Even though I don't agree with his ideas, I must admit Christopher Hitchens is a talented writer. Here he writes an interesting account of his battle with cancer. What I find highly interesting, and inconsistent, is Hitchens' presumption of meaning. Hitchens is an atheist. In his worldview, any objective transcendent meaning to life or its events is utterly illusory. No purpose here. Just a random collision of atoms in this cold dark universe we call home. Hitchens implies as much: "To the dumb question 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: Why not?" "Why me?' is indeed a dumb question when there's nothing or no one to answer.
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