Obituary December 16, 2011
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Christopher Hitchens is dead. I’ve written about him before here on the Sourdough, here, and here.
He was an irascible grouch with an incredible talent for the written word. His writings were eloquent and very literate, but he was a bitter, hate-filled man, who never missed an opportunity to dump his bile on anyone and anything having to do with God or Christianity.
I don’t know why, but I’ve been praying for him for several years now. A deathbed conversion is not unheard of, although I have a feeling that it didn’t go that way with Mr. Hitchens. Ironically, his brother is a devout Christian.
Well, he knows the truth now. May God have mercy on his soul.
His death is nevertheless sad, and a waste. He could have been so much more than what he was, and 62 is too young to die.
This is very true, and I prayed for him for years. What else can we do for someone who doesn’t want what God has to offer? He had a brilliant intellect, which was obviously a gift from the very Creator he hated. He was a massively gifted writer, and I loved everything I read from him that wasn’t about religion.
Strange that he would have such tunnel vision about that, in view of his wide-ranging experience, talents, native intellect, and education. Well…God knows. I know I’m not the only person who was praying for him, especially after he was diagnosed. The Mercy of God knows no bounds.
Yah, that’s why I didn’t spend a lot of time mentioning him. I’m sure he was a “nice” man in his private life. But he was the kind of person who thought savaging the dead (Mother Teresa and Jerry Falwell, for example) was a worthwhile undertaking. I don’t think he’ll be missed by anybody but his fellow soreheads. If that.
He will not be much missed here. This is actually an improvement in the overall environment. As you said, by now he knows the truth, although it likely does him little good now.