The above video is one of my favorite Hitchisms.  Christopher beautifully elucidates what brings life to our existence… and what does not.

I’ve heard so many times that atheism is cold; that atheists see no real beauty or passion; nor can we truly experience marvel or the transcendent because, as the meme goes, ‘atheists believe that everything came from nothing, is going nowhere and doesn’t mean anything’.  Scores of religious apologists have attempted to paint the atheist position as something that is without the essence of life and that the only option which offers access to beauty, love and the transcendent is, you guessed it, their particular sect of their particular denomination of their particular religion!

To quote one apologist:

They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.  They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

So long Hitch, thank you for helping me free my mind!