Hitch is dead

That is the claim. I do not see any evidence that claim is actually true. If fact, the internal evidence shows the first is not true, and shows it is highly unlikely for the second.

Wrong. If there's a lack of evidence for the claim, the claim is invalid by default. That isn't "me" determining validity. That's how all thinking people determine validity, including you. Remember the claims about fairies and leprechauns? Without evidence, they're considered invalid, by even you. Your INTERPRETATION of your experiences is dismissed as invalid - i.e. you have misinterpreted your experiences. Not only is it cricket, it's standard procedure. No. Evidence ALWAYS trumps belief.

I don't know who has agreed to that. Not me. We're talking about "eyewitnesses" to events - e.g. the resurrection - that many of us don't believe ever happened.You've already shot yourself in the foot by pointing out that fiction wasn't even invented until centuries later. The Gospel authors could not have "intended" to write non-fiction when there was not yet a clear distinction between fiction amd non-fiction.

I realize that this is in the coffee house forum but I think this is too big a topic for this and I have been uncomfortable for quite a while writing under a heading that really should have been a lament for Chris Hitchens. As a result I'll start a new thread to answer bot yours and ringo's post.Edited by GDR, : typo

Good idea. Lets let Hitch rest in peace. Closing For Now.Edited by AdminPhat, : No reason given.