Random Thoughts Of A Driftwood

Eternal questions of origin and creator, Eternally off limits, eternally unquestionable, If it wasn't for you, we'd all be mute passive mules, God bless the atheists For the mule lets others to ride it, To command it, you shan't think for yourself, To be a human means to have free will, to ruminate, To break the shackles of which that constricts our thoughts, God bless the atheists Death is a certainty, Life is fleeting, It is of utmost importance to make it meaningful, The question of what is good? What is noble, What is beautiful,  is a worthy one, God bless the atheists While you no longer exist, Truly have you become transcendent, immortal An irony that it didn't take God for it to happen, but the brilliant words of a man, nothing special... nothing divine... just man, God bless the atheists Christopher Hitchens 13th April 1949 - 15th December 2011

If there ever was a person on this planet, that I would have loved to have met, it would have been Hitchens(Sagan was the other person). Having read his books, and watched his debates, I always felt like I had this unusual sense of camaraderie with the man(unusual since I have never actually seen him). He was like a friend that was always there to back you up. To remind you to keep your chin up and stand up for your bloody ideals... you sodding downer. He would say it a lot more eloquently though... unless he felt you really needed a 'jolt back into reality'. It has taken me by surprise that his death would affect me this much... much more than actually reading his books(which always was able to make you realise how in depth Hitchens knowledge on any topic he dabbled in was). I feel like there is a sense of urgency, of having a responsibility, to at least... not let the Hitchens ideals down. To hold them up and be proud of them. Absolutely unapologetic, and to put arrogan...