Posted on 05/29/2019 7:29:17 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
May 27, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Christopher Hitchens would probably be pleased to know that nearly a decade after his death, people have not stopped talking about him. Beyond the endless speculation as to what the Hitch might have had to say about President Donald Trump (back in 2000 he wrote that Trump had “worked out how to cover 90 percent of his skull with 30 percent of his hair”), he was recently the subject of a BBC Radio 4 documentary “Remembering Christopher Hitchens,” and the filmmaker who followed Hitchens for the 2009 documentary Collision has been releasing short vignettes of behind-the-scenes footage featuring Hitchens’ debates and interactions with Rev. Douglas Wilson of Christchurch, Idaho.
The revealing glimpses of Hitchens having jovial conversations with Wilson, whom Christopher’s brother Peter once referred to as a “purveyor of weapons-grade Calvinism,” reminded me of a 2016 book on a little-known aspect of the resolutely godless intellectual’s life: His close friendships with many evangelical Christians. The Christian author Larry Taunton’s memoir of his friendship with Hitchens, which he told me was a “spiritual biography,” attracted outrage from many Hitchens sycophants before they even made it past the title: The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World’s Most Famous Atheist. The founder of a Christian apologetics organization specializing in debate, Taunton not only debated Hitchens but actually took several road trips with him — and these experiences make up the body of his fascinating account. They also seem to contradict Hitchens’ public declarations of contempt for all Christians.
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I was referring to “loopholes”.
Please explain.
Either there are no loopholes (ways to get by without belief, repentance and acceptance),
Or one (way to avoid hell: believe, repent, and accept).
Depending on how you count: are you counting ways to avoid God and His righteous judgment, or ways to gain His favor?
OK. I wouldn’t call “belief, repentance, and acceptance” a “loophole”, exactly … that’s the stated standard “way”. I see your point, though.
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