poggers one of us

I just discovered this now. Driving tomorrow and will listen in full. Miss him so much. Discovered him a decade ago and he still influences me hugely.

A beautiful sentiment. You seem like a wonderful person to disagree with. 🍻🥂

Cheers

Cheers

Hitch LIVES!!!!! I just don't want to say where.

I agree

Sharp insight? He would probably be a massive Trump supporter today…I don’t need to hear from him anymore.

RIP FH Astral Realms 💀👻😵‍💫❤️‍🔥✊🏽😌🤝😎🤗🤯

@@keefriff99 That's like saying he would be a part of the Christian Right wing he was neither, it's nice that you have another Atheist as your avatar though.

maybe weakened in sound/ strength but not in intent . His voice was still so powerful.

@Get Zappéd 1974 I meant that he sounds very much like an ill man.

He used that powerful voice to promote the Iraq war. He was evil. Truly evil.

@@daysjours Please take your insane ravings elsewhere.

​@@daysjoursHitchens argument for the Iraq war is the only moral case put forward for that war. To view him and his activism as evil reflects more on your moral code than his

Randomly selected, don't you mean?

Yuuuuge

Makes you wonder if there are other audio clips out there yet to be released.

I feel privileged.

What a gift. Gives me goosebumps.

I'm now listening to audiobooks of his essays borrowed from the public library - outstanding as usual.

Black people should look at religion in this mind set

We need the both of them so much now. They are greatly missed.

@@gabbyweiss4693 Indeed! Their talents for critical thinking and eloquent communication are definitely qualities we could use more of today. What specific issues do you think they'd be most vocal about if they were still with us?

😓😥😢😪😪

i wouldnt exactly call hitchens death premature lmao the dude was practically asking for it his entire life

Now he knows how wrong he was in all his life. So sad

,^^^The peace and love of Jesus^^^

​@@okechiobidike7071does he? I don't think he knows anything now, since he's dead.

@@bobbym6130 2 Corinthians 4 1 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age (Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

​@@chrishantha2001Is God not omnipotent?

Yes he taught me that religion is poison and by that I mean he taught me that alcohol and drugs are a poison 100 times more deadly than religion and not to spend your life attacking something which is non of your business and to instead look in the mirror and look at your own faults.

What he taught was religion.

@@Oliver9402You think he didn’t have self reflection? Every critic does to some extent.

@@HarryHafsak Not by any definition.

@@Oliver9402 I'm sure you wish that somehow Alcohol and Drugs invalidate his arguments however they do not, and cheap name calling of a dead man is beneath you

What is strange is that, despite his incredible knowledge and intelligence, he ignored the well-known scientifically established fact that smoking massively increases the risk of cancer, and alcohol exacerbates that risk. Together, smoking and alcohol are a huge risk factor. He drank and smoked like a chimney.

@@mklives2 addiction does not discriminate

@@mklives2 I find it strange that you find that strange. I doubt he ignored it in the sense that he thought the science was bad. Consider all the things people know are bad for them, yet do anyway, even if we leave addiction out of the picture. For that matter, I'm sitting here feeling like I'm writing this out of my own free will, yet I fully understand how unlikely it is that any such thing exists. The brain has a number of bits and bobs that don't necessarily all agree with one another.

@@mklives2 I think that this is a reflection of Hitch's attitude to life in general. He used to say there there are always risks to be assessed, and each of have to make up our own minds about them. He consistently said that drink must be the servant, and not the master - this way your thinking gets freed up, discussion is more lively, and companions are more enjoyable.

@@mklives2 In one of his final interviews he was asked about burning the candle at both ends and the circumstances that resulted. In true Hitchens fashion he answered, "yes, but what a lovely light it gave". He was true to the last.

Beautifully said.

Well said and his book Mortality really gets to the heart of it as well, it was hard to read knowing the reason he wrote it and what soon followed 😢

And how to go to hell as well.

​@@Jiraiya-di7iwprove it!!!!

@@BigMeat8008 the proof is already inside you. An innate instinct that tells you creation has to have a creator. An instinct that you fight and drown out with the dribble from so called geniuses like this poor soul who will soon see the seriousness of his grave error. The definition of a f●●l is someone who says there is no God. But to believe in God would mean that hell really exists. That would mean that you're accountable to a Higher Being, A judge. that would mean your life is not yours, that would mean you would have to acknowledge that you're not a good person who practices evil on a daily basis. Something this guy refused to accept. Because men like him don't believe in God because it is unreasonable, he doesn't believe because he just doesn't want to, it's undesirable. Which changes nothing in the end.

In all his other interviews, I never saw him give compassion to those who died or were dying.

