# The beauty of Hitchens

**URL:** <https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-beauty-of-hitchens/2966>\
**Category:** Religion and Philosophy\
**Created:** [15 May 2010 12:30 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-beauty-of-hitchens/2966 "2010-05-15T12:30:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![threeholerhauler](https://forum.skepticza.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@threeholerhauler](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/threeholerhauler)\
**Post date:** [15 May 2010 12:30 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-beauty-of-hitchens/2966/1 "2010-05-15T12:30:53Z")

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Here follows a bit of unabashed hero worship:

I am sure, there are not many on this forum who do not know about Christopher Hitchens. If you don’t, please have a look at this :  
[Sharpton / Hitchens Debate - Can Morality Exist Without God?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWt8a1aMkZ4&feature=fvst#lq-lq2-hq)

Hitchens sinks Al Sharpton like a leaky Russian battleship. But then again, has any debater ever stood up to the beautiful barrage which is the Hitchens intelect.

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**Author:** ![st0nes](https://forum.skepticza.org/user_avatar/forum.skepticza.org/st0nes/32/102_2.png) [@st0nes](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/st0nes)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2010 06:48 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-beauty-of-hitchens/2966/2 "2010-05-16T06:48:48Z")

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The quote from him I like best was from, I think, “God is not Great” and was made when the yanks had their “no child left behind” campaign. He said the Catholic Church’s policy was “no child’s behind left”. Hilarious.

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**Author:** ![Steve\_Hurlin](https://forum.skepticza.org/user_avatar/forum.skepticza.org/steve_hurlin/32/123_2.png) [@Steve\_Hurlin](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Steve_Hurlin)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2010 07:42 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-beauty-of-hitchens/2966/3 "2010-05-16T07:42:09Z")

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Yup. Hitchens is great. A bit waffely and over-the-top intellectual (so the simple folk, like Christians, miss his wisdom) but still brilliant. So yes … I’m also a fan.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Grant](https://forum.skepticza.org/user_avatar/forum.skepticza.org/peter_grant/32/325_2.png) [@Peter\_Grant](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Peter_Grant)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2010 11:10 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-beauty-of-hitchens/2966/4 "2010-05-16T11:10:41Z")

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Yeah, gotta love how the Hitch takes on everyone. I downloaded the whole thing [here](http://foratv.vo.llnwd.net/o33/mp4/2007-07-07_sharpton_hitchens_debate-NYPL_iPod.mp4) (228MB) a while back. Al Sharpton came across as a rather lousy opponent in my opinion.

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**Author:** ![Mefiante](https://forum.skepticza.org/user_avatar/forum.skepticza.org/mefiante/32/903_2.png) [@Mefiante](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/Mefiante)\
**Post date:** [14 September 2022 10:21 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-beauty-of-hitchens/2966/5 "2022-09-14T10:21:16Z")

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Only discovered [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiIA188QnIk) today. How could I have missed it before?!

Wow. Just wow.

'Luthon64

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**Author:** ![BoogieMonster](https://forum.skepticza.org/user_avatar/forum.skepticza.org/boogiemonster/32/901_2.png) [@BoogieMonster](https://forum.skepticza.org/u/BoogieMonster)\
**Post date:** [14 September 2022 13:44 UTC](https://forum.skepticza.org/t/the-beauty-of-hitchens/2966/6 "2022-09-14T13:44:38Z")

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> [@Mefiante](#):
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> Only discovered [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiIA188QnIk) today. How could I have missed it before?!
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> Wow. Just wow.

Holy cow has it been 11 years already?! HOW?! I’m dizzy…