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re: Was Christopher Hitchens Most Enlightened Thinker of Our Time?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:12 pm to TN Bhoy
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:12 pm to TN Bhoy
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What part of him being a moron do you not understand?
It's really hard to take statements like this seriously. Even if you disagreed with him he was certainly not a moron.
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Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:14 pm to northshorebamaman
when the priest came for last rites, hitch actually converted him to atheism
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:14 pm to northshorebamaman
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Even if you disagreed with him he was certainly not a moron.
He was certainly a moron.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:15 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
ain't That interesting...
what rule was That I crossed?
is philosophy off limits>?
what rule was That I crossed?
is philosophy off limits>?
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:16 pm to TN Bhoy
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What part of him being a moron do you not understand? The man was a simpleton who would have been laughed at by the "intellectual atheists" who came before him.
He and William F. Buckley are having a scotch in heaven and laughing at what an idiot you are.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:16 pm to Carson123987
He was an interesting guy, and he wasn't dumb, but his wisdom was often trite and catchphrasy like the quote noted above.
"Religion ends and philosophy begins..." That's simply nonsensical. He didn't even really believe such drivel. It really just encapsulates his true essence -> arrogance.
If that impresses you, well, there's nothing one can say to dissuade an arrogant close mind.
"Religion ends and philosophy begins..." That's simply nonsensical. He didn't even really believe such drivel. It really just encapsulates his true essence -> arrogance.
If that impresses you, well, there's nothing one can say to dissuade an arrogant close mind.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:16 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
While I agree that he was right on the most important question that faces man, he was always drunk which I feel is the opposite
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:17 pm to BigAppleTiger
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It's amazing how an intellectual atheist can make you all abandon the love of Jesus so quickly. He owned you in life and death.
Nothing upsets these people quicker than even the suggestion that they might actually die and that's basically it, as if it is unthinkable that the universe could somehow continue to function without them being a living part of it for eternity.
A combination of narcissism and fear that I haven't been infected by since I was 12.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:18 pm to TN Bhoy
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Christopher Hitchens was a moron.
There are a lot of posters with lame schtick here, but your wannabe IRA catholic shite is by far the lamest.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:19 pm to PygmalionEffect
I'm pretty sure you're projecting.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:19 pm to OWLFAN86
Lol
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:20 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Quit trolling
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:20 pm to BigAppleTiger
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He and William F. Buckley are having a scotch in heaven and laughing at what an idiot you are
If there is a heaven and a hell, why would Hitchens, who worked hard to convert people to atheism and who spent a lot of time attacking the most important saint of the 20th century in Mother Teresa ever be allowed into heaven? He would be burning in the 9th level of hell.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:20 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
your standard atheist here, perhaps too young to understand why this guy was so important
seemed to me more like a clever writer who would say abrasive things to get people who already agreed with him to cheer
i don't really see too many philosophers or cultural critics as being remotely hero-worthy though. i do find it incredibly lame when people use the term "enlightened" unironically though
seemed to me more like a clever writer who would say abrasive things to get people who already agreed with him to cheer
i don't really see too many philosophers or cultural critics as being remotely hero-worthy though. i do find it incredibly lame when people use the term "enlightened" unironically though
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:20 pm to PygmalionEffect
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Nothing upsets these people quicker than even the suggestion that they might actually die and that's basically it, as if it is unthinkable that the universe could somehow continue to function without them being a living part of it for eternity.
A combination of narcissism and fear that I haven't been infected by since I was 12.
Amen brutha.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:21 pm to LeonPhelps
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I hate him mainly for his attacks on Mother Teresa.
He raised very good points, even if could have done so more diplomatically.
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I also hate him for being a Marxist
Which he hadn't been for 25 years when he died. I'm assuming you're conservative then? How can you hate him when he basically allied himself with conservatives in his later years?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:21 pm to 90proofprofessional
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seemed to me more like a clever writer who would say abrasive things to get people who already agreed with him to cheer
his famous quotes are awesomely inflammatory and abrasive. more to him than those, though.
his books are phenomenal. watch his debates on youtube
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:22 pm to Carson123987
This thread is just masturbation.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:23 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
no! I had cool honest answer...ya'll blew me up twice...I sense third, headed to Bunker.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 6:23 pm to 90proofprofessional
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seemed to me more like a clever writer who would say abrasive things to get people who already agreed with him to cheer
You should read some of his less political stuff. He wrote mainly on literary and cultural affairs for Vanity Fair and the Atlantic and it's a completely different experience than his polemical stuff (which I can see why some would find it tiresome). He was astonishingly well-traveled and experienced and the perspective he brought to those areas is eye opening.
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