@@thinker185 Neither he demanded or expected compassion for he was dying.

@@dhadad9885 unlike him, I pray he found some peace after death.

@@thinker185 Well, unfortunately we won’t ever know if your prayers were answered.

@@dhadad9885 That's where faith comes in.

New videos come out every so often, have you seen his appearance with Gore Vidal that came out in video on KZfaq some months ago?

To endure such a severely crippling condition and still remain as steady and focused as he was.. he's basically Sigismund from 40k minus the religious zealotry lol

Such a brilliant mind he lacked the common sense to realise God is our creator. Such a brilliant mind he reasoned that everything came from nothing & we are a cosmic accident 😂

@@Truth2023 Such an ignorant and pointless comment.

@@Truth2023 Yeah, he never managed to overcome that “forming beliefs based on evidence” thing.

Hitchens maybe . Dawkins just sounds smart because he is British.

Yes thank you Professor ✊🏻

Indeed. Hitchens lives on, and I am grateful Professor for yet another encounter with his provocative thought. Thank you both.

If it wasn't for you i hadn't realized that this is actually the official channel of Richard Dawkins. Even the channel icon is just a generic "R".

I am in the same boat. Bravo for your effort to bring a broader perspective to the next generation. Keep growing, who knows what we can accomplish together.

I have an 8th year education by way of ADHD and Chronic depression . I have learned more autodydactically , self taught , than I ever learned in school . I got my GED ( General Ed Diploma , which is practically worthless ) at age 20 . I have begun thinking of inquiring if I could re-enroll at age 53 to my nearest High School . I doubt it but imagine going to high school with what you know now !?!!

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 You should. If you feel that's right. Everyone will be so supportive. I'm about to embark in learning again . We are of the same age. Do it.

Exactly the same as you I always had knowledge for the truth and when I hear it I know it. James Baldwin was a great black activist and wrote some amazing books and some amazing debates about slavery and historical issues

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 why don’t you go and do what you want to do man I suffer depression and came from emotional and mental abuse and getting out of bed can be hard most days but I love knowledge so go get your dreams

Find that in North Carolina, usa. Oh, don't worry. You won't. Lol.

and me

and me

we still have chomsky

lol he was a war criminal, Trotskyite and pseudo intellectual alcoholic preaching low-brow nihilism to the masses.

@@jamescarr4662 for now at least

Two pillars of reason and sanity Who both resemble the strife of every one of us eh

A clown and a bully.

@@theohuioiesin6519 Because evolution is no real and paradise in heaven is true ?

@@theohuioiesin6519 Ah, Theo I reckon you are a but hurt theologian? or perhaps a christian apologist?

@@respublikas NO because Theos a bellend xx

Everyone dies, but for almost everyone (99.99% of all humans ever) thats the end. Hitch will be around for generations yet. God certainly isnt great, but Hitch was. Hitch 1 - Gods 0 .

​@@jamesmaybrick2001now he is sitting with Jesse 😊

Everyone has already or will eventually.

True to what. A bitter empty atheist is all he was.

​@@aidanjoyce3248 something the typical christian would say.

Hear, hear.

Would have been great to see him Hitchslap Jordan Peterson.

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@@electrocyde Atheism is not at all comforting, alive OR dead. It simply is the way this Universe IS. But I do not invent child level fantasies just because I don't like it!

@@electrocyde how is atheism comforting while you're alive? It tells you that you're all alone and there isn't a loving god watching over us. And we have only one life that will definitely end and then we will be dead forever with no heaven or afterlife. It says that life isn't fair and there is no salvation. That doesn't comfort me as an atheist. But I'd rather face the truth than try to convince myself that a preacher from the middle east 2000 years ago was executed to save my invisible immortal soul that apparently exists inside me

That is not lost that comes at last.

Hey James. This was recommended to me this morning and now I have to watch all of Hitchens debates again.

@@TheJudgeandtheJury Good to see you are watching this too! I was in utter joy when I first watched it - this is what prompted my conversation with Riley Morgan of DOUBT SOCIETY. That was a favourite discussion of mine. Cheers!

The impact Hitch made on so many people is evident when so many of us can genuinely miss someone we have never met.

Beautiful words, my Friend. Thanks for sharing. Stay gold.

Hi everyone. I once in a while sit in my van at Heathrow and listen and listen again to KZfaq clips of this great orator. His final months bring tears to my eyes but I’ve also learnt so much from him. Best wishes to all.

@@petelove9731 - Me too! It's good to know plp like you exist. Long live Hitchens ❤

@@bisonkambaine5628 Indeed my friend, take care.

