thought they conjured the set from "The Running Man"

if there was a god, he would avoid Hitch, he would be no match... but there's not, so its irrelevant

@jamesbstard2073

6 жыл бұрын

you can no more disprove the existance of a creative force than I can prove the existance of , it is religion that we should abolish not personal belief.

@BlueRaven893

5 жыл бұрын

James Bstard I like what you said, however, I am still close to certain that God doesn't exist.

@socksumi

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it does seem that god (at least the Abrahamic concept of god) is far more likely a human construct. God's defined attributes are much too extreme, human like and complex to be apriori. Seems more like humans inventing superman as a panacea answer for everything they don't know.

@Creamy6oodness

5 жыл бұрын

You can see him leaving at 4:07

@BlueRaven893

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT I said I was close to certain. In fact, in the way that ALL religions describe their gods, no god can exist in the way that any religion has ever described, especially not the four largest religions. The issue is that I KNOW evidence contradicts the concept of a created universe. This can be observed. Edit: My point being, at this point in time, is that there is zero basis for the concept of an intelligent designer due to the *proved* self-reliance of the universe. There is no need to assume any intelligence designed any of it. We are steadily on our way to proving most of everything we know of to be completely exclusive from the need of being created, excluding clearly animal made tools, structures, etc. A god concept only introduces another mystery ontop of one's we have yet to have an answer for. It's completely unreliable.

Best line i've heard from someone that told me a kid said Kid- "Why did god leave his revelation in a book" Pastor-"Centuries ago all the people had were books" Kid-"We have video now so where's God now?"

@oldpossum57

4 ай бұрын

Of course, very few had any access to books. Books or scrolls were rare, expensive things. Very few could read at all. Many fewer could write. Indeed some of the copyists were simply copying the letter shapes, not knowing what the letters meant! So actually, the revelation existed as stories long before it was written down. Even the gospels were stories shared in communities. The best analogy I know is that they had folk tales and added fan fiction. Some cultures can be very strict about the memorization of laws and genealogies and property ownership, all passed down orally. Not all are strict.

The truth of life's understanding is the fact that we do not know...except through the medium of science slowly revealing truth by evidence..

@owlnyc666

2 жыл бұрын

What if any truth can we find from philosophy?🤔😉

Watching Cristopher is almost like going to church where they profess to reveal the truth about our place in the Universe when in actuality it's Someone like Christopher who does it so eloquently.

Hi Miles. I'm a sucker for documentaries! Today, I was seeking Hitch clips. My degree was in electronics (with some cross-faculty modules in biological/neurological systems) but that was 40yrs ago. I used it to go into education (I'd been a youth worker so it was a natural progression). During my career (now over) I taught math, physics, electronics & computing to 11-18 year olds and chemistry, biology & even comparative religion up to 16y/o. Your debating style is far more efficient than mine.

Outstanding.

@BlueRaven893

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT Provide a reason why it's "incorrect nonsense" or stand to be pushed aside as one incoherent and annoying time waster.

@BlueRaven893

5 жыл бұрын

@RUSSIAN ROBOT Uh, no. You gave me another nonsensical response. And then, you indeed rigged the comment response. You are quite the malicious little debater, aren't you? Edit: Apparently, it could be an auto injecting error with a translator. It may not be you, yet it was suspicious.

The Abrahamic religions have been the most dangerous.

You are missed Sir. RIP.

You can tell the audience has no idea what Hitchens is talking about due to the lack of applause, laughter, or comment of any kind.

@JosephNordenbrockartistraction

9 жыл бұрын

This was held in Mexico, the translators couldn't keep up and no deeply religious person gets up and changes their whole life in ten minutes.

@nelsonpleasant9388

6 жыл бұрын

your very foolish we know exactly what he is saying u must be religious theirfor u do what u do and that is lie all the time

@michaelvanliempt8779

5 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonpleasant9388 by now you should have realized that "you're foolish" is the last thing that people are prepared to hear. Anything you say after that goes unheard. Next time try to support your claim and arrive at your conclusion in a logical and sensible manner a little later in your written text.

@pramilamenon8621

5 жыл бұрын

Or plain complete agreement and awe?

@conmore437

5 жыл бұрын

They applaud. Absence of laughter doesn't mean absence of understanding. How do you know no one was commenting or laughing? What would lack of commenting necessarily mean lack of understanding?

Hitchens book on Teresa is really fantastic he explains how Hindus were fooled by Teresa the devil

Long live scientists.

I love hearing him talk, so intelligent on so many levels unlike so many, you can't get anything past him trying to be clever.

@TheLarigrader

5 жыл бұрын

How can a finite mind with admittedly lack of all the answers be so intelligent?

