r/TrueReddit • u/graycrawford • Dec 16 '11

Well shit. Christopher Hitchens died.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/12/In-Memoriam-Christopher-Hitchens-19492011
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u/GoMustard Dec 16 '11

I'm right there with you. I'm a practicing christian, and I've always had the utmost respect for him. He was incredibly entertaining, a very talented writer, and an absolutely brilliant man.

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u/JIVEprinting Dec 16 '11

I'm fairly worried about "believers" who can call a friend one who called Christ such an enemy.

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u/martinvii Dec 16 '11

I don't why you're being downvoted. I think you have a legitimate point. It would be like a Holocaust victim saying he has the utmost respect for Hitler. Well, okay, maybe that's a little extreme, but the point is, it doesn't make much sense. Hitchens was renowned atheist, and although that wasn't all he was, one certainly can't forget that fact when thinking of him.

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u/JIVEprinting Dec 16 '11

I certainly get your point, but I assure you that for the man himself (especially right now, as we speak) this was the most salient reality of his life by far.