Vastly overrated .Glad he supported Bush though.

@@daviddeida in what way was he overrated? And ‘supported Bush’ went as far as calling out a Psychopath in the Middle East, it didn’t go any further than that.

@@markelliottdriver Hardly an original thinker.No foresight in where we find ourselves today.Christianity is the very least of our problems,when uni is promoting critical race theory,men being able to menstruate and identity politics run amok.

​@@daviddeida He spoke of religion because that was what was pertinent at the time. He was a clear thinker regarding a range of issues and a great speaker and debater.

@@markelliottdriver Nah,religion was'nt pertinent,it was an easy target ,preaching to the converted,had zero effect in my life or the law.A weak debater to boot.The looney left were on the rise and he ignored it.

@I Yam What I Yam! If you think he’s mildly educated, you show your ignorance and stupidity for posting such a foolish thought.

Hail Sagan 🤣

@I Yam What I Yam! Which bar was it that you went into for this stupid comment? - by which you presumably judge yourself as being far superior. Please explain.

@@Pastafarianism85 Satan, maybe?

@@michaelpatterson5811 Hail Carl Sagan!

I don't think any of them would wish to be hailed as heroes - and that's another reason why they're probably the best heroes a person could have :)

His mind is just as strong as a young intellect full of curiosity, logic, reason... Etc..... A beautiful and powerful mind z! He seems more gentle and comforting But the body is weak and dreadful. It truly breaks my god dam heart..its s contradictions.....a man who still has a boy's curiosity and still mentally stront willed. If the body was the mind he be with us for another lifetime.

@@jimmydane34 ❤

When you love someone, as Dawkins loved Hitchens, it comes naturally, sitting and talking with them, seeing through their caner. You want every last moment with them that you can possibly have. I speak from extremely sad experience in this regard.

@@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND I hope you have some measure of comfort in your memories. I am sorry for your loss.❤

@@earthling8585 It's been a long time ago now, but it's an experience that changes you forever. Be well. 🙂

I wish I had the chance to tell him he was a god amongst men :)

@@andrewz4105 Somehow I think such a comment would go unrewarded.

​@@andrewz4105 he wouldve destroyed you if youd make that statement 😂

The picture is very haunting, I just wish they had gone on longer than an hour

@Rob Lewis to be honest, this was a few months before he died so I very much doubt he had the energy or the desire to go on for longer than an hour

Hitch will always be alive to me.

Very well said. 👍😊

Awakening so many minds to foolishness. The fool says there is no God. In the end , they will meet him. Its laughable.

@@okechiobidike7071 No. You are the fool and you are laughable. Go talk to a snake.

​@@okechiobidike7071There's a reason they say the poor and stupid are perfect targets for the church and it seems like you are one of them.

Contribution? Are you kidding. Leading souls away from God? Now he knows the Truth, and that he was wrong, so sad but yet I'm happy he's with Jesus.

I came upon Hitch only a few years before his death. Frightening intellect and a pleasure to listen to & watch is extensive work on KZfaq.

@@1rdavies I knew of him, had seen a documentary about his mother and partner, whom had a suicide pact. Hitch went into the Italian apartment and saw his mother dead. He reacted by making sense of what happen with his words and philosophy. It was fascinating. I didn't realise he was ill. I admire him. I wish he could have stayed longer..cheers

And I still miss Carl Sagan. It never goes away. People like Hitch and Carl leave a mark in mind that will be with you for life. And I'm grateful for that.

@@99goat99 My, yes, Carl, too. I grew up in the 60s'70s not far from Cornell, where he taught. I remember his books, Cosmos, even his being on Carson. "We are made of star stuff." I frequently think of that line.

​@@walkingstick6655I miss him too, even if i never met or spoke to him haha. Atleast we can carry a tiny piece of his spark with us by using and remembering what we learned from him. And we can find solace in the fact that he doesnt have to grieve anymore, that is a tough task you and i will take on. Until we too inevitably pass and are free'd of our grief and sorrow. Good luck in life, i hope you find hapiness and fulfilment

Never miss him. 😂 He tend to nasty to people. Only after battling cancer, he seem nicer to people.

Ditto

Well said.

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​@@FM-dm8xj Why are you not able to accept that people get inspiration from different sources from where you do?

I feel the same way!

hitch marked the end of an era

I know he would be annihilating Putin apologists on TV left right n center thats for sure :)

Someone to tell you a man cannot have periods,the left are insane with identity politics and pose more threat than any religion.

@@Johnsmith-fz2dm Among others. I expect he'd be lampooning the anti-CRT crusaders at full throttle, as well.

