Atheist Christopher Hitchens Vows to Fight Religion, Cancer, and Deathbed Conversion

I'm pulling for you Hitch and pray for your health and that God might still touch you and seal you as one of his own but I have to admit that atheists are really quite rare; I've only met one or two. Most that claim that they are are either just too cowardly to fly their true flag or not willing to expose their true mission. They believe in God but they hate him and want nothing else but to attack and undermine the faith of others. Their anger gives them away. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but I don't get mad enough to write books about it or work to ban plastic eggs in school. Atheists have never been able to convince or prove to me that they are really non-beleivers.

No one is a beleiver until there is no choice. Where is the down size in beleiving in God on your deathbed. I am sure Mr. Hitchens has good attributes. He may be correct in the vast majority of his opinions and thoughts. With God, he is just in error. I am sure God will point this out to him at his judgement

yarakone, according to your doctrine, we have no personal, responsibility to seek God because it's all predestination. NOT SO and not what the Bible teaches. Yes we do have to be wooed by the Holy Spirit, but Jesus said clearly: "It is my Father's will that all men should be saved and that none should perish". This is the whole message of the Gospels which contain the teachings of Christ.

while I don't agree with Hitchens I respect the man's erudition and personal warmth...but when I'd read about 150 pp of his book Hitch22 and then discovered his photo taken w Chavez in Venezuela, it was more than I could take ... I read no more...for all the man's good points, this action of utter stupidity in embracing the sick man/dictator in Latin America overrules any amount of common sense and wisdom anyone could wish he might have ... he will remain and sadly die (though I wish him some "miracle") nothing more than a frustrated professional Naysayer

He is a good reasoner. We all can appreciate that. But human reason will evaporate in the presence of God. We exist by the forbearance of God. How could we ever argue with God..

Only the most radical of religious zealots believe that God punishes or rewards individuals here on earth for believing in Him. We were given the ability to reason. If God intended us to be browbeaten into believing, wouldn't He have created us as pre-programmed zombies? Your reward for believing first is being able to cope with the ups and downs of life on earth, then of course "heaven". Not believing is a sad, kind of frightening way to live. Nothing to turn to when you are in pain or fearful of the future. Just another animal scurrying for cover. Scurry Mr. Hitchens.

"The fool believes in his heart that there is no God!"

The rights of many should be first not some extremest. This is getting sickening with commentaries such as this...The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution nor the Bill of Rights state that church can not be a part of our lives. There are no guarentees that the Government beyond no funding should intercede in these matters. Get a grip the world has very few athiests, thank the Lord. They are intitled to their beliefs but not at the cost of my rights to religion.

How sad and tragic...more than tragic. As a Christian, it is always very painful to hear and see this. They just "know not what they're saying". It's so easy these days to research on the web for the sites that have scientific proofs, "beyond reasonable doubt" that the Bible is true; testimonies. I guess I just can't relate to the thought that if I'm wrong, it's no big deal --- I'll just burn in torment or whatever for eternity -- but it won't be "bad". I just don't get that. Common sense tells me it's not too wise to take that risk. Don't know why some suffer & are healed & some aren't - but I do know that some are. I was healed instantly of a broken foot, but still have other disorders. Have no idea why. For anyone who wants to check - a few websites: www.allabouttruth.org www.creationevidence.org ** www.answersingenesis.org

I have never heard of this guy before and he is so misguided. God does not make the cancer we contract. We have by all of our inventions and use of dangerous substances. As for why would He allow us to do such things? A simple conception.."Choice"...we are not His puppets. We have the choice to believe or not. Now on the part of saints and sinners...saints are sinners also. We all are whether we are saved or not. Christians are sinners..we just happen to know where we are going when we die. Now for this famous(?) atheist, if he accepted Christ a long time ago when he was a child, he cannot lose that salvation. He will have a nice time explaining his rantings of non-belief on judgement day. Funny but I guess I have led a sheltered life not hearing of this poor man. One that I will pray for. Angered at him? No. But I do pity him for missing out on a wonderful relationship with God.