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One of our finest public intellectuals, men of letters, and all-around freedom fighters has died, losing his battle to cancer, at age 62. Right on so many issues (Iraq, the war on terror, Orwell), and wrong on many issues (faith, the Clintons), he was one of those who you enjoyed to read, even when you disagreed with the whole thing. A legend and an icon. We won't know whether Hitchens made his peace with God in his final moments, but nevertheless, I say RIP, and my prayers go out to his family.
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The story Michael Totten tells about watching Hitch defy Baathist thugs in Lebanon, and then having to run for their lives, shows a courageous and even reckless character. I found it odd that he invested so much in dismissing the notion of a Creator God, and even in dismissing the merits of Mother Teresa -- odd as in "methinks he doth protest too much." C.S. Lewis speculated that for some people, God's grace can't get in because the door is locked from the inside. I pray that Hitch's humbling end has overwhelmed his enormous ego and brings an openness that wasn't there before.
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Good commentary. I will miss him too. I was a big fan of Christopher and I agree, even when I disagreed I still enjoyed reading him.
No, he did not "make peace
No, he did not "make peace with god", and for you to insinuate that he would consider it, is offensive.
Well, you don't exactly know that for sure, do you?
It is entirely possible that in the moments before he stepped into eternity, he did in fact make peace with God.