Hitchens' Guide to the Afterlife - Now in Production

Psalm 8 says this:
 3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? 5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Christopher Hitchens, respected author and orator, did earlier today as the result of complications brought on by esophageal cancerm, of which he was diagnosed in June 2010.   He was an atheist, and was considered to be one of the proponents of the worldview know as secularism, cemented in his 2007 book, "God is Not Great".

It's interesting how someone who was so determined to reject the concept of Biblical truth was so revered, but he certainly struck a nerve in our culture - Richard Dawkins, fellow atheist flamethrower, took to Twitter to pay homage to his soulmate, who he said rejected tyranny, even God.    Clearly, these guys, and many like them, do and did not want to submit to the authority of God and the premise of absolute truth.  

The so-called "new atheists", to a certain extent, create a sense of intellectual arrogance, believing that they are the enlightened ones - the ones who extol reason over the Christ-followers, who are merely living on faith.   But, the Bible is a book that calls for critical thinking, and God wants to illuminate our minds.   Faith and reason are not mutually exclusive...

...nor are faith and science.  In fact, there is an abundance of scientific evidence that is supportive of the truths of Scripture.  The Bible says we as human types are fearfully and wonderfully made - our structure is so intricate that the human body could not been derived as a product of random mutations and natural selection.   There is overwhelming evidence for design.   Faith does not contradict science, but through science we can gain a greater appreciation of the systems and substance that God Himself has established. 

So, we mourn for Hitchens, and would hope, contrary to his bold declaration that he would never make a death-bed conversion, that he accepted the light of truth that had been shared with him by Christians throughout the years.   And, we can be challenged to communicate God's love and truth with those who don't know Him.   It's a marvelous time at Christmas to take advantage of heightened spiritual sensitivity and make connections with those who need to experience the presence of Christ.