@vagrantbushcraft3741

5 жыл бұрын

TheLarigrader more intelligent that you mate.

I wonder every day what he would have to say about the state of the US today, and for the last 8 years. He is sorely missed.

please...can anybody tell me where to watch this entire debate without any edits...I love watching these debates......thanks.

@tatitorodriguez376

9 жыл бұрын

I should rephrase that,...can anybody tell me where I can watch this entire debate in English.I am fluent in Spanish but its not the same.

@1LukePro2010

9 жыл бұрын

tatito rodriguez Nein

@Tito-nk3rt

8 жыл бұрын

tatito rodriguez haha look at our names :D lol i was here to ask the same question :D i wanted to watch the complete debate, i can't find it hahaha

@tatitorodriguez376

8 жыл бұрын

+Tito ..lol.....sorry took long to respond....everybody I know calls me tito...I love getting baked and watching these debates....I am fluent in Spanish (was born in pr) but I l like to watch things in there native language...I believe some things gets lost in translation......

@DrownedInExile

8 жыл бұрын

+tatito rodriguez Hitchen's opponent D'Souza? Believe me you'll tire of that smug dishonest convicted criminal slimebag very quickly.

Effortless Eloquence.

Great mind what a loss to human race losing such a great thinker, great intellectual.. you are missed greatly ❤️🌹❤️

@beejaybath

5 жыл бұрын

A great mind indeed and a sad loss; can't say I appreciate him forever dismissing religion... but what if he was/is wrong?

What a great point about hearing someone on a bus talking to god or shouting, hearing a spirit, would you move closer or further away, thinking their a bit of a nutter! Anyone saying they would not move away is being dishonest I think. That was brilliant by Hitchens.

The answer to some of your questions about how religion continues, it is money. Hitchens didn't make his money speaking out, he made it w/ journalism. All the people that are Christians are making money off of this stuff. They really can't believe the stuff they say. It's too ridiculous.

If anyone with an open mind want to be awe inspired, one should turned to Science through proven facts, and of course to a nice tumbler with 2 ounces of Perrier plus 2 of Johnny Walker Black and listen to Christopher Hitchens, sorely miss, greatest orator and polemicist of modern times, may his mellifluous thought provoking voice echo in eternity until the end of times.

Hitch accomplished more in his 20 minutes lunch brake then most of us in our life time, I am in awe to know that there are more like him.

Wonderful!

Maybe if we sacrifice Dinesh, the universe will give us back Christopher.

Brilliance. Sorely missed.

hitchens when he speaks...DEFINES.......one and maybe the best part of intelligence.......intelligence certainly recognizes truth...

a couple more quotes on the subject If one enumerates all of the attributes that we usually associate with the words "consciousness" and "awareness," each of them has a correlate in temporal lobe seizures, including vivid visual and auditory hallucinations, "out of body" experiences and an absolute sense of omnipotence or omniscience.

I believe in life after death, just not mine. Life of course will go on after me but I will not know any of it.

Hitch at his best.

He was just a fantastic speaker, he knew his subject thoroughly and had the ability to recall names and quotes from the Bible and more recent situations instantly, above all his command of English is unsurpassed !..

Such an eloquent speaker.

Soon we will have immortality, the ability to create life and computers that can create entire world's for us. While theists believe in a god of the gaps humanity will experience a new Enlightenment age like never before.

@pegpenguin

9 жыл бұрын

Cami Giulietti Too bad you or me or anyone reading this today won't exist by then, so it won't matter. It'll be too late. How's that for "enlightenment"? Isn't atheism wonderful?!

@arjunratnadev

6 жыл бұрын

pegpenguin That's the truth, it doesn't matter if it's "wonderful" or not. Truth is truth, learn to live with it and perhaps end with it heh! 😀

@arjunratnadev

6 жыл бұрын

Although I would grant you that you were, perhaps an immature during posting this cowardly comment.

@Hunter-yj6zb

5 жыл бұрын

More science fact and less science fiction would save you from making such silly posts.

@alanwhitham6429

5 жыл бұрын

Many of the thinkers of the Enlightenment were deists , using the argument from design they reasoned that the earth and nature were like a complex machine and complex machines had to be ,designed . But they rejected the idea of a benevolent all powerful all knowing God , though not all of them . I guess you've read Candide , I agree with them , but I also reject the Darwinian version of our origins .It seems we have to know and if we don't we fill the gap with a ludicrous theory , claim the theory is scientific fact , and do a character assassination on anyone who dares to doubt it's validity . It's also the case that if your an evolution sceptic you must be a biblical creationist , also nonsense . And can I say that your science is controlled by the profit motive , unless things change it will bring about our extinction , not our advancement .

