Comments on edward_ winkleman: G-d

In just the past year or so I've been struck w...

2011-12-21T16:20:38.700-05:00

In just the past year or so I've been struck with the insight that what many people call heaven is really sweet oblivion. But like zero, the concept of nothingness can be a hard one to grasp. You almost have to think around it to understand.

Thank you, Edward, for the shared dream and for th...

2011-12-18T13:36:27.569-05:00

Thank you, Edward, for the shared dream and for the frank tribute to Hitchens. Although I also disagreed with many of the man's (seemingly contrarian) stances, I find myself mourning his passing in a way I didn't expect to. The world -- and the very fact of being -- is a fascinating, staggering thing; with the spark of HItchens' keen mind working in it, though, it was just a little brighter.

I hope you're well this holiday season.

I have always thought how nice it would be to just...

2011-12-18T11:25:26.859-05:00

I have always thought how nice it would be to just not exist again...

The Black Space in your Dream Edward is Kasimir Ma...

2011-12-17T10:57:40.580-05:00

The Black Space in your Dream Edward is Kasimir Malevich Black Square. It's a staging area before you Break on Through to the Other Side.

I once too had a dream of a nuclear war, years ago...

2011-12-17T08:04:54.393-05:00

I once too had a dream of a nuclear war, years ago, and I sat on the front stoop and gazed up at the night sky and saw my wonder rise as the missile trails wrote glyphs in the sky side by side ....

I actually haven't yet read Hitchens, (part of why I like reading this blog and all the comments)... but recently I read somewhere that faith wasn't a blind belief in other, but a way of discovering the world. Which brings me to a recent posting over at http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/how-does-the-brain-perceive-art/ on our attitudes toward art.

Where the last line sums up so much: (*** spoiler alert if I may ***) to quote

" We only see the beauty because we are looking for it."

Which makes me think of faith, and what Hitchens and others may be missing out on.

This gorgeous, ultimately heart-breaking tribute would seem to contradict the notion that there are no atheists on their deathbed.

I agree with Hitchens on quite a few things. I als...

2011-12-16T11:32:01.035-05:00

I agree with Hitchens on quite a few things. I also believe the Arithmetic favors something after death.

We have so few if any exciting debaters any longer...

2011-12-16T11:21:23.078-05:00

We have so few if any exciting debaters any longer, merely blowhards and douche bags. Such a great mind and so entertaining. I will never understand his Iraq stance.

I wasn't hallucinating when I wrote this, Anon...

2011-12-16T10:58:31.398-05:00

I wasn't hallucinating when I wrote this, Anon...although the London dream may have been controlled-substance-induced...I can't recall.

I'll cling to the claim that Hitch remained atheist until the end. If, as you suggest, the death bed had shaken his resolve, I really doubt he would have been all that concerned with the product he was selling.

Hey Edward did you have a side of Peyote Buttons w...

2011-12-16T10:55:13.730-05:00

Hey Edward did you have a side of Peyote Buttons with your breakfast this morning? :P

Hitchens was a bit of a Troll , he had product to sell. Everybody talks tuff however It is impossible to be a atheists on your death bed or in a fox hole.

For me, I believe in make-believe; It has real pow...

2011-12-16T10:40:48.590-05:00

For me, I believe in make-believe; It has real power.

RIP Christopher Hitchens

Agree completely with your comments about Hitchens...

2011-12-16T10:27:22.282-05:00

Agree completely with your comments about Hitchens. He was an interesting voice and will be missed. But he was wrong about Iraq, if anything it did just the opposite and destabilized the region even more. Iran gained the most in our debacle. Our foray into Iran with the Shah backfired into present day Iran and our foray into Iraq will not yield fruit either as it didn't come from within. A country isn't a tree and you can't just graft democracy onto it.

----ondine nyc