Posted on 04/02/2011 7:20:05 PM PDT by ellenbrewster
With Christopher Hitchens teetering on the brink of eternity, revisit this query from 2007:
Do we have any prayer volunteers for Christopher Hitchens? He’s the self -proclaimed “atheist/anti-theist,” and stunningly clever wordsmith. He leapfrogged puzzled agnosticism to a pledged rebellion against God.
He’ll be a tough turn-around, so thick is his iron-clad ignorance of the divine.
In a recent Newsweek he cynically dissects Mother Teresa’s dark theological struggles, a postscript to his derisive 1995 book, “The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice.” A week ago he was a featured speaker for an Atheist Alliance conference in Washington DC.
Hitchens’ latest book, “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” maligns the devoted, be their god Creator or counterfeit. “Holy books,” including the Bible, are “mythological morality tales” and he suggests any religious training is child-abuse.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
I did...
Nope.
Even if you prayed 24hrs a day/7days a week there is no way to individually pray for every person in the world. When I pray, I pray for those that are suffering who actually love God and don’t spit in His face.
If praying for a sick child, sick mother, or sick friend who loves God (instead of this ass) makes me a “bad Christian” then so be it.
I will.
Atheism and Theism (Christianity) are equally unprovable...or that’s how it seems to this agnostic.
I think the very existence of life proves the existence of God.
Every time I walk in the woods or look at the stars, I know.
It all depends on what you mean by the word "prove".
I just prayed for God to open CH’s heart before it’s too late.
I’ll admit it was hard - I’ve heard him speak sarcastically against religion and debate Christianity many times.
I will and am..
I think the ones its hardest to pray for are the ones that need it the most. I also think they are the ones that do ourselves the most good.
How can I dispute that?
YHWH lives! The proof is in the Prophecy, if you'd dare to find it.
It’s not you, it’s me.
I do pray for him.
Time grows short...but then, none of us know the day or the hour, we really are all in the same boat.
His fate is in his own hands. He is capable of prayer, and if he feels authentic contrition, he can face his forgiving Maker with confidence. He is really not unique; there are millions like him.
I am reminded of the story of a priest ministering to a notoriously sinful and dying man.
“Are sorry for your sins?” asked the priest.
“No, actually I enjoyed them.”
“Can you at least tell me that you are sorry that you are not sorry?”
I just asked Mother Teresa to intercede for him.
If anyone can do it. . . .
“Hitchens’ latest book, “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,”
Well, he got his title half right. ;)
People like this have usually been hurt by the Church or Christians. There are so many people out there like that.
“Hitchens’ latest book, “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,”
Well, he got his title half right. ;)
People like this have usually been hurt by the Church or Christians. There are so many people out there like that.
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