Not one person, not one group, or one God has come forth and proven that they are the true God and the rest are all false. I have an open mind and I'm still waiting

His argument is SO strong that, at several points, I found myself saying his words at exactly the moment he said them. His theories are self-evident. There is NO argument against him, save that of blind "belief" in some God or other......all of which must be False Gods.

It's Christopher's birthday today. What a great man, would have loved to have a conversation with him

In 21st Century there is not religion but superstition. The fear of death and what will happen when one dies. They tend to do the "right things"? "behave decently"? "because they are terrified after death, that is the reality of superstitious world today. Why not there God ever dared to tell them that He never existed that life is more important than death?

God of the atheists

@chainezo

10 жыл бұрын

Dont be so rude. He is the Lord and Savior, the one above all, the only, allknowing and almighty god.

@Shake69ification

5 жыл бұрын

I hope you're just being snarky and not serious. Seriously, we have no gods, not even Hitchens. For all of his eloquence on matters of religion, his politics, especially regarding our relations with Iraq, was a bone of contention for many atheists. So, don't get me wrong: I love listening to him destroy religions, apologists arguments, and religious thought in general, but to assume we _worship_ the man is just wrong.

8:55 the most meaningful words spoken.

Is full video of this debate available ? where did this take place ? when ...eagerly waiting for answers.

Poor guy Dinesh. lmao.

I get rekt religion

Bam, as always, all the information you need to disprove religion.. and this is only one of dozens and dozens of equal and more detailed statements of irrefutable logic. What a spectacularly intelligent man he was. Brilliant

@ Mrs L one last thing, do you believe, based on "internal biblical evidence" that the sky has a roof over it, and above that roof is a large body of water? or do you try to reconcile biblical references to the firmament to what we now know about the upper atmosphere?

Sorry, but the audience look totally bemused. They have NO idea what Mr Hitchens is talking about. They must have got free tickets. Some are ASLEEP, FFS. Where is this, University of the Dead?

Anyone have a link to the complete debate? it looks like a great lineup!

I realize that, and your honest and sincere answer that you cant think of a single thing that could change your mind PROVES that your beliefs are not reasonable

@Sean2: Giovanni Pomarelli lived in a little Italian village called Limoni on the side of Lake Garda about 250yrs ago. He was born different to everyone who had ever lived before - his DNA produced a mutated version of a protein called ApoA-1 which handles cholesterol in the body. The upshot of the mutation is that he (and all of his descendants) were/are protected from coronary heart disease. The mutated protein 'ApoA-1 Milano' is now made commercially and used to treat cardio-vascular disease.

Perfect ending to just another Sunday. ;)

An oldie but a goldie. “Science builds planes; religion flies them into buildings”

"where are you getting all that sail from?" "the same place you're getting all that wind from." that has to be the most polite way to tell an admiral to stop farting i've ever heard.

You are the man 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧✌🏻

i read some very entertaining articles about people trying to pinpoint exactly which species in the animal kingdom have souls and which do not. It reminded me of the joke about "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin" I would LOVE to hear more about the difference between a human soul, a magpie soul, a bee soul and an octopus soul, as all 4 exhibit some aspects of consciousness, but very different types and degrees of consciousness

here's his description of his trip: I was a speck on a beautiful butterfly wing; millions of other butterflies around us. We were flying through blooming flowers, blossoms on trees, and they were all coming out as we flew through them… [there were] waterfalls, pools of water, indescribable colors, and above there were these arcs of silver and gold light and beautiful hymns coming down from them. Indescribably gorgeous hymns. I later came to call them “angels,” those arcs of light in the sky

if one were to try to discuss morals in a systematic way, the first step is to define your criteria for evaluation. for example, we evaluate scientific theories based on their predictive value. the more accurate predictions a theory can make, the better a theory is. one possibility for a rubric for evaluating morality is the increase or decrease in the suffering of OTHERS caused by a persons action. its certainly not the only criteria, but its one worth looking at.

@el. glad you read that thing too. i also like the last paragraph "Ignorant or not, I still insist that anything resembling the serolid isopod would have been labeled a trilobite without a moment’s hesitation by the most learned paleontologists" Any paleontologist worth his salt would also label a chicken as a dinosaur without a moments hesitation. I mean look at all the superficial similarities!

So good.

Weaponized ignorance is the same foe we have always faced.

I'll applaud it, it's bang on in my books.

also, quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the relativistic quantum field theory of electrodynamics. In essence, it describes how light and matter interact. its useful for predicting/describing the behaviour of electrons, but not at all useful for predicting/describing the behaviours of even cells, let alone organs or organisms