We are descending into a new dark age

Snap! This is the great side of the internet. It’s like discovering an old text or something.

What does he say about them?

@@george5464 well one thing he said was that the SS had belt buckles engraved with “Gott mit uns”….God with us! Hitler believed he was doing God’s work exterminating the Jews, so much for the argument that he was an atheist!

@@george5464 You can follow any gods, but if you're an atheist, you will be persecuted. Therefore, swear your undying loytalty to the Fuhrer, in the name of the almighty Lord.

I hope you are well now. 👍😊

Hope you are well now.

Books/Audiobooks of published essays available from public library.

He was a warmongering, Trotsky apologist.

@@HoratioKJV "Warmongering" 😂😂😂 I think you're confusing Hitchens with Yahweh.

@@k7450 No, he supported the Iraq war.

@@HoratioKJV so? He didn't arrange the war

Is a warmonger someone who sits on the sidelines and claims to support someone else's war, of which he's not actually involved in Or Someone who starts and engages in wars?

Despicable war monger with hands dripping in blood. Pick better heroes.

@@daysjours Give it time. War, conflict and blood of the dripping sort you ascribe to Christopher, seems to be a defining characteristic of the human experience and our pre-occupation with the ancient stories which continue to bind us. My conclusions from reading Christopher are that he spoke for a peace far more elevated and hopeful for humanity; a future based on common decency, founded in science and governed by evidence. If you can push past your preconceptions and truly listen to what he has to say, I think you might find there is more there. It's always possible, though, that he's just not for you and thats a beautiful thing too. Warm regards.

Well said, my sentiment exactly.

I wish he was alive just to hear his philippics against Trump inanity / even Tim Russet. Bloom , Vidal , Hitchens all giants gone

What a pair of legends. I love them both - RIP Hitch. Phil.

Fear? That's funny. Non denies the Quran, but only a fool. Book of Allah is superior, without any single mistake.

At 30 you are fortunate At 50 not so much

@@arar1861 so even the many death penalties imposed by your god of peace? The fact that Allah condones hate and distrust but pretends to be a peaceful god isn't a mistake? Tell us about the various scenarios where your god of peace condones violence and death

@@arar1861 hush, islamist theocrat

And now he stands before the creator speechless...

I too would have made it my life's mission to meet him if I had discovered him while he was alive.

Sounds like worship

@@JamesW225 there's plenty of that in the comments!

What do you miss about the warmongering, Trotsky apologist?

@@HoratioKJV who do you admire?

Read his work-he covered dozens and dozens of topics over many decades. He wasn’t always 100% correct but nobody is. He backed up his ideas quite throughly and made the smartest person stop and think.

@@HoratioKJV Envious much? You can only wish to comprehend a fraction of knowledge which Hitchens possessed.

​@@FlyingSpaghettiMonster2000 I prefer his wiser brother Peter Hitchens. You know, the one who didn't smoke and drink himself to death early? The one who opposed the disastrous Iraq war.

Fortunately he has a near endless amount of essays and fortunately his speeches and interviews and debates have this strange quality in that they never get boring no matter how many times you listen

@@sendnoodles5437 So true! I can't count the number of nights I've fallen asleep listening to his narration of God is Not Great. His legendary wit and impeccable delivery are like a soothing balm compared to the vitriolic madness of life here in the Bible Belt.

​@@BenThere_DoneThat It's ironic since he of all people despised the idolatry treatment, but he's definitely the closest thing I have to an idol - I keep many of his quotes in the forefront of my mind as I wade through the thickets of life, particularly his advice to stand up and confront instances of stupidity and unfairness, and to refuse the offer of refuge in the consensus. I wish he were still around, but in a way it's almost apt that he died so suddenly - it goes to show the randomness and absurdity of life that he often invoked. My parents moved to the Texas from overseas for my father's work - I've visited them a few times...it's an interesting place to holiday... I absolutely couldn't live there though. I consider myself a fairly tolerant and patient person, but the credulity and literal mindedness I've seen on display there pushed me to the limits. The street fireworks are cool though.

@@sendnoodles5437 I know exactly what you mean. "Letters to a young contrarian" is an incredible treatise on how freethinkers should aspire to conduct themselves in the face of all the ignorance and corruption. It renews my resolve every time I revisit it.

@@BenThere_DoneThat Yeah that reminds me I need to revisit that. Over the years I've drawn a few contradictions in his views, especially in relation to free speech and identity politics (to be fair his memoir was subtitled confessions and contradictions) however that doesn't prevent me from appreciating him - it just shows that he was constantly thinking and changing his mind, and that he was human like the rest of us.

