Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-believer
“Jesus is Santa Claus for Adults”
― Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Peter Hitchens (1951-)
“I am, of course, concerned especially about Christopher. His passion against God, about which he used to say much less, grew more virulent and confident during the years while I was making my gradual, hesitant way back to the altar-rail. As he has become more certain about the non-existence of God, I have become more certain that we cannot know such a thing in the way we know anything else, and so must choose whether to believe or not. I think it is far better to believe.” – Peter Hitchens, The Rage Against God
My Condolances
My condolences to the Hitchens family at this time of loss. And to Peter, may I just say that only God knows what happens in the last moments of life. Your brother had a great witness, and the Lord is “willing that none should perish.”
For further reading:
The Recovering Legalist 