'Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.'
Briefing notes: Much missed erudite author, orator, teacher, iconoclast and polemicist. Not afraid of challenging authority, faith or even Mother Teresa. His clarity of argument is astonishing to hear or read along with his total believe in humanity itself. His passing at the hands of cancer was a great loss to the world, although the wretched disease did inspire him to pen a series of beautiful pieces on his experience in fighting off death.
Further information: Hitch 22: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens
Mortality - Christopher Hitchens
God Is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-s9AyNQyCw
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