Since Mr. Hitchens was a tenatious pursuer of truth, I hope that today, right now, is the most enlightening experience of his existence. Of course there is no way for us to prove or disprove his current spiritual reality, such things pertaining to our existence of life before mortality and after mortality are entirely outside the realm of scientific observation. They are relegated to the domain of faith. As one who believes that scientific and spiritual truth can co-exist, I trust that Mr. Hitchens is now engaged in a level of comprehension he did not know on earth. I am not privy to the progression or order of things beyond this life but I trust that when Mr. Hitchens comes face to face with God there will be a tearful and soul-felt retraction of previous assertions regarding the quality of God's greatness. And since God is great there will be no strict reproof for a son who has just come home from a long and difficult journey through a foreign land. The Father will take his child in his arms and Mr. Hitchens will know of a goodness and love that is impossible for our language to convey. This will be the greatest discovery of Christopher Hitchen's life. For this truth I am most excited for Mr. Hitchens in his current condition. This world will miss him perhaps (no less or no more than it misses any other who briefly dance across it's stage) but his discoveries have just increased a hundred fold. All my best to you Mr. Hitchens.
Who and What is the Happy Warrior
Friday, December 16, 2011
Farewell Mr. Hitchens... say hello to God for me
The world lost a tireless pursuer of truth today. Mr. Christopher Hitchens lost his battle with cancer. I cannot fathom the road he has recently traveled and wish his family and friends a great deal of solace in the memory of a gifted and courageous man. Mr. Hitchens was a strong voice of conservatism and atheism (antagonistic, intellectual atheism) during the latter decades of the 1900's and til his death in 2011. One of his most popular books is boldly titled: God is Not Great. Agree or disagree with him, his mind and courage in speaking his convictions demand respect. So it is only with great honor that I make this observation as he passes out of this life and (as far as my convictions hold) into the next. I do not mean to be even the slightest bit inappropriate, unfeeling or otherwise disrespectful.
Since Mr. Hitchens was a tenatious pursuer of truth, I hope that today, right now, is the most enlightening experience of his existence. Of course there is no way for us to prove or disprove his current spiritual reality, such things pertaining to our existence of life before mortality and after mortality are entirely outside the realm of scientific observation. They are relegated to the domain of faith. As one who believes that scientific and spiritual truth can co-exist, I trust that Mr. Hitchens is now engaged in a level of comprehension he did not know on earth. I am not privy to the progression or order of things beyond this life but I trust that when Mr. Hitchens comes face to face with God there will be a tearful and soul-felt retraction of previous assertions regarding the quality of God's greatness. And since God is great there will be no strict reproof for a son who has just come home from a long and difficult journey through a foreign land. The Father will take his child in his arms and Mr. Hitchens will know of a goodness and love that is impossible for our language to convey. This will be the greatest discovery of Christopher Hitchen's life. For this truth I am most excited for Mr. Hitchens in his current condition. This world will miss him perhaps (no less or no more than it misses any other who briefly dance across it's stage) but his discoveries have just increased a hundred fold. All my best to you Mr. Hitchens.
Since Mr. Hitchens was a tenatious pursuer of truth, I hope that today, right now, is the most enlightening experience of his existence. Of course there is no way for us to prove or disprove his current spiritual reality, such things pertaining to our existence of life before mortality and after mortality are entirely outside the realm of scientific observation. They are relegated to the domain of faith. As one who believes that scientific and spiritual truth can co-exist, I trust that Mr. Hitchens is now engaged in a level of comprehension he did not know on earth. I am not privy to the progression or order of things beyond this life but I trust that when Mr. Hitchens comes face to face with God there will be a tearful and soul-felt retraction of previous assertions regarding the quality of God's greatness. And since God is great there will be no strict reproof for a son who has just come home from a long and difficult journey through a foreign land. The Father will take his child in his arms and Mr. Hitchens will know of a goodness and love that is impossible for our language to convey. This will be the greatest discovery of Christopher Hitchen's life. For this truth I am most excited for Mr. Hitchens in his current condition. This world will miss him perhaps (no less or no more than it misses any other who briefly dance across it's stage) but his discoveries have just increased a hundred fold. All my best to you Mr. Hitchens.
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