Christopher Hitchens
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Christopher
Hitchens, a U.K.-born zealous preacher of atheism, journalist, author, and
polemicist, died of cancer on December 15 in a hospital in Texas, U.S.A. He was
aged 62.
He was quite
vocal in both writing and lecturing about issues and matters that he strongly believed
in. He was proficient in the use of English language.
Baptized as
an Anglican, Christopher Hitchens later changed religions several times before
he became a socialist and then an atheist. Along with Professor Richard Dawkins
and some other atheists, he took upon himself the duty of preaching atheism
through writing, speeches and debates.
He
emphasized upon the use of logic and reasoning in place of blind faith in
religion. He called upon all not to believe in God because, according to him,
what religions teach about God are fictions or made-up stories. Religious
leaders used religions to control minds and hearts of people.
He gained
world-wide publicity when he called Mother Teresa of Calcutta a “Hell’s Angel” through
a book. He was equally scathing in his remarks on some politicians.
Some of his
books on the subject of religion and atheism are: The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever; Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens;
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in
Theory and Practice; god Is Not
Great: How Religion Poisons Everything; and Is Christianity Good for the World?
In the past,
our blog Bangladesh Canada and Beyond
gave coverage on Christopher Hitchens in the following write-ups:
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