BenGWeeks on Nostr: Christopher Hitchens was an English author and journalist. He was a fantastic ...

Christopher Hitchens was an English author and journalist. He was a fantastic debater, who was not afraid to state his mind (most notably on religions, but a range of topics), and had an intelligence I envy.

To me, he was a very important part of public discourse even if you don’t agree with him. It was only today I was thinking I miss him (he died of cancer several years ago) and I can’t think of many people I’ve never met I can claim that.

One of his most well known debates (well worth watching in full with his side-kick Stephen Fry) against the case for “the catholic church is a force of good” (or something to that affect):

https://youtu.be/yuGjcCByVyc?si=zbRjERbNukkQl-ag