Christopher Hitchens has cancer

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Permalink Reply by Janine Alderete on June 30, 2010 at 4:58pm

I just saw that. I call it Fluffington Post.

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Permalink Reply by Objection on June 30, 2010 at 9:54pm

This comment gives me the giggles:

"I pray that Mr. Hitchens will get the revelation that God IS truly, indeed great. You have a brilliant mind that was created by God, paradoxically (unfortunately) it is a skewed one . This Great God, this same God, has given each and every one of us free will. So Mr. Hitchens, as do I and everyone else reserve the right to believe or not to believe. That is one of the many, countless reasons why God is Great - we can choose Him, or not. God's speed Mr. Hitchens, I pray that God will heal and deliver you from this scourge, cancer. God bless."

I first time I skimmed over this and saw how Gods he put in his comment, I knew it was going to be fun to read.

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Permalink Reply by Major Tom on June 30, 2010 at 10:08pm

That's very sad news to hear. He's brilliant and I hope he makes it through this and lives many more years.

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Permalink Reply by BLK-Sagan on June 30, 2010 at 10:19pm

I love the guy but every time I see him he has a drink and cigarette in his hand.Hope He gets better, we need him.

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Permalink Reply by Abnormal on June 30, 2010 at 11:16pm

Esophagus cancer? Owe poor guy. My mom had breast cancer any form of cancer is a terrible thing to go through.

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Permalink Reply by Olga Spelts (Human Bean) on June 30, 2010 at 11:20pm

Wow, I hope he succeeds in fighting this as good as hes fought religious oppression!

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Permalink Reply by Goz on July 1, 2010 at 5:56pm

As do I.

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Permalink Reply by AletheaT on July 3, 2010 at 9:55am

This is upsetting. 5 years ago I lost my mother to colonic cancer. Its always a hard process. My best wishes are with Christopher Hitchens and his family.

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Permalink Reply by Errol Monaghan on July 3, 2010 at 10:21am

Best wishes for his recovery.

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Permalink Reply by Mihai on July 3, 2010 at 11:20am

I heard the news this morning on the Youtube and it shook me; the condition is really nasty, but I hope he'll recover; even if he doesn't, you know what? I would still prefer 60 years of freedom of thinking (Hitchens's style) to 150 years of living under a rock (Christian style).

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Permalink Reply by Asa Watcher on July 3, 2010 at 1:38pm

It is interesting to observe the atheist response to such news as we have learned about C.H.

How much easier to deal with this bit of stomach churning news by saying something about god’s will and turning over the actually caring about someone in CH’s situation to some omnipotent being that we not only can not comprehend but upon whom we can also place the responsibility for caring.

So, what do we do with our shared concern for CH?
Well, abandonment of faith does not mean we’ve abandoned hope. It does not mean we abandon respect and love for this guy. It does not mean we deny the deep human feelings of empathy that we are capable of, or the belief that CH can get a feeling for our collective hurt, our broken hearts.
It is nice to think that, together, we can make things better for CH. And, really, there is no reason to think that we can’t.
Nothing wrong with sharing the strength of our positive thoughts.
Get Well CH.

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Permalink Reply by Emily H on July 3, 2010 at 5:36pm

CH's book god Is Not Great is the first atheist or anti-religion material that I read. I probably would eventualy be where I am now, but I certainly got here quicker with his help. I truly hope he recovers. .

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