I watch and rewatch Christopher Hitchens not only for his arguments in service of atheism, but also to marvel at his intelligence and eloquence.

He is still a treasure, the upside of the internet is having his lectures available to all.

I miss hearing that man speak. An amazing orator with the balls to say what needed to be said. RIP Hitch!

"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."
Voltaire

“If god really wanted people to be free of wicked thoughts, he should have taken more care to invent a different species” -Christopher Hitchens.

I miss Christopher Hitchens terribly. His wit, brilliant logic, and encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject matter set him almost entirely apart from his peers.
Listening to him and Stephen Fry delivering their resounding thumping to the other side in this debate, is one of the highlights of modern public speaking.
I count myself as one of the fortunate ones having had the pleasure of hearing the great man speak in person.
Long live science, evidence based enquiry, and the truth!

I left the catholic church when I found out our priest used my brother for his sexual needs, Father Crowl was his name, he was always pleasant and nice to the girls and no one believed he could do such a thing, until he was moved to another church! This Congress has a lot of Fascists who prove who they are, by talking about freedom while simultaneously trying to pass laws to take them away from us. The people with the most money never have enough, some pay us so little while profiting immensely from our hard work and sweat, They are the people that are trying to bring back slavery for their own selfish greed. Even George Orwell tried to warn us with his books. When will some of us stop being so gullible and believe the loudest squeaky wheel?

My wife is a very serious Catholic and I remember her telling me that she could not get married in the church where she was a member because she had not been a member for over six years. Her father who only misses Mass if he is really sick told her and I will never forget him saying this was "Well, you should have written your wedding request on the envelope that you put the $10,000.00 donation in." I asked him if he had any interest in watching this. He had never heard of Christopher Hitchens, but he watched it and basically said that "The church is always telling you to confess your sins and discretions but good luck getting a priest to do it." And his brother IS a priest. What really impressed him though was how Hitchens never belittled people, nor did he ever act disrespectful to the panel. He liked that because he has always said that the biggest problems that the Catholic Church has ever had all come down to people who break the rules and expect forgiveness for their deeds. As he said, "God may forgive you but I don't have to." And he really liked the parts about Archbishop Law because there he said was the prime example of hypocrisy, "Like when I was 14 and the priest was telling me I will go to Hell if I grab a girl and kiss her, and then a year later they found the priest was having an affair with a married member of the congregation."

We lived in Washington between 1981-1985 and Christopher became a very dear friend. In a society dominated by politics, and what had happened that day at the White House, what a relief it was for me to have Christopher talk about poetry and writers whenever he came to us for dinner! I was teaching Italian at the Catholic University of America, while attending courses for a doctorate on French and Italian literature. You were a great friend, Christopher. I still miss you.

I was born into the Catholic curse through no choice of my own but have since made a full recovery.

Some people simply don't want to hear the truth. I wish Christopher Hitchens were still among the living.

A man like Christopher Hitchens comes once every 200 years. He will be sorely missed.

Nobody ever expressed the truth more honestly or more eloquently. His voice is greatly missed

I was there in the audience. What a privilege.. Poet, philosopher and genius. A perfect oration.

That played out like 200-hit hitchslap combo. Hit them with so much truth their ancestors felt it in their graves. Such a brilliant and extraordinary man. Miss you Hitch.

I discovered Christopher Hitchens about 20 years ago.. right when I was struggling with my faith.  I was born and raised Catholic.. but my faith was slipping away.  Christopher (along with Dawkins, Harris, and Dennett).  was a big reason why I was able to tear off the chains of religion and come out into the light.  He was/is my favorite of the "Four Horseman".  I've read many of his books.  His intelligence and his speaking skills are unmatched.   Thank you Christopher, you are greatly missed.

life hasn't showed me very much love in my 42 years... and there isn't much that I've ever had to be thankful for...
but having the privilege of meeting Christopher Hitchens is one time i actually felt blessed.
here's to you
Mr. Hitchens...

this speech changed my life ... what a man ... what a mind

The fact that he still addresses him as “your grace” and even apologizes for saying “Bishop Ratzinger” partway through shows he had more honor in one toenail than most of the people he debated.

RIP sir.

Christopher Hitchens was praised by one of my friends who was the president of the American National Secular Society, he was always kindly to anyone who asked him questions and always stayed to answer any questions that they had! She was very impressed by him!