Yeah the world is still largely run by moronic religious psychopaths MG. What a shame. Phil.

Not necessarily - Hitchens was very much a supporter of the invasion of Iraq, for example. He was also a Marxist, praised Che Guevara, Lenin, and the Bolshevik revolution. Screw that. And I say it as someone whose ancestral families, both the noble and wealthy ones and the poor peasant ones, were absolutely devastated by the said revolution. I do like Hitchens in many ways, and agree with him on a number of topics, but I certainly wouldn't want him to run the world. And I find particularly irksome when rich people - who are rich because of capitalism - push the Marxist/socialist/Bolshevik/communists claptrap on the masses.

@@marcustulliuscicero2676 I didn't say Hitchens should be a dictator. Along with Dawkins and others I could name, who might hypothetically rule by consensus, the collective intelligence of such a group of erudite people would act to temper the more extreme ideas any one of them might have. Such an egalitarian leadership would be far more preferable to the cast of charlatans who currently run the show.

Well said.

You do know that he was a major cheerleader of an illegal invasion of Iraq. A war that makes Ukraine look like a day at the beach. He loved the idea of slaughtering innocents. He was evil and nasty and arrogant. A piece of human garbage.

If you are a devout Christian even after reading everything Hitchens wrote, then you are either very stubborn or didn't understand one word that you read. Otherwise, at the very least, you should stop being "devout".

@@JGM0JGM who are you to tell them to stop claiming their devotion

@@808Castro That isn't quite what I said. And who are you to tell what I can do or not?

@@JGM0JGM answer the question lad

@@JGM0JGM you can’t tell people what to do yourself m8 acting like you are a king to tell people to stop being religious. My goodness you online atheists that suck up to Dawkins and Hitchens are soo condescending.

Well, you have a free will and could have done that at any time. I don’t think you needed Hitchens to be the catalyst for that…no? Speaking as a Catholic, I think that is more common than you think as one practices his or her Christian faith..I know I did in my own way and I’m absent of having the perfect faith. A faith in times of trouble where I always needed to “feel good“ or “be without any struggles“ always the questions like Do I believe or not? Why do I believe what I do? God are you really there? If you are there are you listening? But I found for myself that I am in good company with many of my brothers and sisters who came before me in the faith. I’m not an anomaly on my journey my process is normal for me..although I may not like it, it is the way one must accept willingly if they desire to encounter Christ more deeply. Christ suffered in one of the most inhumane ways. So to say that he doesn’t understand physical suffering, mental anguish is far from the truth… That he doesn’t understand what we’re going through, He understands us perfectly. One of the great saints St. John of the Cross refer to this spiritual anguishing in his writings as “ the dark night of the soul.” We all have to bear our cross to some degree, doesn’t mean we have to like it, but if we embrace it and surrender to it there is joy. Joy is a fruit of the Holy Spirit…joy runs deeper than mere happiness. A lot of things can make me happy I can eat chocolate ice cream and that makes me happy and that can be a fleeting moment. And I will always seek chocolate ice cream to make me happy for that moment ( Of course that’s not bad I just have to watch the calories) But joy is much deeper than that because it’s not contingent upon this material thing to make me happy. Only God can bring you true joy because in joy good times or bad we know that God is there with us. joy, peace, love, humility etc..are right next to each other in the scripture… They are intertwined and truly one can’t exist without the other. No true joy, unless there’s humility before God and definitely no peace. The big take away from all of this is as we struggle in this life’s journey… God still loves us and encourages us to keep trying even after many fails. Lee I truly mean this, take care of yourself continue to love those around you and let them know. God bless you. 🙏🏽

@@dand2760 Sorry, I don’t enjoy worshiping a god that takes delight in inflicting genocidal suffering and plagues on his creation. It’s lucky for you theists that he isn’t real, for if he did ever appear on earth, he’d be arrested, tried and shot for his crimes against humanity.

@@dand2760 shut up

@@dand2760 god aint do shit he couldnt help me when i begged him to help me out multiple time in 2 years of abuse hes the worst

@@dand2760 Your words display the condescending belief you can tell me how and when i thought about how stupid the catholic and christian faith is. I had been moving away in steps but Hitchens produced rational arguments that turned those steps into strides. Please save your blessings for those who believe, i do not and so find them patronising and greater evidence of the brainless claptrap i left behind. And BTW Dan, i do show those around me i love them, every day, i just don't need a mythical god to do that.

I too am impressed when arrogance diminishes others!!!

He was an atheist. Resting in peace he will never do.

have you heard of Noam Chomsky? he has been without equal for 60 years.

He would be treated the same as Adorno was in France in the 70s